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HSJ LocalFour CCGs to create 'unified commissioner' and consider merger
Four clinical commissioning groups in the North West plan to establish a “unified health commissioner” that could lead to a formal merger of the organisations.
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NewsNHS England orders CCGs to join forces in 'success regime' area
NHS England has formally intervened in one of the three success regime areas, ordering its clinical commissioning groups to pool functions and create a single plan.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Games will be played
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsTrust and royal college raise concerns over drug savings drive
Drug used for pain management in palliative and cancer care included in NHS England list of drugs up for review The Christie medical director says NHS would be doing a “disservice” to patients if it withdrew use of fentanyl Royal college specialist raises concerns the review will lead to ...
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HSJ LocalTrust faces 'toughest financial challenge ever'
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has warned staff it is facing its “toughest year yet” in 2017-18 after its performance deteriorated over winter.
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NewsNHS England told primary care hubs plan is 'overambitious'
The president of the National Association of Primary Care has warned NHS England it cannot have “one standard system” of primary care for the whole country.
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More CCGs risk deficit after care home price hike
Commissioning leaders fear funded nursing care price hike could push more CCGs into deficit FOI requests reveal CCGs estimate the rise cost them £152m in 2016-17 Price hike from £112 to £156.25 a week was announced by the Department of Health last year and backdated to April 2016 DH ...
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NewsFlagship £690m cancer procurement abandoned over financial fears
Staffordshire CCGs unable to award £687m cancer prime provider contract Privately led consortium unable to convince CCGs the contract was financially viable Decision follows the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in 2015 A controversial tender for cancer services in Staffordshire worth £687m has been abandoned after a ...
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NewsNew regulator chief pledges to improve handling of NHS complaints
New health ombudsman pledges to listen to concerns about service Rob Behrens replaces former ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor Dame Julie resigned after revelations by HSJ in 2016 The new head of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has pledged to listen to concerns about the way the watchdog ...
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NewsNHS England warns CCGs against propping up trust bottom lines
NHS England has warned local commissioners that offer providers extra income to deliver their financial targets – and therefore trigger an incentive payment – could be “personally” scrutinized by national officials.
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Expert BriefingWhat's New in Care Models: Farewell to the vanguard era
The final instalment in our regular briefing on new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration lead David Williams.
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NewsHalf of large scale GP groups exceed NHS England's 'magic' size
More than half GP federations and networks cover more than the 70,000 upper limit suggested by NHS England as its preferred model Twenty-seven CCGs have no large scale GP organisations working in their areas More than half GP federations and networks cover more than the 70,000 upper limit ...
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NewsAnalysis: England's changing GP landscape
Over 70 per cent of the country are covered by some form of scale GP group Just one in ten 10 CCGs in England do not have any “at scale” GP organisations in their area HSJ analysis reveals majority of large scale GP groups do not cover NHS England’s ...
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NewsMapped: The spread of large scale GP groups
HSJ has mapped all of the large scale GP groups working in England.
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News'Silly' bed closures made winter pressures worse, says NHSI chief
Many acute trusts reported capacity problems over the winter after being unable to discharge patients to community beds or care homes NHS Improvement estimated 8 per cent of out of hospital beds were closed compared to the previous winter Jim Mackey says local organisations must work better to understand ...
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NewsNHS England national director to step down next month
New care models director Samantha Jones is to step down next month to spend more time with her children, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners get unexpected £20m bill after trust coding flaw
Trust admits it has “significant problem with coding” going back years CCGs presented with an unexpected invoice for £13m Wandsworth CCG is resisting paying “in the strongest possible terms” A major teaching trust has presented its commissioners with an unexpected £20m bill after discovering it has been inaccurately ...
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NewsSpecialised commissioning process 'lacks transparency', NHS England told
Specialised commissioning is “very hard to probe”, resulting in “unusual decisions”, stakeholders warn NHS England made funding U-turn on two treatments it had previously deemed “unaffordable” but provided little detail about why FOI request for minutes of specialised commissioning funding body denied ABPI says “major reassessment” of whole process ...
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HSJ LocalCCG to put £1.3bn MCP contract up for tender
Commissioners in Yorkshire, who are not one of NHS England’s national vanguards, have signalled their intention to tender a new care model contract worth more than £1bn, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNew CCGs reveal leaders and budgets following split
Newly formed North Cumbria CCG appoints Jon Rush as chair The CCG was formed after GP practices in southern Cumbria split from Cumbria CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG Jon Rush replaces Hugh Reeve who was based in south Cumbria A chair has been appointed to ...