All articles by Dave West – Page 62
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NewsRevealed: CCG funding gulf could 'destablise services'
The first analysis of the budgets set to be given to clinical commissioning groups shows huge variation and has sparked concern about services being destabilised by a shortage of cash.
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NewsCQC calls for improved care quality data
The Care Quality Commission is backing a campaign started by Dr Foster Intelligence for hospitals to record simple care quality information when patients are admitted to hospital.
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NewsFive NHS commissioning board directors confirmed
The appointment of five NHS Commissioning Board executive directors has been announced, including Ian Dalton in the key role of chief operating officer.
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NewsCommissioning board restricted by Health Bill 'turbulence'
The NHS Commissioning Board is working under “strict limits” on what it can do as the government’s Health Bill battles “turbulence” in Parliament, its chair has said.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
The government has tabled 137 amendments to its Health Bill.
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CommentOpposition likely for Yorkshire reconfiguration plans
Major service change is not getting any easier in North Yorkshire: plans to close inpatient children’s services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton are back on the agenda, a press release reveals.
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NewsNo big shift in government Health Bill amendments
The government was this week expected to announce a series of changes to its Health Bill, with the intention of staving off opposition when the legislation returns to parliament next week.
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NewsCompetition panel highlights GP conflict concern
A primary care trust has been criticised by the Cooperation and Competition Panel for giving GPs leading roles in a decision to close a rival primary care centre.
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Consultant support sought for CCG authorisation process
The NHS Commissioning Board will need external support, likely to come from management consultancies, to help authorise clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsFarrar: Commissioning board manager cuts 'pose a danger to patient care'
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar has warned the health service’s capacity could be reduced to “dangerously low levels” by proposals to halve the number of managers in key areas of NHS commissioning and planning.
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NewsCuts to commissioning management 'risk quality and savings'
Managers in Partnership has criticised plans to half the number of staff working on key parts of NHS planning and commissioning.
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NewsChief midwife brands Lansley's comments 'below the belt'
The chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives has hit back at the health secretary over claims that clinicians were opposing the government’s health bill because of concerns about pensions.
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NewsKey risks posed by NHS commissioning reforms revealed
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted that “key risks” to its success include the haemorrhaging of senior leaders during the reform transition and a shortage of staff to commission specialist and primary care.
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NewsHealth committee: NHS could miss savings target from 'salami slicing'
The NHS has been making “short-term” and “salami slicing” spending cuts and will not make required efficiency savings if the current approach continues, the House of Commons health committee has said.
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NewsManagers to fly in to run straggling CCGs' budgets
The NHS Commissioning Board will not take on the budget responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups which fail to win full authorisation by April next year, HSJ has been told.
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NewsSalaries of 10 NHS Commissioning Board directors total £1.7m
The salaries of NHS Commissioning Board’s senior executives have been released to HSJ.
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NewsTrusts hoping to balance finances now predict huge deficits
Huge deficits have opened up at two trusts that were last month predicted to balance their books at the end of the financial year.
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NewsExclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability
The government is offering a series of Health Bill concessions in an attempt to diffuse the row over the health secretary’s responsibility for the NHS.
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NewsCameron demands improvements to frontline nursing 'red tape'
The prime minister has announced a series of moves to improve care standards and free nurses of “non-essential paperwork and excessive bureaucracy”.