All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 416
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve commissioning for long term conditions
Don Redding of National Voices identifies three types of people who can enhance the commissioning of services for people with long term conditions.
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NewsCCGs choose in-house commissioning support ahead of outsourced services
Clinical commissioning groups are opting to host support functions in-house rather than outsource to “unproven” commissioning support services.
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Blogs
Commissioning board must safeguard the future of secure care services
The Commissioning Board takes over responsibility for specialised services in April 2013 and needs to focus on designing a system without the blockage problems of today if it is to commissioning secure care successfully.
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NewsThree commissioning support services fail key test
Three out of 26 commissioning support service plans have been scrapped and a further nine have been identified as needing “rigorous management”, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced this morning.
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NewsExclusive: Plans for national communications service scrapped
Plans to set up a national communications service for clinical commissioning groups have been abandoned, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsCommissioning board moves to halt NHS director exodus
The NHS Commissioning Board is attempting to stem the rapid drop in the number of senior clinical advisers by bringing in more expertise from primary care, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has told HSJ.
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NewsPCTs failing to implement continence guidance
Primary care trusts are neglecting to assess need and implement national guidance when it comes to continence services, according to a national audit.
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LeaderHow many care scandals are we missing as reform rolls on?
Reforms’ upheaval threatens care quality and safety.
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NewsCCGs appointing non-NHS staff 'must justify' redundancy costs
Clinical commissioning groups that choose to appoint staff from outside the NHS, adding to redundancy costs, should be prepared to publicly justify their decisions, the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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NewsLocal commissioning board offices will be fewer than planned
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced it is rethinking the structure of its local offices to avoid “crowding out” clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsCommissioning board announces regional directors
The NHS Commissioning Board has this afternoon announced that four primary care trust and strategic health authority bosses have been appointed as regional directors.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to redesign local structure
The NHS Commissioning Board is planning to redesigning its structure of local offices, and is considering having fewer branches than the 50 which had previously been expected.
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NewsJust 35 CCGs to be tested in first wave of authorisation
The 35 emerging clinical commissioning groups which will be the first to go through the authorisation process have been announced by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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CommentMichael White: power is there to be taken by the bold
Don’t assume CCGs know what their “assumed liberty” means.
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NewsDH reveals swift year-of-care tariff plans
The Department of Health has revealed details of its plans to “quickly but carefully” introduce year-of-care tariffs in a bid to cut hospital admissions and encourage community based treatment.
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NewsCCGs to manage and reward GP performance
GP practices look set to be handed an extensive role in performance managing each other – including through the award of bonuses – under proposals being drawn up by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsCommissioning Board guidance to resolve CCG boundary disputes
Guidance from the NHS Commissioning Board has set out new principles for “firming up” clinical commissioning group boundaries, and an elaborate formula for resolving disputed areas.
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NewsJim Easton: Board to move quickly on year of care tariffs
The NHS Commissioning Board is moving “quickly but carefully” to adopt year of care tariffs, which are considered essential if the service is to meet its £20bn efficiency challenge.
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NewsLansley: CCG allocations should be based on age, not poverty
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has suggested clinical commissioning group funding should take into account the age of a population rather than indices of deprivation, arguing age is the “principal determinant of health need” in an area.
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NewsCCG data service support to come from local suppliers
A leaked NHS Commissioning Board document suggests the majority of data “intelligence” services supplied to clinical commissioning groups will have to be provided by local commissioning support units, rather than on a national scale.