All Commissioning articles – Page 135
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NewsCouncils can complain to Hunt if CCGs ignore their views
Councils can complain to the health secretary if they believe local NHS groups are ignoring the commissioning strategies set by health and wellbeing boards, the Department of Health has said.
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: May 2013 data
The local picture on one year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the latest data.
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NewsGrant 'worried' by hospital death claims
The chair of the independent board created by the government to run the NHS was “worried” by incorrect claims about hospital deaths surrounding the publication of the Keogh mortality review, he revealed to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Grant signals global search for 'fresh' chief to replace David Nicholson
The chair of NHS England has underlined his determination to consider people from outside the UK and with no health service experience as candidates to be the organisation’s chief executive.
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HSJ KnowledgeIn the know: raising the profile of patient information
Patient information should be a key service
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CommentWill the government be 'transparent' on CCG admin cuts?
NHS England is surprisingly upbeat about its financial situation
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NewsSome commissioners setting 'unachievable' targets, NHS England admits
NHS England is floating the possibility of scrapping the complex array of financial penalties and incentives currently imposed on NHS providers and replacing them, from 2015-16, with a single pay-for-performance premium.
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity services: challenges in retendering and renewal
Explaining the impact of the TCS programme
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HSJ KnowledgeLet's take integrated care from rhetoric to reality
Progress is being made to join up health and social care commissioning
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NewsWomen still in the minority in NHS leadership roles
Women are still massively underrepresented in senior leadership positions in the NHS, a major analysis by HSJ has found.
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CommentLocal authorities should run commissioning
Democracy should have a part in how public money is spent
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HSJ KnowledgeHow patient experts can support commissioners
The voluntary sector can be used more effectively by the NHS
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NewsCCGs 'unable to fulfill statutory functions'
Clinical commissioning groups have told NHS England that they are unable to fulfill their statutory functions due to data privacy laws.
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HSJ Local
Conflicts of interest stymie CCG decision making
COMMERCIAL: The governing body of Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning group was unable to take a decision on its contract for GP out-of-hours services because too many of its GP members had to leave the meeting due to conflicts of interest.
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NewsMinisters give NHS new priorities in 'refreshed' mandate
Ministers have proposed a series of new priorities and targets for the NHS, and said they will press for the reform of GP and other out of hospital services.
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CommentThe NHS at 65: not ready to retire
‘The NHS is one of the noblest social institutions any country has ever created’
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CommentThe government double counts its chickens
There are two ways to see the coalition’s social care plan
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NewsDH 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 KnowledgePodcast: What’s the future for NHS 111 and NHS Direct?
The implications for NHS 111 contracts
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CommentSally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds