All Commissioning articles – Page 118
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HSJ PartnersA fragmented system can't deliver whole person care
Put integration and the individual at the centre of care
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NewsGP choice pilots appealed to 'minority'
Commuters are most likely to take advantage of a new scheme that will allow patients to register at any doctor’s surgery, a study has suggested.
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NewsNicholson exit interview: Rules and structures are blocking change
NHS providers are wasting energy pursuing foundation trust status when the model is “not going to work in the future”, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs and councils set to pool more than £5bn in 2015-16
Councils and NHS commissioners are set to share pooled budgets of more than £5bn in 2015-16 under the better care fund, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeCompassionate commissioning makes a real difference to patients
Support frontline teams
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HSJ Knowledge#Transformation2019: What does hospital transformation mean in Derby?
Sue James looks at the transformation process ahead
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NewsCCG wins legal battle over contract suspension
A clinical commissioning group has won a legal battle to award a contract for work that had already been given to other providers under the trust special administration process.
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NewsExclusive: Clinical senates have only made three recommendations
Only three formal recommendations have been made by clinical senates since their formation, and only two of these have related to clinical matters HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCGs angered by NHS England instruction to set up £250m risk pool
Clinical commissioning group representatives have condemned a direction from NHS England saying they must contribute £250m to a national fund for “legacy debts” of primary care trusts.
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NewsNicholson: CCGs 'encouraged' to protect mental health parity
Clinical commissioning groups have received guidance to “encourage and support” them to deliver parity of esteem for mental health services, Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsIntegration 'pioneers' issue tender for 10 year contracts
Commissioners in Staffordshire are inviting providers to bid for two ten-year contracts for integrated services worth a total of £1.2bn.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England challenged over primary care support redundancy plans
NHS England has been warned it could face unfair dismissal claims over plans to make about 900 commissioning staff redundant, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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NewsLarge providers dominate clinical senates
HSJ analysis has given the most detailed picture so far of the make-up of clinical senates, revealing the extent of large acute trusts’ influence over the advisory bodies.
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NewsVoluntary redundancy unavailable to CSU staff
NHS England has instructed commissioning support units not to offer voluntary redundancy to employees as they undertake a redundancy programme to cut 300 jobs.
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NewsArea teams told tariff deflator is non-negotiable
NHS England has told its local area teams they must impose a lower tariff price for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts. This is despite it previously indicating that clinical commissioning groups had the freedom to devise their own tariff level.