All Commissioning articles – Page 151
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HSJ Local
Penalty cash returned to trust following A&E progress
PERFORMANCE: A fine of £2.4m that was imposed on University Hospital of North Staffordshire for poor accident and emergency performance looks set to be returned to the trust after it started hitting targets.
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NewsNicholson: More funding will be linked to quality
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed that more of providers’ income will be linked to quality and innovation next year.
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HSJ Knowledge
New rules raise fresh problems on procurement
New procurement rules may pose more questions than answers
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy pharmacies must think big
If pharmacists fail to grasp the opportunities before them, someone else will
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CommentSally Gainsbury: to have and have not
Commissioners dream of stockings bulging with giant recurring uplifts
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NewsExclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
Some GP practices are paid substantially more than others, regardless of the number and type of patients they serve, HSJ analysis reveals.
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LeaderJeremy Hunt: More a Dorrell than a Lansley
The need to assure and reassure is behind the commissioning board’s £12bn budget
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CommentOur own cardiac arrest
Emergency medicine in the UK is facing its biggest challenge since its inception
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HSJ LocalProvider sparks probe into placement claim
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust is refusing to fund placements at a privately run facility for patients with learning disabilities because of its proximity to the site of a scandal-hit NHS hospital, it has been claimed.
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NewsSpending powers 'can be used for local benefit'
NHS commissioners will be able to use their new spending powers to benefit local people and communities, according to the NHS Confederation’s deputy director of policy.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of the Atlas of Variation
Mapping value helps commissioners and providers
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NewsBoard could force CCGs to work with its teams on reconfiguration
The NHS Commissioning Board will have the ability to force clinical commissioning groups to work with centrally appointed groups of doctors on reconfiguration programmes.
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HSJ Local
New Derby drug and alcohol centre opens
STRUCTURE: A new treatment centre for people recovering from drug and alcohol misuse will open in Derby on Monday 29 October.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership community budget overspends
FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.
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NewsCommissioning board extends control as 'specialised' budget balloons
The budget for specialised commissioning will increase by more than 40 per cent, in a move which will centralise responsibility for many services.
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NewsNHS 111 'unlikely to lead to emergency care savings'
There is only a one in five chance of NHS 111 saving the NHS money on urgent and emergency care and a likelihood it will drive up demand for ambulance services, an evaluation has found.
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NewsDH tracker shows cluster confidence
Primary care trust leaders are overwhelmingly confident about the progress being made towards setting up the new NHS structure, internal reports obtained by HSJ reveal. However, many areas are experiencing difficulties establishing the local operations of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ PartnersSafeguarding in the future NHS – what CCGs need to know
An overview of what CCGs will need to demonstrate with regard to safeguarding children
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CommentThe board's first challenges
The commissioning board face difficult times ahead with the weight of expectation heavy