All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 399
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HSJ Local
Cummings visits Southampton to learn about nursing innovations
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The NHS Commissioning Board’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has visited University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust to find out more about the trust’s bedside research.
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News
CCGs concerned over loss of funds to commissioning board
Clinical commissioning groups have raised concern about overspending in their first year of operation because they have “lost” large sums of money to the NHS Commissioning Board’s specialised services budget.
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HSJ Local
North West Surrey CCG authorised with two conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Group.
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HSJ Local
Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG authorised with four conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Conditional authorisation for Brighton and Hove CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Coastal West Sussex CCG receives green light
STRUCTURE: NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Leeds West CCG authorised with four conditions
STRUCTURE: Leeds West CCG has been authorised with four conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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News'Moratorium' on rare cardiac procedures is 'detrimental' to UK's reputation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s proposed blanket ban on some interventional cardiology procedures will “seriously disadvantage” some patients and damage the UK’s reputation for innovation, leading cardiologists have claimed.
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NewsNHS bodies to produce common vision for integrated care
National organisations including the Department of Health, NHS Commissioning Board and sector regulators are drawing up a joint statement of purpose to set how they will make integrated care a reality, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Blackburn with Darwen CCG authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: Blackburn with Darwen clinical commissioning group has been fully authorised in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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NewsThree CCGs issued with legal directions
Three clinical commissioning groups have been legally directed by the NHS Commissioning Board because of problems detected in authorisation.
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HSJ Local
No conditions for Greater Huddersfield CCG
STRUCTURE: Greater Huddersfield CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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NewsUPDATE: Burnham says commissioning board 'couldn't carry on' under plan
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said the NHS Commissioning Board “couldn’t carry on” in its current form under his proposals to reshape health and social care.
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Comment
Readers' letters − 24 January 2013
This week’s letters include a call for a change in attitudes to mental health and responses to HSJ’s exclusive interview with Sir David Nicholson, as well as making the case for the use of nutritional supplements in care homes
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News
Threefold variation in CCGs' spend on outside support
There is more than a threefold variation in the amount clinical commissioning groups intend to spend on support services, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsChoose and Book faces delays
The new Choose and Book electronic appointment booking system is “very unlikely” to be in place by the NHS Commissioning Board’s December deadline, industry figures told HSJ this week.
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NewsPatient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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Blogs
Commissioning board fumbles on waiting times
The draft NHS contract penalises hospitals who treat their long-waiters, but not if they keep them waiting. Why?
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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NewsCommissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.