All Commissioning articles – Page 157
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CommentMichael Rawlins: playing fair on treatments
A few weeks ago, Steve Winyard, head of policy and campaigns at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), asked to see me.
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NewsEaston: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
The NHS’s efficiency chief has warned some health economies are resorting to simple cost-cutting rather than finding genuine efficiency savings and carrying through major service reconfiguration.
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SupplementsMountain to climb - an HSJ QIPP supplement
This QIPP supplement looks at medicines management, service improvement, innovation and commissioning to examine whether GP commissioners can deliver the savings the NHS needs.
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HSJ KnowledgeAvoid budgetary stretch marks
A huge strain will be on CCGs to make their money work harder
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health - a joint approach
Getting the most out of an area means working together for NHS North of Tyne
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HSJ KnowledgeWhistleblowing: the way ahead
Strong leaders are essential if future whistleblowers are to prevent harm
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LeaderIs scrutiny of care poorer the further you are from London?
Scrutiny of care should not be impacted upon by geography.
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NewsTrust chiefs fear regulators would not spot scandal
Nearly half of hospital chief executives believe regulators and the NHS governance system would miss a Mid Staffordshire-style care scandal if it occurred today.
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HSJ Local
'Engaging CCGs' in North Yorks deficit 'essential'
FINANCE: NHS North of England has said it is “essential” emerging clinical commissioning groups are involved in developing plans to overcome the commissioning deficit in North Yorkshire and York.
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NewsCCG budgets face complications, says DH
A major Department of Health-led review of commissioning budgets has highlighted the uncertainty and significant risks involved in financial planning for next year.
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NewsData quality concerns delay mental health tariff
Hopes that a national payment by results tariff for adult mental health services could be implemented next year have been dashed due to concern about data quality, HSJ can reveal.
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SupplementsKicking habits: a special report on NHS drug services
This special report on drug services, in association with Reckitt Benckiser, is a timely look at new and changing approaches to treating addiction and commissioning addiction treatments.
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NewsCommissioning board names local directors to take 'strategic oversight'
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed to 16 of its 25 local area team director posts, whose holders are charged with securing “a strategic overview of the system” and overseeing service reconfiguration.
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NewsVacant commissioning board posts endangering transition
Vital appointments to the new commissioning system have fallen further behind schedule, the NHS Commissioning Board has admitted, causing significant knock-on problems for the transition process.
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Comment'Poor patient experience is a clinical time bomb'
But can Virgin’s customer service know-how help?
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
Paul Fitzsimmons explores the rate of inappropriate inpatient admissions associated with diabetes and discusses why CCGs must know how to harness information and to act on it.
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HSJ Local
GEM CSS leader appointed
WORKFORCE: John Parkes has been appointed managing director of the Greater East Midlands commissioning support service.
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HSJ Local
Ming Tang appointed as MD to South Yorkshire CSS
WORKFORCE: Ming Tang has been appointed as managing director of the South Yorkshire NHS commissioning support service.
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LeaderTough choices await CCGs hoping to reverse GP referral trend
Time is short for CCGs and practices to collaborate.