All CQUIN articles – Page 2
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Exclusive: Mackey intervenes in escalating contracts row
NHS Improvement chief executive issues strong statement on row over 2016-17 contracts and incentive payments Commissioners given until Friday to issue “reasonable” contract offers Jim Mackey acknowledges providers “very unhappy” about NHS England CQUIN proposals NHSI in discussion with NHS England to “find a solution” The chief executive ...
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Exclusive: NHS England puts provider rescue plan at risk, teaching hospitals warn
Providers warn changes to CQUIN payments will hamper attempts to bring sector into balance Teaching trusts say new CQUINs and agreed control totals for 2016-17 are incompatible NHS England rejects the accusations and says the changes are appropriate and achievable Angry teaching hospitals have warned that new conditions ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Lessons learned on the long road to recovery
Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan recounts his experiences of secure mental healthcare and explains why he is optimistic
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CCGs to be paid for improving GP appointment access
Incentive scheme for CCGs introduces two national measures around GP services One payment triggered if 85 per cent of GP patient survey respondents say they “had a good experience of making an appointment” Payments linked to mental health improvements dropped, including around quality of life and waiting times for ...
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Trusts must reduce staff stress to get bonus payments
NHS providers will be expected to reduce stress and musculoskeletal problems among their staff to access incentive payments next year.
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Updated: Rollover tariff trusts expect massive deficits
Several large hospital trusts that rejected the voluntary tariff agreement have predicted huge swings in their financial position for 2015-16.
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Monitor readies itself to refer tariff row to CMA
Monitor’s pricing team are readying themselves to be able to refer rejected tariff proposals for 2015-16 to the Competition and Markets Authority as soon as next month, should the regulator’s board decide to do so.
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HSJ Local
Doctor accountability helps trust bring down sepsis mortality
QUALITY: One of England’s largest teaching hospitals has achieved a dramatic turnaround in the care and survival of patients with sepsis after developing a tool to hold individual clinicians to account for their care.
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Tougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.
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Exclusive: NHS England offered £124m fund to tariff objectors
NHS England offered a group of trusts access to a £124m fund on the condition they dropped their opposition to its latest tariff offer, HSJ can reveal.
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Leader
There are no winners to be found in the battle over NHS prices
The NHS pricing dispute has raged for months
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Trusts mull legal challenge against CQUIN cut, sources say
A number of trusts are taking legal advice about the potential to challenge Monitor and NHS England’s decision to withhold their commissioning for quality and innovation payments.
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Updated: Majority of providers opt for 'voluntary' tariff option
The vast majority of NHS providers have accepted NHS England and Monitor’s offer of a ‘voluntary’ tariff for 2015-16, it has been announced, but the country’s biggest teaching hospital trusts have rejected the deal.
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Trusts go to the wire on voluntary tariff offer
A significant number of providers are still yet to decide whether to accept NHS England and Monitor’s offer of a ‘voluntary’ tariff for 2015-16, with just a day to go until the offer expires, HSJ has been told.
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'Rollover' trusts still able to negotiate local tariff prices
Trusts that opt to roll over 2014-15 national tariff prices to 2015-16 will still be able to agree local variations with commissioners, national pricing authorities have said.
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HSJ Local
South West CCG introduces system-wide CQUIN plan
FINANCE: A South West clinical commissioning group will attempt to encourage better integration between providers in the region by launching a set of health economy-wide incentive payments to drive performance.
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New patient safety incentives revealed
New incentives to improve patient safety have been outlined by NHS England. These include advances in seven day services, care of sepsis and acute kidney injury, as well as moves to tackle antibiotic resistance.
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HSJ Partners
Contracting to commissioning: why does NHS change take so long?
A transformational shift is needed
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Planning guidance full coverage: next steps for the forward view
Health economies seeking to be at the forefront of moving to the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View have been given six weeks to submit an expression of interest to NHS England
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NHS England to trial employing pharmacists in A&E
The urgent and emergency care review being led by NHS England will conduct a national pilot in the spring to trial employing pharmacists in an emergency department setting.