All Commissioning articles – Page 134
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Comment
The government double counts its chickens
There are two ways to see the coalition’s social care plan
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News
DH considers legislation to ease information difficulties
The Department of Health is considering changing the law to give trusts power to use patient identifiable data for uses not directly relating to patient care, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Knowledge
Podcast: What’s the future for NHS 111 and NHS Direct?
The implications for NHS 111 contracts
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds
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News
Capital’s trusts 'need urgent change'
A new report by the King’s Fund suggests current rules on NHS mergers and competition should be revised or suspended in London to address a major need for service change in the capital.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to be an effective clinical leader
An overview of the qualities required to lead in the new NHS
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News
Howe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving outcomes for people with diabetes
Looking at new ways of commissioning diabetes pathways
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Comment
Act now to tackle the pressure of long term cancer care
The impact of an ageing population on the NHS
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HSJ Local
Two commissioning support units consider merger
Two commissioning support units in London are planning an alliance that could lead to a full merger, it was announced today.
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Comment
Readers’ Letters – 21 June 2013
Specialised commissioning has been largely absent from NHS reform debate
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News
NHS changes 'hindering hospices'
Hospices across England are being hindered and many face additional costs under new NHS structures, according to a hospice charity.
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News
Exclusive: Senior NHS Direct leaders warned 111 was unsafe but were overruled
Senior directors at NHS Direct warned it was not safe to go live with one of its biggest NHS 111 contracts but were overruled, HSJ has learned.
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News
Managing director resigns as NHS Direct losing more than £1m a month
NHS Direct is losing £1.5m a month and is likely to exit the NHS 111 market by the end of the year. The director charged with leading its 111 work has resigned following disciplinary action being initiated, HSJ understands.
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News
Mid Staffs administrators to ask for more time
The special administrators running Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have asked Monitor for extra time to decide the fate of its acute services, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Ricketts 'sceptical' about CCGs relying on in-house support
NHS England’s director of commissioning support strategy has indicated he is “deeply sceptical” that clinical commissioning groups can function at their best without buying in support services.
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News
CCGs should demonstrate their contribution
HSJ’s editor on why the new bodies should enter the HSJ Awards
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Leader
Unpicking the great CCG budget 'swindle'
A fog hangs over the commissioning budget of the NHS
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HSJ Knowledge
Out of hours care − a patient's view
One patient shares her experience and how it can be improved
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HSJ Local
CCG explores dedicated phone line and email for GP complaints
PERFORMANCE: A telephone line and email account could be set up for GPs in Milton Keynes to raise concerns on behalf of their patients.