All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 422
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NewsCaldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care is increasing its capacity to store and manage data in the expectation that commissioning support units will be prevented from holding sensitive information about patients.
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HSJ Local
Somerset CCG authorised with no conditions
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group was one of only eight CCGs to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board this week without any conditions.
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NewsHunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ it is “not my job to hold a candle” for either NHS or private sector providers when deciding what is best for patients.
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HSJ Local
Chief nurse leaves North Yorks for Notts and Derby LAT
WORKFORCE: Julie Bolus, North Yorkshire and York PCT chief nurse, has been appointed director of nursing for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire local area team of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsBoards could be made to declare staff level is safe
Hospital boards could be required to publicly declare their staffing levels are appropriate at least twice a year, under plans set out in the chief nursing officers’ vision and strategy for nursing.
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CommentMichael White: some notes on some scandals
Care scandals must not always leave the buck with hard-pressed staff
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NewsDH awards audit contracts to HQIP
The Department of Health has chosen to entrust two audit contracts with The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HSJ KnowledgePrimary care should not be on CCGs' backburner
A new relationship between commissioners will maximise reform
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SupplementsPrimary care supplement: An index of frailty
An NHS data project could revolutionise frail elderly patients’ care
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NewsOperating model published for specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board has published its operating model and commissioning intentions for specialised services.
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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.
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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.
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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.