All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 368
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CommentThe better care fund needs to be stripped of bureaucracy
Better care fund needs a bureaucratic enema
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CommentReconfiguration of clinical services is important but insufficient
Hospitals play a minor part in determining outcomes
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NewsCommissioners brace for key ruling on patient data access
Southend Clinical Commissioning Group has made a crucial submission to the Confidentiality Advisory Group which NHS England hopes will help overcome a major barrier to integrating health and social care.
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NewsAvoid financial ‘arms race’, warns watchdog boss
Providers and commissioners should end the escalating “arms race” that threatens the sustainability of their health systems, the NHS Trust Development Authority finance director has warned
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HSJ LocalNew interim chief at troubled North West CCG
WORKFORCE: A troubleshooting commissioning boss is taking over as interim chief officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group.
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NewsDalton's plans to revitalise provider sector unveiled
A long awaited review of NHS provider policy has recommended a suite of measures to re-energise the ‘pipeline’ of would be foundation trusts and accelerate the acquisition or franchising of trusts that cannot demonstrate long term viability in their current form.
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HSJ LocalInvestigation of London A&Es follows department closures
PERFORMANCE: A probe into poor accident and emergency services in north west London has been commissioned by four London local authorities following the controversial closure of two departments.
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NewsAutumn statement confirms increase in NHS spending
Experts estimate that the additional NHS funding outlined in the autumn statement amounts to a 1.5 per cent real terms increase in 2015-16
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NewsSimon Stevens to give first HSJ annual lecture
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens will reveal his latest thinking on the future of the service in next week’s inaugural HSJ annual lecture.
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CommentBuilding future NHS organisations starts with citizens
Empower patients to take more control over their own care
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NewsExclusive: NHS England delays treatment choices after legal threat
NHS England has cancelled key meetings at which it was due to decide whether to fund a series of treatments for serious conditions following a threat of judicial review, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMental health providers face finding £40m to meet new targets
At least half of the additional £80m investment pledged to mental health providers to help them deliver new access targets will come from existing budgets
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NewsAcademic health science networks bid for greater strategic role
The most advanced academic health science networks should play a greater strategic role in service reconfigurations, leading AHSN figures have said.
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NewsFour in 10 GP practices need modernisation
More than 40 per cent of GP practices are unlikely to be capable of providing modern primary care services, according to analysis by construction consultants.
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NewsOOH providers warn over rising indemnity costs
Out of hours providers are struggling to find GPs to cover shifts because of spiralling insurance premiums.
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NewsHunt: Additional funds will be linked to efficiency and tech
Jeremy Hunt has indicated that £1.5bn of additional funding to be allocated to the NHS in 2015-16 will be contingent on hospitals providing plans to become more “efficient and sustainable” and to deliver “a commitment to a paperless NHS by 2018”.
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NewsFarrar: GPs will move away from CCGs in long term
The new generation of beefed up primary care organisations envisaged in the NHS Five Year Forward View will attract GP leaders away from clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsGPs should urgently discuss new care models
GPs should begin talking about the new models of care in the NHS Five Year Forward View ‘very soon’, one of their leaders has said.
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HSJ LocalProposed merger between Kent CCGs dropped
STRUCTURE: A proposed merger between two clinical commissioning groups in Kent has been dropped following indications from NHS England that CCG mergers will not be supported.
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NewsNHS England restructure: new 'sub region' directors appointed
NHS England has appointed the directors of most of the organisation’s new ‘sub regions’ which are to be created as part of a restructure designed to cut costs by 15 per cent.