All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 415
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NewsExclusive: commissioning board to include 50 local medical directors
The NHS Commissioning Board will include around 50 local branches, each with a medical leader, its chief executive Sir David Nicholson has decided.
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS commissioning board makes a quiet start
The establishment of the NHS Commissioning Board could prove to be one of the more momentous events in the service’s history, but the occasion went all but unmarked by the national papers.
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NewsNicholson says CCGs should get choice of support provider
The shadow NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has backed calls for clinical commissioning groups to be allowed greater choice of commissioning support provider.
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HSJ KnowledgeSetting up successful joint strategic needs assessments
Government reform of commissioning mean now is a good time to take stock of your joint strategic needs assessment. Ed Harding and Michelle Kane outline some key dos and don’t in setting priorities and objectives.
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CommentMichael White: ice cool Professor Grant may have what it takes to succeed
It was a Labour peer who despairingly drew my attention to the vote against Professor Malcolm Grant’s appointment as chair of the NHS Commissioning Board by Labour MPs who sit on the Commons health select committee down the corridor at Westminster.
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CommentMedia Watch: there's no news like old news
Some of the nationals could be forgiven this week for getting their definition of the word “news” a little tangled.
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NewsSingle NHS finance and performance post abolished
The post which had been expected to become the second most senior job in the new NHS has been split in two.
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NewsHealth Bill: Lords to debate hospital failure, integration and commissioning bonus
Members of the House of Lords have tabled dozens of amendments to the Health Bill which would bring about significant policy change if passed.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy public and patient engagement must work in the new commissioning system
Patient involvement has always been integral to NHS services, so it is vital that commissioners now ensure local people respond to engagement opportunities, says David Stout.
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NewsLords propose greater transparency in new Health Bill changes
Proposed amendments to the Health Bill would effectively subject private and third sector bodies to the Freedom of Information Act by giving commissioners more power to require information from them.
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NewsDH commissioning support vision revealed
The Department of Health’s vision for the development of commissioning support, which reveals the services likely to be delivered on a national scale, has been leaked to HSJ.
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NewsLansley's candidate for Commissioning Board chair narrowly wins MPs' backing
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
Accurate prediction of patients at risk is central to preventing admissions, but funding to develop predictive models has been withdrawn by the DH. Geraint Lewis and colleagues look at some of the tools available to local commissioners now charged reducing admissions.
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NewsExclusive: DH publishes detailed plans for commissioning support
The Department of Health has identified four commissioning support functions which could be run most effectively at a national level.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Board chair announced
A barrister and academic who has advised government on genetically modified food has been named as the health secretary’s preferred candidate for chair of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsDH to 'bring in line' commissioners who ration treatments
The Department of Health is moving to “bring into line” commissioners who are increasingly restricting access to treatments and medicine, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEarl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
Ministers wrote to all peers this morning appealing for their support on the Health Bill after talks between Conservative and crossbench peers broke down.
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NewsNHS Confed: Health Bill could lead to vital decisions 'paralysis'
The government should change and clarify the Health Bill to help the NHS deal with its enormous financial pressures, the NHS Confederation has said.
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CommentCompete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
The buzzword in the NHS is collaboration, but with the Health Bill steeped in competition, despite significant amendments, realising integrated care still seems a long way away. It’s time to focus, says Professor Bob Hudson.
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CommentWhy public health practice must be integrated into commissioning
Whatever form the new NHS commissioning landscape takes, public health practice needs to be an integral part of it. A discussion is needed as to how it fits in to the structure, write Julie Sin, Su Sethi and Alison Rylands.