All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 395
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NewsSome commissioners setting 'unachievable' targets, NHS England admits
NHS England is floating the possibility of scrapping the complex array of financial penalties and incentives currently imposed on NHS providers and replacing them, from 2015-16, with a single pay-for-performance premium.
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NewsSome trusts face bill 'of tens of millions' to meet data demands
The vast majority of acute trusts face substantial bills to comply with new data requirements which are expected to be introduced, experts have warned.
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NewsNHS England told to lead general practice 'scale up'
NHS England has been advised to encourage GP practices to “scale up” by creating a new type of contract and delegating more primary care budgets.
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NewsBaumann: NHS needs 'heroic' savings to pay for integration fund
Government plans to create a £3.8bn pooled fund for health and social care commissioning will take the level of savings needed by the health service in 2015-16 to at least 6 or 7 per cent, NHS England’s chief financial officer has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeCelia Ingham Clark: ‘I’ve not encountered any prejudice’
The NHS England clinical director discusses leadership
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NewsKeogh review exposes fears over NHS staffing levels
The NHS has little idea whether staffing levels at English hospitals are safe, Keogh review panel members have admitted.
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NewsChiefs avoid axe despite trusts facing 'special measures'
HSJ understands no hospital chief executives will face immediate removal from post as a result of Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into mortality rates.
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NewsAverage CCG faces £10m topslice to pay for integration fund
The average clinical commissioning group will have more than £10m taken out of its budget in 2015-16 to pay for the government’s planned £3.8bn fund for the integration of health and social care, according to NHS England.
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NewsMcCarthy: Mandate update will impose 'additional burden' on NHS
Government plans to “refresh” its mandate to NHS England will impose an unfunded “additional burden” on the health service, NHS England’s policy director has warned.
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NewsHospital chiefs give thumbs down to purchaser-provider split
Hospital chief executives believe there is little value in separating the NHS into commissioners and providers, a new HSJ survey has found.
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NewsNicholson: There will be more Staffords without service change
Sir David Nicholson has warned the NHS could face repeats of the care scandal in Mid Staffordshire if the public did not face up to the need for major reorganisation of hospital services.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS ‘faces £60bn funding gap by 2025’
NHS England demands major service change to close the health service’s “eye-watering” funding gap, NHS England has disclosed to HSJ.
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NewsCCGs 'unable to fulfill statutory functions'
Clinical commissioning groups have told NHS England that they are unable to fulfill their statutory functions due to data privacy laws.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to take control of investment spending
NHS England is drawing up plans to centralise control of spending on estates and information technology in the health service, including proposals to sign off spending by bodies over which it has no formal power.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators to face scrutiny at Morecambe Bay inquiry
The actions of health regulators are to be examined by the inquiry set up to probe care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsReconfiguration rules held up three months after system reformed
The government has refused to publish guidance which has been prepared on how service reconfiguration could be planned in the new NHS system, more than three months after the reforms took effect.
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrating care for people with comorbidities
Making personalised and coordinated care a reality
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NewsKelsey: NHS faces £30bn funding gap by 2020
The health service faces a £30bn funding gap by 2020, a major NHS England report due to be published next week will reveal.
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NewsMinisters give NHS new priorities in 'refreshed' mandate
Ministers have proposed a series of new priorities and targets for the NHS, and said they will press for the reform of GP and other out of hospital services.