All Commissioning articles – Page 115
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HSJ Local
Jeremy Hunt backs South Gloucestershire CCG plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has backed plans to reconfigure hospital services in South Gloucestershire after they were referred to him by local councillors following a long-running row.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire CCGs collaborate on five-year plan
Three clinical commissioning groups in Coventry and Warwickshire are to draw up a joint five-year strategic plan for their health economy.
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News
Exclusive: Robert Francis joins critics in mental health funding row
Robert Francis QC has expressed surprise at the decision by NHS England and Monitor to use his report into failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as justification for higher funding cuts to mental health.
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News
Four in 10 areas to pool extra health and care cash
At least 57 local areas will see better care fund budgets rising, figures show
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HSJ Knowledge
Data is at the heart of Somerset's integration masterpiece
The cost of collaborative health and social care
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News
Another NHS England director leaves
Another senior figure has announced he is leaving NHS England.
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News
Commissioning services through any qualified provider: an HSJ survey
Should any qualified provider be extended to new areas?
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HSJ Partners
Community is crucial to support patients in remote areas
Improve access to care in rural areas
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News
CCGs open services to competition out of fear of rules
More than a quarter of clinical commissioning leaders open services up to competition out of fear of rules
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HSJ Partners
Comment: CCGs must hold their nerve
One year on from their statutory formation, the CCG barometer shows that clinical commissioning groups remain full of ambition.
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News
CCG leaders voice serious concern over public health
Clinical commissioning leaders have expressed serious concerns about the current state public health services.
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News
CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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News
'Admin burden’ blamed for hospital's block on some Welsh patients
PERFORMANCE: An English acute trust near the Welsh border has blamed two Welsh health boards for creating an “administrative burden” which has led it to stop carrying out non-specialist procedures on patients from their area.
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News
GPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
#Transformation2019: Transformation game changers
Predicting the big developments for hospitals and leadership in the next five years
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News
Stevens offers hope for small hospitals in first speech for NHS England
NHS England’s new chief executive today used his first speech in the role to promise rapid progress on integrating care, to offer hope to small hospitals, and to dub past pay reforms a “missed opportunity”.
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News
Eight CCGs plan to bring commissioning support in-house
Eight London clinical commissioning groups are set to stop using their commissioning support unit and bring its functions in-house, HSJ understands.
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Leader
Stevens seeks consensus but his plans will challenge all
NHS England chief’s arrival bears comparison with Labour’s 1997 landslide
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News
Two CSUs advertise for long term commercial partner
Two commissioning support units have become the first to publicly call for bids from third parties wishing to become their long term strategic partner.