Commissioning – Page 214
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NewsWhite paper leads to shake up in top posts at SHAs
UPDATED: Department of Health announces managers who will lead the transition implementing the white paper.
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NewsPorn in IVF units criticised
Trusts have been criticised for supplying pornography in IVF facilities.
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NewsWarning over scale of task of replacing PCTs
The true scale of the task which will be picked up by GPs, local authorities, the national commissioning board and other agencies following the abolition of primary care trusts is being significantly underestimated.
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LeaderIt’s not just commissioning – who will fill the PCT vacuum?
Margaret Angier had news for the readers of the Sheffield Telegraph. The chair of a local mental health group, Ms Angier wrote to the paper about the government’s health reforms.
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NewsPCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
With GP consortia on course to take over commissioning, a report seen by HSJ shows PCTs have been preparing the ground well by getting to grips with the fundamentals of local priority setting. Dave West explains
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CommentChris J Hawkey: A new opening for transparency
Clinicians must put away self-interest if they are to earn the new powers set out in the white paper
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CommentNoel Plumridge on axes and accountability
A useful little word the French have borrowed from English in recent times is un tilt. Derived from pinball, a primitive pre-Super Mario form of entertainment now virtually extinct, it denotes in French a sudden, unforeseen and complete disruption of previous plans. Game over.
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NewsDH to have veto over DPH appointments
The new “public health service” will “not be a separate legal entity from the DH” and its directors will be jointly appointed by the Department of Heath and local authorities, a DH briefing document seen by HSJ states.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health preferred providers: stick to your guns on pricing
East Midlands primary care trusts scrutinised the costs of mental healthcare packages and made huge savings with a list of preferred providers, as Jennifer Taylor explains
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LeaderThe health community remains doubtful of Cameron’s big idea
Does the “big society” have any relevance to the future of the NHS?
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Comment'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
No one in healthcare doubts that the public debt crisis has initiated a period of radical change across the NHS. The essential challenge is to become more efficient and flexible.
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NewsPoor data reporting skews palliative care spending picture
A government report has pointed to significant variations in the amount primary care trusts spend on end of life care.
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NewsSocial enterprise bid rethink by North East PCTs
A ballot on whether to turn three primary care trust provider arms in the North East into a social enterprise has been suspended.
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NewsBurnham calls on Lib Dems to vote down reform
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has written to all Liberal Democrat MPs urging them to vote against the coalition government’s plans for reform of the NHS.
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NewsGPs pose £2bn threat to commissioning budget
GP commissioners blew their budgets by a net 2.5 per cent last financial year, exclusive analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsGP largesse alarms Lansley’s colleagues
The prospect of GPs blowing the NHS commissioning budget remains the prime concern of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s Westminster colleagues.
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LeaderThe accountability of overspending GPs
The British Medical Association has declared GP consortia must be “democratically accountable” to practices. And they “should act with integrity and leadership when considering the accountability of practices”.
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NewsBMA warned position on GP consortia may be illegal
GP consortia would be “unwise” and potentially acting illegally if they picked NHS organisations as providers of choice, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsLansley attacks 'damage morale and independence'
Ministers have been accused of undermining NHS managers’ independence and morale with public attacks on their work.
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NewsFT proposals: 'difficult questions' remain
White paper plans for moving trusts to foundation status are “not very sophisticated”, the NHS Confederation has warned.