All Mandate articles – Page 2
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NewsMcCarthy: Mandate update will impose 'additional burden' on NHS
Government plans to “refresh” its mandate to NHS England will impose an unfunded “additional burden” on the health service, NHS England’s policy director has warned.
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NewsDoctors 'can opt out' of tables
Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Sir David Nicholson announces major review of NHS strategy
NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told HSJ it is time to question whether “the straightforward commissioner-provider split” is the best way to organise care for some communities.
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Blogs
The new NHS can transform mental health care
Under the NHS mandate, new commissioners have the chance to improve mental health care throughout the NHS.
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CommentMonitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role
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Blogs
A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts
A review by the King’s Fund policy director Anna Dixon of the planning guidance for CCGs the board released in December.
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NewsPsychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
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NewsLeague table plan for surgery teams
Teams of medics are to be pitted against each other in league tables.
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CommentFulfilling the mandate will be worth the effort
Developing the NHS mandate was complex and time consuming but it is a good document
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CommentHow to make integration work
Achieving the health secretary’s “holy grail” of integrated care requires big changes
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CommentMichael White: what would Labour do?
Liz Kendall gave a glimpse of what the opposition would do in power
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CommentMichael White: An old localism dilemma
How to square localism with the postcode lottery is a familiar problem
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CommentThe NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
The freedom promised sounds good but how much is really on offer?
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NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...
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NewsMandate approach will avoid perverse incentives
The government has rejected the use of fixed national targets in its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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LeaderHunt loosens the reins of power
Hunt considers the mandate a test of the government’s commitment to loosening the reins
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BlogsThe mandate provides a historic opportunity for better mental healthcare
Board and CCGs tasked with tackling disparity between physical and mental health support
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NewsMandate: Mental health sector faces new challenges
Providers of NHS mental health services could be expected to meet new waiting time standards to drive improvements in access, according to the NHS mandate.
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NewsNo set targets in revised mandate
The government has rejected the use of set national targets in the final version of its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board, in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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