All Commissioning articles – Page 107
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News
Economist suggests health and care require tax increase
The economist leading an independent review of health and social care spending has indicated increased taxation or national insurance are needed to fund them.
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News
Stevens unveils 'radical' personal budgets plan for health and social care
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens will today announce a major programme extending the use of combined health and social care personal budgets.
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News
Action urged on health of homeless
Action is being urged to help give homeless people the treatment they need for a range of physical and mental health problems.
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News
NHS England faces 'most difficult budget year'
The health service faces its ‘most difficult’ year in balancing its financial plans, senior NHS England officials warned at a board meeting last week.
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HSJ Local
Exeter GPs form Ltd company
STRUCTURE: GPs in Exeter have formed a limited company to bid for primary care contracts amid fears they could otherwise lose work to larger organisations.
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HSJ Local
'Dictatorial' Wirral CCG leadership upset GPs
WORKFORCE: Leadership problems at the Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group are linked to a loss of confidence among general practitioners in the area, a member of the Mid-Mersey Local Medical Committee has claimed.
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News
Councils urged to toughen health scrutiny
Local authorities have been urged to step up their scrutiny of NHS providers, as a survey revealed funding for such checks has dwindled.
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HSJ Knowledge
Only a whole culture change can make self-care a reality
There is no magic wand to care redesign
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News
Better care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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Comment
Interaction is required to make integration a reality
It needs co-operation between HWB members
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Comment
Integration Summit: Are you the glue that binds joint working or the treacle that gets in the way?
There are clear obstacles to joint working
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Comment
Integration Summit: Closed doors and outward attitudes tell a story
Hear from the facilitator
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Comment
Integration Summit: Accountability must start with genuine co-production
Commissioners need to build trust among their partners
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News
NHS England to offer local commissioning 'step-change'
Simon Stevens is set to invite clinical commissioning groups and local authorities to experiment with a further “step change” in joint commissioning arrangements.
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News
NHS England struggling to balance £97bn budget
NHS England this week confirmed it had still not managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15, in what experts saw as a sign that the NHS overall could face financial crisis sooner than expected.
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News
NHS England and UCLH in contracting dispute
NHS England is in dispute with University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust over £75m of the trust’s specialised services contract for this financial year.
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News
Hunt: CCGs must become 'accountable care organisations'
Clinical commissioning groups must become more accountable as they expand their role in delivering healthcare, the health secretary has said
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Comment
Don't let the glut of pilot projects distract from patient safety
New models of care are too fragmented
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HSJ Knowledge
Heatherwood-Frimley Park shows the way through merger process
Pass the test of the law