All Commissioning articles – Page 129
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NewsMost popular quality premium targets revealed
Improving care for circulatory diseases and reducing emergency admissions are the targets most commonly chosen by clinical commissioning groups to be linked to their income, research has found.
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CommentDavid Colin-Thomé: CCGs must exert sovereignty and diplomacy
Dual approach is the best way to achieve their aims
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HSJ KnowledgePutting an end to high weekend mortality rates
CCGs and providers cane work together to deliver safer care 24/7
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CommentWhy independence for directors of public health is so important
The updated role is vital for patient safety
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NewsAnalysis: Big gap between priorities of CCGs and 'rising star' wellbeing boards
HSJ analysis has revealed a gulf between the stated aims of clinical commissioning groups and council hosted health and wellbeing boards, with the two organisations sharing no priorities in two-fifths of CCG areas.
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NewsRevealed: The commissioning groups planning huge underspends
More than 20 clinical commissioning groups are planning to underspend their budgets by at least double the required surplus target this year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe wisdom of crowds: your views on 24/7 working
We asked for readers’ opinions on making 24/7 working successful
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CommentMichael White: Conferences reveal NHS hopes and fears
Conference season highlights testing times for public sector policy
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCGs line up 10 year integrated contracts
STRUCTURE: Five clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire are planning to tender the first integrated 10 year contracts for cancer and end of life care, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCompetition guidance stalls amid lack of evidence of benefit to patients
NHS England has delayed the publication of its choice and competition framework amid a “paucity of evidence” of the benefit to patients.
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HSJ Knowledge'The system needs to get smarter' − achieving 24/7 care
The NHS fails to meet people’s OOH needs
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NewsLive discussion: Moving towards 24/7 working in the NHS
Join HSJ’s expert panel for a live discussion on 24/7 working in the NHS at 1pm today.
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NewsThis week on HSJ: what is the future for a seven-day NHS?
All week we will investigate the opportunities and obstacles for seven-day working in the NHS
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NewsNHS England board meeting - follow it live
Follow David Williams as he tweets from NHS England’s September board meeting
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SupplementsCash Advance − an HSJ commissioning supplement
Our latest supplement looks at how the new commissioning landscape can transform patient services and public health
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Comment'Care, care, care': a new mantra for the health service
Lessons from Essex’s Who Will Care? commission
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NewsExclusive: CCGs dip into non recurrent fund to stay in the black
Clinical commissioning groups are dipping into funds intended to be set aside for making one-off investments in order to stay in the black, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsExclusive: Huge variation emerges in CCGs' efficiency ambition
There is a 23-fold variation in the scale of clinical commissioning groups’ efficiency targets, with at least 11 groups planning to make savings of under 1 per cent, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsThornton urges 'old guard' to take responsibility for Mid Staffs
The current leadership of the NHS should take “complete” responsibility for the culture of fear that led to the care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the outgoing chief executive of the Health Foundation has told HSJ.