All Commissioning articles – Page 121
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News
Quarter of in-deficit CCGs lose out under new funding policy
More than a third of clinical commissioning groups that are underfunded according to the new NHS allocations formula will be even further behind their target share of funding by the end of 2015-16, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ Partners
Innovative use of data can improve end of life care
A shift in thinking can lead to a better patient experience
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News
Influential MP to demand greater CCG accountability
An influential Conservative MP is planning to raise concerns in the Commons about a lack of accountability in the reformed NHS, and the government potentially missing commitments to improve cancer outcomes.
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HSJ Knowledge
Rising Stars: Essential reading on NHS portfolio careers
Looking at the benefits for doctors and the health service
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News
Royal college condemns obesity surgery stand-off
The Royal College of Surgeons has condemned a stand-off between local and national commissioners over surgery for the morbidly obese.
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Blogs
Longer life expectancy can be too much of a good thing
An ageing society has to address ethical issues about when and how people choose to die
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HSJ Knowledge
Best of 2013: Clinical leadership
The challenges clinical leaders have face in the last 12 months
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: October 2013 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
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Comment
Better housing will relieve winter pressures
Housing improvements are vital for reducing emergency hospital visits
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HSJ Knowledge
Best of 2013: Data and technology
How the NHS uses social media, big data and patient partners
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Comment
Welfare advice is essential to mental health care
It makes services more efficient, effective and responsive
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Comment
What Simon Stevens should focus on in 2014
Another Simon Stevens has some thoughts for the new NHS England chief
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News
'There is no battle of Oxford', say local NHS leaders
Local NHS leaders have insisted there is “no battle of Oxford”, following HSJ’s revelation that the clinical commissioning group’s ambitious plans had been delayed amid provider concerns.
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Comment
CCGs left little wriggle room by new funding formula
NHS England allocations take health inequalities seriously
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News
Science centres to be 'hubs' of specialised services
Academic health science centres should become the “hubs” of specialised services, according to NHS England’s medical director.
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News
New funding formula approved
NHS England today rejected a proposal that would have seen more than 100 clinical commissioning groups facing real-terms cuts next year so additional funds could be directed to their most underfunded peers.
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News
Planning guidance imposes new 'models of care'
The NHS is being told to overhaul services according to a set of six “models of care” in order to create a “sustainable health and care system”.