All Commissioning articles – Page 110
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HSJ Partners
Come together to put cancer care on the right path
NHS England can clarify the patient pathway
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Supplements
We need to come together for cancer care to stop the confusing commissioning
Too many are responsible
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News
Exclusive: CSU boss suspended amid governance investigation
A commissioning support unit managing director has been suspended from work for more than two months, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Partners
Seminar: tackle the second most common issue in older people's health
Join the debate at the Commissioning Show 2014
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News
Exclusive: Somerset GPs get the go ahead to depart from QOF
GPs in Somerset have been given permission to ditch reporting against the majority of quality and outcomes framework indicators in favour of a locally developed approach, in a move seen as a “significant departure” for NHS England.
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News
Hunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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HSJ Knowledge
Take to the high street for community based eye care
Local treatments takes pressure off budgets
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News
NHS England mulls young people's mental health tender
NHS England is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services out to tender in a bid to tackle “out of area” placements for vulnerable young people.
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HSJ Knowledge
The NHS gets the A&E demand it deserves
High demand stems from the service’s own offer to patients
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Leader
Stevens’ nuanced view of change challenges cultural conventions
NHS England has to take more risks
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HSJ Local
Wirral CCG probe could be 'symptom' of wider problems
WORKFORCE: Leadership troubles at a north west clinical commissioning group could be a “symptom” of wider problems with the CCG model, according to an influential GP.
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News
Shake up of Greater Manchester services backed by city's CCGs
Greater Manchester’s CCGs have submitted proposals to NHS England for public consultation on a major shake up of general surgery and emergency care
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News
Better care fund gives integration a 'bad name', says Burnham
The government’s better care fund is in danger of giving “integration a bad name” and of tipping the NHS over a financial cliff next year, Andy Burnham has said
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News
Lamb backs legal requirement to pool budgets
Care minister Norman Lamb has today called for a new “legal obligation” to ensure health and social care commissioners pool their budgets as part of a significant expansion of his better care fund project.
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HSJ Local
CCG proposes awarding community contracts without competition
The country’s largest clinical commissioning group aims to skip common procurement procedures when awarding new contracts for community services, under proposals expected to test guidance on the controversial section 75 regulations.
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Comment
Stevens wants hospital plans to be local, but not too local
The NHS England chief executive has been busy with new healthcare models
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Comment
Specialised commissioning could push the purchaser-provider split to destruction
Rigour is lacking in NHS England’s relationship with providers
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News
Simon Stevens' full NHS Confederation speech
The full text of Simon Stevens’ speech at the NHS Confederation conference 2014.
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News
Simon Stevens' NHS Confederation speech: 'I'll accelerate redesign of care'
Simon Stevens has said he wants to “accelerate the redesign of care delivery” and create “far greater local flexibility” in services, structure and system rules.
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News
Six NHS leaders join Confederation board
Six NHS leaders have been appointed as trustees on the NHS Confederation board, it has announced today.