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News
NHS property company to outsource 50 contracts and ‘fix PCT legacy’
NHS Property Services to award 50 new outsource contracts to replace 2,300 let by primary care trusts Deals could be worth up to £160m Board member acknowledges risks of workforce and market disruption The NHS’s property company is preparing to award 50 contracts worth £160m for managing and ...
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News
Exclusive: Clinical leaders 'more willing to challenge diktats', research finds
Clinical leaders are ‘more willing to challenge or ignore diktats and messages from above’ than their managerial colleagues in clinical commissioning groups, research shared exclusively with HSJ has found.
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Leader
Squeezed trusts will depend on initiative and DH sympathy
Acute providers lack the power to save
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News
Third of CCGs do not plan to retender community services
More than a third of CCGs have no plans to retender their community services, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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News
NHS restructure was a 'step backwards' for IVF services, watchdog says
The coalition’s radical reshaping of the health service has been a “step backwards” for the commissioning of fertility services in the NHS, the chair of the national fertility watchdog has said.
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News
Financially challenged areas among biggest losers from care claims clawback
Some of the most financially challenged health economies were among the biggest contributors to an £800m pot established to settle continuing healthcare claims that was clawed back by the Treasury, an HSJ investigation has found.
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Comment
One year on: the mood of the healthcare finance community
Taking the temperature post-reform
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire CCG appoints chief executive
Oxfordshire CCG has appointed a chief executive and accountable officer to replace Dr Steve Richards, who lost his place on the group’s board following a vote by local GPs.
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News
Data video: What happened to the continuing healthcare cash?
Paying for legacy healthcare claims
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Leader
‘No legacy debt’ pledge does not live up to Lansley’s promise
CCGs have to find funding for continuing care claims
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News
Treasury claims £650m legacy debt pot
NHS England has admitted that £650m of provisions made by primary care trusts last year to pay for historic continuing healthcare claims will not be available to clinical commissioning groups.
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Comment
Keep the primary care estate at the centre of reform
Estate strategy is a catalyst for service improvement
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News
CCGs hit by swings in funding allocation
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m of the funds originally earmarked for them for this year, HSJ has discovered.
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Comment
Getting the money right matters most to patients
NHS England can deliver better specialised care
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Leader
CCGs deserve the chance to prove their worth
There are signs the new commissioning system has promise
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HSJ Knowledge
Encourage GPs to take ownership of their CCG
The new bodies must have strong relationships
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Comment
Predicted wave of tenders refuses to arrive
Lack of TCS tenders is one of many miseries facing commissioners