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CommentOther major cities will soon be demanding their own health devolution plan
Pandora’s box has opened
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HSJ LocalControversial MSK contract could stay with current providers, CCG says
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in West Sussex will begin discussions with local providers to continue delivering musculoskeletal services after the preferred bidder pulled out of the contract.
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Updated: Greater Manchester aims to be new care models 'trailblazer'
The Greater Manchester area will be a ‘trailblazer’ for developing new models of care, and will be one of the first places to access two national transformation funds worth a combined £450m, according to draft proposals that emerged today.
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NewsComplex governance questions remain over Manchester devolution plan
Complex questions of governance and accountability will have to be resolved over the coming year to allow the proposed full delegation of primary care and specialised commissioning budgets to Greater Manchester by April 2016.
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NewsRevealed: Details of £6bn Manchester health devolution plan
Radical plans for Greater Manchester to take control of £6bn of health and social care spending will be overseen by a new statutory body from April 2016, according to draft plans obtained by HSJ.
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CCGs to use primary care powers to develop new care models
The first clinical commissioning groups to be given control of their the primary care budgets have said they will use their new powers to implement the NHS Five Year Forward View’s new models of care and scale up GP services, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers warn of further funding squeeze
Mental health trusts have complained their commissioners are disregarding national guidance requiring them to increase real terms spending on mental health in 2015-16 and help fund the delivery of new targets.
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NewsCCG accused of 'lack of candour' over outsourced community service
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been accused of misleading GPs and the public over whether patients in a community based dermatology service run by a private healthcare provider are always seen by specialist consultants.
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NewsExclusive: Digital pioneer bids to integrate NHS patient records for free
One of the NHS technology community’s leading experts is building a new system to integrate the health service’s myriad patient record systems, and he plans to give it to the NHS for free.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, December 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalCCG 'rewinds' tender process after legal threat
A London clinical commissioning group has decided to retender its integrated urgent care and out of hours services contract after it was threatened with a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder.
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NewsSUS data collection to be suspended
The Health and Social Care Information Centre will suspend the collection of the secondary uses service data for nearly two weeks as part of a process to bring collection of the vital NHS dataset in-house.
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NewsCCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners seek to expand pharmacists’ role
COMMUNITY SERVICES: Pharmacists in the North East may be expected to expand their role to help reduce hospital admissions and identify more patients with previously undiagnosed long term conditions, commissioners have said.
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HSJ LocalBradford launches drive to tackle cardiovascular disease
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 extra patients in Yorkshire have started anticoagulation therapy through a programme to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and cut rates of stroke and heart attack.
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NewsMonitor to road test payment systems for new care models
Monitor is to begin ‘co-designing’ and testing models for capitation based payment systems to help in the commissioning of new models for integrated care.
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CommentCollective leadership will keep forward view ambitions on track
Changes to commissioning are needed
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Acute trusts mull marginal tariff complaint against CCGs
A number of acute trusts are considering launching an official complaint against their local clinical commissioning groups because of the way in which they have spent money designed to reduce emergency admissions.