Commissioning – Page 49
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HSJ LocalCCG and council to merge commissioning budgets
A clinical commissioning group and local council have agreed to merge health commissioning budgets so the cash strapped organisations can spend their funds “most effectively”.
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NewsMackey: NHS needs to 'turn on PbR' to bring down waiting list
Jim Mackey believes the NHS will need to use the payment by results tariff to tackle rising waiting times for elective care.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSI and NHSE see things differently
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalInadequate trust set to lose 'unsustainable' stroke services
A trust’s stroke services deemed “unsustainable” by commissioners are set to be taken over by a neighbouring provider.
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HSJ LocalCCG bosses told their pay is 'significantly higher' than peers
NHS England is to update its guidance on pay for clinical commissioning groups after a review found “significantly higher” remuneration levels at Liverpool CCG.
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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NewsExclusive: Accountable care systems will make 'pathway' for STPs to follow
The first NHS “accountable care systems” must develop a “pathway” for STPs in other areas to follow, according to their agreement with NHS England, seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalNHS England loses secret contract dispute with teaching trust
NHS England attempted to keep secret the loss of a contract dispute with a teaching hospital trust, fearing it would encourage other challenges, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The abolition and reinvention of planning
Cowper’s Cut is a new weekly column from HSJ’s comment editor Andy Cowper. It will be published every Monday and seeks to serve as an informative and entertaining stimulant for HSJ’s subscribers at the start of the working week.
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NewsVanguard funding 'should not be stopped next year'
Funding for new care model vanguards should not be stopped next March as planned, because the project needs more time to provide models for other areas to use, NHS Providers has said.
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HSJ LocalCCG gives green light to service switch in breach of procurement law
Commissioners have agreed to help an acute trust access more incentive funding through changing the way its accident and emergency performance is reported – despite the decision breaching procurement regulations.
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NewsSimon Stevens: 'Laissez faire' approach to integrated care has not worked
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has hit back at criticism of the new better care fund planning guidance.
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NewsDevo region generates extra £150m after 'very strong' financial performance
The Greater Manchester health economy delivered a “very strong” financial performance last year, generating £150m of investment funding for the region.
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HSJ LocalRegulators 'removed from reality' over capped expenditure
Two Healthwatch groups are urging regulators to put patients before finances after cash-strapped organisations were instructed to “think the unthinkable” to remain within restricted budgets.
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NewsLocal government withdraws support for 'disappointing' BCF guidance
Controversial new guidance on how the £2bn allocated to social care must be spent shows the government has bowed to pressure from the NHS, according to the chair of the Local Government Association’s community wellbeing board.
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Second NHS ‘devolution’ deal aims for 2018 launch
Work is underway on formal delegation arrangements for the second major NHS “devolution” project, with the aim of going live next April.
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NewsNHS England and NHS Improvement reveal joint regional restructure
NHS England and NHS Improvement have appointed two joint regional directors, in order to “test a more integrated approach” between the two organisations.
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NewsSome STPs 'still squabbling about invoices' says Swindells
NHS organisations in a “significant number of STPs… are still squabbling about last year’s invoices”, one of the NHS’s most senior national directors has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Difficult choices' run out of steam
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsExclusive: Legal change 'needed for STP next steps'
Legal change is needed for sustainability and transformation partnerships to be successful, a leading think tank has said.