All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 402
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CommentThe friends and family test can make the grade
Collection and analysis of the data must improve
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NewsNHS Choices use of friends and family scores 'misleading', say trusts
NHS Choices has been accused of “misleading” and “confusing” patients in its presentation of the results of the friends and family test.
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NewsA&E response rate remains issue for friends and family test
NHS trusts have continued to struggle to gather responses to the friends and family test from accident and emergency patients, the latest tranche of data has revealed.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: CCGs could take over CSUs
NHS England could allow clinical commissioning groups to take ownership of their support service providers, rather than allowing the units to be moved into the private sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England forecasts 13pc savings plan shortfall
NHS England is predicting it will fall short of its efficiency savings target by 13 per cent in this financial year − a much bigger gap than that expected by clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsPatient feedback hub launched but 2015 target reconsidered
NHS England has “soft launched” a flagship transparency project which allows patients to give real time feedback on their hospital experience.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: June 2013 data
All the local detail on 18 weeks by provider, commissioner and specialty, with interactive maps
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Blogs
Waiting list grows more slowly as NHS catches up
The waiting list grew more slowly in June, helped by higher admission rates. Even though the waiting list remains very large, 18 weeks performance held steady.
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HSJ Local
Takeover of 20 GP practices approved by OFT
COMMERCIAL: The takeover of 20 Merseyside general practices by a North West based company has been approved by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsRedistributing CCG funding could mean real terms cuts, NHS England warns
NHS England issues stark warning as it publishes details of potential winners and losers from proposed new funding formula
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SupplementsMake the connection − an HSJ ESR supplement
Time to wake up to the potential of staff records to transform care
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NewsExclusive: Primary care chief wants GPs to form larger providers
GPs should form larger provider organisations or networks as part of a rapid development of out-of-hospital services, England’s lead GP is proposing.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient leaders should have been Francis' first recommendation
The report fell short on patient empowerment
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CommentLisa Rodrigues: 10 tips for the next NHS England chief
The next leader will have a different role and style
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CommentDon't be deceived by the rhetoric of reconfiguration
Picking apart the devices being used to warp the debate
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NewsIntegration fund can be used to offset social care cuts
Councils will be allowed to use some of the government’s £3.8bn integrated care fund to protect existing social care services rather than fund service transformation, according to new guidance.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes alleged competition rule breach
A health regulator is to investigate complaints over whether NHS England breached competition rules for commissioning cancer services.
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NewsChief nurse says major problems now harder to hide
England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has said it is now much harder for an NHS hospital to “hide” poor staffing on the scale seen at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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CommentMichael White: Poulter the procurement the champion
Dr Dan wants NHS England to raise its game
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