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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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NewsAnalysis: mandate may allow space for CCGs' freedom
The first NHS mandate appears to allow leeway for clinical commissioning groups’ freedom, but there are suggestions some old style targets will remain.
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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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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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NewsGovernment reveals ‘historic’ first mandate
The government has published its first mandate for the NHS, in what it said was a “historic” moment.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chiefs warned to check celebrities' access to patients
All NHS hospitals have been told to review their approach to giving celebrities access to patients in light of the allegations about Jimmy Savile
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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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NewsDH earmarks £2bn for commissioning system running cost
The government has set the limit for the NHS commissioning system’s running costs at £2bn for 2013-14, including £676m for the NHS Commissioning Board itself.
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NewsProviders to be judged on integration and deaths from poor care
NHS organisations will be judged by whether patients report their care as well integrated, and the number of deaths in hospital attributable to poor care, under the mandate.
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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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NewsNHS chiefs ordered to explain £3bn underspend
The NHS’s leadership has been ordered by the health select committee to explain which pots of money the £3bn Department of Health underspend handed back to the Treasury came from.
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Mandate proposes workforce changes to improve care
NHS managers, doctors and nurses can expect to be put under greater scrutiny over the next two years in order to ensure better and safer care for patients.
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NewsRCN warns of looming nursing crisis
More than 30,000 NHS jobs are at risk of being cut, the Royal College of Nursing has said.
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NewsObese NHS staff criticised in Lords
Obese NHS staff provide a “very poor role model” to patients trying to lose weight, according to a leading doctor.
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NewsHSJ Live rolling news 13.11.12
Today’s rolling health news from HSJ, including coverage of the first mandate for the NHS.
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NewsUnions agree draft plan to modify Agenda for Change
Unions have agreed a draft proposal to reduce terms and conditions for NHS staff under which staff earning more than £54,500 could be removed from the Agenda for Change framework.
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'Substantial' hole in many public health budgets
Many local authorities will inherit a “substantial” hole in their public health budgets when they take over responsibility for the role next year, research by the British Medical Association has revealed.
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NewsGovernment puts £25m into maternity care
The government has pledged £25m to help improve maternity wards.
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NewsCall for more antenatal depression support
More needs to be done to spot and support women suffering with antenatal depression, experts have warned today.
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