All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 376
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NewsCCGs target steep cuts in avoidable admissions and deaths
Clinical commissioning groups have set themselves ambitious targets to cut avoidable admissions and improve patient experience over the next five years, plans submitted to NHS England reveal.
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HSJ PartnersCome together to put cancer care on the right path
NHS England can clarify the patient pathway
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SupplementsWe need to come together for cancer care to stop the confusing commissioning
Too many are responsible
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NewsExclusive: CSU boss suspended amid governance investigation
A commissioning support unit managing director has been suspended from work for more than two months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Somerset GPs get the go ahead to depart from QOF
GPs in Somerset have been given permission to ditch reporting against the majority of quality and outcomes framework indicators in favour of a locally developed approach, in a move seen as a “significant departure” for NHS England.
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NewsElective waiting list at its longest in six years
The waiting list for planned healthcare treatments has grown to its longest length in six years, according to official figures.
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NewsHollins urges action on learning disabilities care
Exclusive: Ministers will today be accused of failing to implement recommendations from a damning report into the care of NHS patients with learning disabilities.
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NewsDelayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
A charity for older people has warned of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care.
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NewsNHS England mulls young people's mental health tender
NHS England is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services out to tender in a bid to tackle “out of area” placements for vulnerable young people.
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NewsVirgin Care is only GP provider not to respond to FOI request
The British Medical Association has called for freedom of information law to apply equally across all GP providers, after it emerged that Virgin Care was required by its contract with NHS England not to respond to requests.
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CommentCommitment to change the NHS must come from within
Place more emphasis on learning best practice
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LeaderStevens’ nuanced view of change challenges cultural conventions
NHS England has to take more risks
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HSJ LocalWirral CCG probe could be 'symptom' of wider problems
WORKFORCE: Leadership troubles at a north west clinical commissioning group could be a “symptom” of wider problems with the CCG model, according to an influential GP.
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SupplementsTelehealth special report: Remote control of care
The NHS needs to operate a model where patients are monitored in their homes with technology
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CommentCentralisation is crucial to achieve better care locally
The politics must be taken out of the NHS
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CommentStevens wants hospital plans to be local, but not too local
The NHS England chief executive has been busy with new healthcare models
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CommentSpecialised commissioning could push the purchaser-provider split to destruction
Rigour is lacking in NHS England’s relationship with providers
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SupplementsHSJ Top Chief Executives: Capturing the zest of the best
How their characteristics mark out these individuals
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NewsNHS's 'ridiculous' £1bn savings demand sparks care fund worry
The NHS will expect health and wellbeing boards to prove they can save £1bn by joining up health and social care services next year – £300m more than anticipated
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NewsSimon Stevens' full NHS Confederation speech
The full text of Simon Stevens’ speech at the NHS Confederation conference 2014.