All Commissioning articles – Page 144
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NewsBurnham plans £60bn NHS cash handover to councils
The vast majority of NHS funding would be handed to councils under radical proposals being developed by the shadow health secretary.
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NewsKeep councillors off CCG boards, health minister says
Public health minister Anna Soubry has defended the government’s decision not to allow councillors to sit on the boards of clinical commissioning groups, arguing that politics should be removed from the health service.
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News
Threefold variation in CCGs' spend on outside support
There is more than a threefold variation in the amount clinical commissioning groups intend to spend on support services, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsAnalysed: CCGs draw up commissioning support deals
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the progress made by clinical commissioning groups to enter into service level agreements with commissioning support units, and what the implications could be for the new market in these services
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NewsPatient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the delegation of continuing care may develop
How the delegation of continuing care may change from April 2013
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HSJ KnowledgeBasic decision making around CCG delegation
Examining the delegation options and risks open to CCGs
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CommentNew thinking about the future of maternity care
Old assumptions are stopping maternity services from improving
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HSJ KnowledgeUnlock potential with clinical senates
A prototype clinical senate explored the issues the real organisations will face
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CommentHealth and health services: the next 20 years
The winning Finnamore F20 essay on the future of healthcare
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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NewsCommissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.
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LeaderNicholson seeks "legitimacy" amidst a storm of protest
Sir David wants to communicate more directly with the public
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.
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Blogs
A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts
A review by the King’s Fund policy director Anna Dixon of the planning guidance for CCGs the board released in December.
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NewsGeographical variation in new drug uptake revealed
The huge disparity in uptake of medicines and technologies across the NHS has been laid bare by the first “innovation scorecard”.
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NewsSir David embraces partnership but 'hasn't given up on grip'
The NHS commissioning board will not operate a “hierarchy of deference” but its chief executive has not “given up on having a grip”.
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HSJ KnowledgeTo authorisation and beyond
Reflections from Kingston on completing the CCG authorisation process
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving the diagnosis and referral process
How medical IT can help to improve diagnosis and referrals
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CommentCommissioning board makes its move
Is the board’s rejection of the CCG funding formula a declaration of independence?