All Commissioning articles – Page 119
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HSJ KnowledgeGive medical training more teeth
Lessons from a pioneering approach in dental education
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NewsFTs and commissioners at odds over funding
There is a £202m discrepancy between what foundation trusts think they are owed by commissioners, and what commissioners think they owe them, Monitor has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Dismay over moratorium on mental health commissioning
An NHS England moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services has exacerbated the sector’s bed shortage and led to a newly constructed hospital unit standing empty for six months, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCSUs required to offer outcomes based contracting support
Support service providers will be required to offer commissioners help with drawing up innovative outcomes based contracts, according to a set of procurement rules to be unveiled today.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan councils have a role in commissioning support?
CCGs will soon expect real choice in the support market
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NewsExclusive: Three groups set to join in first CCG merger
Three clinical commissioning groups have decided to merge, in the first such move since CCGs became statutory bodies in April last year.
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CommentTwitter chat round-up: How to commission end of life care
The key points from last week’s debate
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HSJ KnowledgeThe impact of the better care fund on CCGs explained
Diverting billions into integrated care has huge implications
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CSUs can make radical change run smoothly
CSUs can be honest brokers across the system
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NewsDominance of small GP practices undermines push for extended providers
General practice remains overwhelmingly dominated by providers on single sites with small lists, providing little beyond “core” services, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsGPs should control community services, report says
GPs should take responsibility for out of hospital community services for patients under their registered lists, according to a report by the King’s Fund.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health trust threatens legal challenge over tariff
A mental health trust has told HSJ it is considering a legal challenge against the decision by NHS England and Monitor to impose 20 per cent higher cuts for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts.
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NewsHSJ map: Large and extended GP providers
Selected GP federations and large-scale providers mapped
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HSJ LocalTwo CSUs announce formal merger
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning support units have announced they are entering into a formal merger.
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NewsAnalysis: better care fund decision offers a universal solution
The Department of Health’s decision not to withhold better care fund cash from areas struggling to improve performance looks at first glance like a softening of central control.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy coordinated care is key for rare disease patients
Emergency admissions can be avoided
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NewsRoughton to consider how CCGs could co-commission primary care
NHS England is looking into how clinical commissioning groups can co-commission primary care, its deputy medical director has revealed.