All NHS Chiltern CCG articles – Page 2

HSJ Local

GPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns

2015-01-23T10:02:00Z

WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.

HSJ Knowledge

Boardroom to front line: Tech advances have benefits across the NHS

2015-01-16T00:01:00Z

The potential to improve governance and patient care

HSJ Knowledge

Prevention is a better investment than cure

2014-11-13T00:01:00Z

Preventing illness is a wiser use of money for CCGs

HSJ Local

Optum scoops £150m contract in Thames Valley and Wessex

2014-04-14T11:00:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Private provider Optum has won a three-year contract to carry out acute commissioning services for 18 Wessex and the Thames Valley clinical commissioning groups.

HSJ Local

Two CSUs announce formal merger

2014-02-13T14:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: Two commissioning support units have announced they are entering into a formal merger.

HSJ Local

Chiltern CCG overspends on care

2013-07-31T17:18:00Z

FINANCE: Chiltern clinical commissioning group was £793,000 overspent on planned and unscheduled care at the end of May.

HSJ Local

Chiltern CCG plans integrated care to cut social care use

2013-07-31T16:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group is planning to cut both emergency admissions and the use of social care by a quarter by 2017, through the introduction of integrated models of health and social care.

HSJ Local

Bucks trust reports low friends and family test response rate

2013-07-23T17:19:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Only two per cent of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust patients responded to the friends and family test in April.

HSJ Local

Chiltern C difficile concern

2013-05-20T17:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for Chiltern CCG warn it is “unlikely” its maximum 77 case target for C Difficile for the area will be met.

Supplements

Anaphylaxis policy: steps to better care

2013-05-10T10:04:00Z

Six steps to creating a clear and consistent policy which will improve care quality and cut costs

Supplements

Anaphylaxis: taking on a sensitive subject

2013-05-10T10:00:00Z

Better prescibing and training can enhance care for anaphylaxis