All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 408
-
CommentMichael White: some notes on some scandals
Care scandals must not always leave the buck with hard-pressed staff
-
NewsPsychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
-
NewsExclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
-
NewsProviders to be forced to own up to mistakes
NHS organisations will be required to tell patients when mistakes have been made and their safety compromised under a contractual duty of candour announced today.
-
NewsDH awards audit contracts to HQIP
The Department of Health has chosen to entrust two audit contracts with The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
-
NewsBoard urges local leaders to push ahead on reconfiguration
The NHS Commissioning Board has indicated that health service leaders have only a “narrow window” to begin reconfiguration projects in their area as they can only count on political support until the end of 2013.
-
NewsCSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
Commissioning support units are frustrated by an ongoing lack of clarity over how much income they will receive from the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsCommissioning reforms will hit morale 'for at least two years'
The commissioning reforms are likely to affect workforce morale and motivation for “a couple of years at least”, NHS managers have been warned.
-
NewsDalton: move on from 'national versus local' debate
The NHS should “move on from the debate about national versus local priorities”, the NHS Commissioning Board deputy chief executive has said, previewing the planning framework for next year.
-
SupplementsPrimary care supplement: An index of frailty
An NHS data project could revolutionise frail elderly patients’ care
-
HSJ KnowledgePrimary care should not be on CCGs' backburner
A new relationship between commissioners will maximise reform
-
NewsOperating model published for specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board has published its operating model and commissioning intentions for specialised services.
-
NewsHakin: bear with managers 'trying to do two jobs'
The national lead for commissioning development has urged clinical commissioning group leaders to bear with managers while they try “to do two jobs” during the rest of the transition to the new system.
-
NewsCommissioning board struggles to improve diversity
The NHS Commissioning Board has been told to consider diversity as important as experience when determining who gets management jobs. This comes amid new evidence of its failure to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds.
-
News
CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
Clinical commissioning groups are being told to set aside more than £2bn of their budgets in their first year of operation.
-
NewsQIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
-
CommentThe NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
The freedom promised sounds good but how much is really on offer?
-
NewsCCGs reconsider staffing after running-cost funds reviewed
The NHS Commissioning Board has recalculated clinical commissioning groups’ allowances for running costs, prompting claims some may have to consider sacking staff they have just employed.
-
NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
-
NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...