All Commissioning articles – Page 144
-
News
CCGs seek to tighten screw on provider contracts
Clinical commissioning group leaders entering their first contract negotiations want to tighten the screw on providers, at the same time as promoting service integration, HSJ’s CCG Barometer survey reveals.
-
News
CCG leaders claim confidence in detecting and preventing care failure
CCG leaders say they would detect and prevent a serious care failure, an HSJ barometer survey reveals.
-
News
Analysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
-
News
Ian Dalton quits NHS Commissioning Board for BT
Ian Dalton, the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, is leaving the organisation to join BT Global Health.
-
News
CCGs warned not to penalise mental health success
Clinical commissioning groups have been warned not to “reward failure” by siphoning money away from mental health services to support struggling acute trusts.
-
Leader
CCGs' financial fears resurface
Leaders’ “worst dream” of recurring deficits is far from over.
-
HSJ Knowledge
What Francis will mean for boards
Robina Shah talks to Mike Farrar about a post-Francis NHS
-
News
At least 10 PCTs to be bailed out by peers in 2012-13
At least 10 primary care trusts would face finishing 2012-13 in the red without loans or bailouts from their neighbouring commissioners, HSJ research has found.
-
News
Exclusive: Leaked DH report signals national A&E shakeup
National officials are considering a major reorganisation of emergency services, including designating units as either “999 emergency departments” or “111 emergency departments”.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Can clinical leaders transform the NHS?
The fresh generation of leaders must tackle a range of issues
-
HSJ Local
Medway CCG handed 24 authorisation conditions
STRUCTURE: Medway Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board – but with 24 conditions and one direction.
-
HSJ Local
Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG authorised with 22 conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board – but with 22 conditions.
-
News
CCGs concerned over loss of funds to commissioning board
Clinical commissioning groups have raised concern about overspending in their first year of operation because they have “lost” large sums of money to the NHS Commissioning Board’s specialised services budget.
-
HSJ Local
North West Surrey CCG authorised with two conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Group.
-
HSJ Local
Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG authorised with four conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
-
HSJ Local
Conditional authorisation for Brighton and Hove CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
-
HSJ Local
Coastal West Sussex CCG receives green light
STRUCTURE: NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has been conditionally authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
-
News
'Moratorium' on rare cardiac procedures is 'detrimental' to UK's reputation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s proposed blanket ban on some interventional cardiology procedures will “seriously disadvantage” some patients and damage the UK’s reputation for innovation, leading cardiologists have claimed.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Cancer commissioning: a survivor's guide
Treatment taught one commissioner lessons he hopes the NHS will learn
-
News
Three CCGs issued with legal directions
Three clinical commissioning groups have been legally directed by the NHS Commissioning Board because of problems detected in authorisation.