All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 377
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NewsApril 2015 targeted for Choices outsource
The NHS Choices website will not be outsourced until April next year, more than a year after initially expected, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFurther details emerge on patient safety structure
NHS England has revealed further details about its plans to introduce patient safety collaboratives in response to the recommendations of the Francis inquiry.
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HSJ Local
North East Essex considers terminating contract with CSU
STRUCTURE: North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group is considering terminating its contract with Central Eastern CSU, and has already decided to bring three services in house.
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NewsRicketts: CSU privatisation 'doesn’t fit with NHS values'
Commissioning support units will not be sold off when they are made independent, in part due to a lack of support for full scale privatisation from clinical commissioning groups, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsDrive to be launched to join up mental health crisis care
All mental health providers will be expected to implement a single point of access for patients suffering crises in the next year, NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health has revealed.
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CommentThe UK and US are united by a common health goal
Health secretaries sign technology memorandum today
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HSJ LocalCCGs express concerns about trust's leadership
Leaders of three clinical commissioning groups have written to the chief executive of an acute trust setting out concerns about the quality of the care it provides.
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NewsDrop in attendances at A&E departments
Attendances to accident and emergency departments have fallen over the course of the past year, according to NHS England data.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.
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Blogs
Contract planning, or last minute scramble?
Last minute deals, plans that nobody believes in… does the annual contracting round have to be like this?
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HSJ PartnersVideo: How new alliances will improve end of life care
Three short films on partnership working
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NewsConsultation launched on CSU redundancies
Up to 300 commissioning support unit staff are facing redundancy under a job cuts programme coordinated by NHS England.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Minister intervenes in funding row
The care services minister has warned NHS England he may intervene to ask it to reconsider funding decisions if they undermine the government’s commitment to parity of esteem for mental health.
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NewsCCGs hit by swings in funding allocation
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m of the funds originally earmarked for them for this year, HSJ has discovered.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: November 2013 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one year waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
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NewsGovernance concerns over care.data project
NHS data chiefs have raised “concerns in respect to the governance arrangements” of the pioneering care.data project, according to papers published last week.
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CommentThe service is not ready for a new flu pandemic
The NHS reforms have distracted public health officials
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Blogs
18 week waits still holding
The NHS held steady on 18 weeks with an increase in admissions, despite signs of increased pressure on waiting times.
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CommentThe NHS at 75: Engaging with new digital demographics
Services must reflect how people use everyday technology
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NewsExclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.