All Commissioning articles – Page 120
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News
Monitor watching CCG procurement decisions 'closely'
Monitor is closely observing the decisions clinical commissioning groups are making about transforming community services contracts, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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Comment
David Bennett: Monitor's plan for a better merger regime
Competition should be used to improve services for patients
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News
Exclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.
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News
Workforce system tender could be worth £1bn
A centrally procured “workforce management system” is set to be made available to NHS organisations as part of a government tendering exercise worth up to £1bn, it has emerged.
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News
Two more CSU alliances confirmed
Two more pairs of commissioning support units are entering into formal alliances to ensure they can offer a comprehensive set of high quality services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
A Canadian template for joined up care
How to care for patients with the chronic conditions
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HSJ Knowledge
Why the strength of the A&E brand is its Achilles' heel
One way to cope with overloaded emergency care units
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HSJ Partners
Video: How new alliances will improve end of life care
Three short films on partnership working
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News
CCGs hit by swings in funding allocation
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m of the funds originally earmarked for them for this year, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Legal challenge issued over £16m service tender
COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group is facing a legal challenge over the procurement of £16.6m in services using the innovative prime contractor model.
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News
CCG backs down in patient involvement procurement row
A clinical commissioning group leading one of the most high profile procurements in the NHS has agreed to publish commercially sensitive documents following a threat of legal action.
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News
Micromanagement won’t deliver value says business guru
Interview: Michael Porter on his “strategy that will fix healthcare”
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Supplements
Special report: Procurement regulation is a bone of contention
Section 75 has created waves in the last year
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News
Four CSUs form 'strategic alliance'
Four commissioning support units covering a vast swathe of the Midlands and Yorkshire have announced they are forming a “strategic alliance”.
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News
Exclusive: Non-acute providers allege institutional bias
Healthcare leaders from across the community and mental health sectors have united against plans to cut the tariff price for their services by a fifth more than the reduction proposed for acute providers.
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News
Minister backs commissioning-only care role for councils
Care services minister Norman Lamb has voiced his support for a proposal to prevent councils from directly providing adult care services.
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HSJ Partners
Now hear this: The case for community based hearing care
Redesigning hearing care service provision for the long term
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HSJ Knowledge
Unlock the potential of outcomes based commissioning
A new way of thinking about commissioning