All Commissioning articles – Page 158
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News
SHIP cluster U-turns on Lucentis policy after price is slashed
A primary care trust cluster under the threat of legal action for recommending the use of an unlicensed drug has revoked the policy after the pharmaceutical company cut the price of the medicine.
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Blogs
FIlling the void
Ignore the harbingers of doom; clinical leaders, by driving value and putting patients first, can not only address the challenges we face but lead healthcare towards a better future.
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News
Support confirmed for four types of clinical network
Clinical networks covering four condition-areas will be centrally-funded and hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board, it confirmed today.
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News
Room for manoeuvre on public health funding formula
Controversial proposals for distributing public health funding that would see a major transfer of resources from poor to rich areas could yet be significantly changed, it has emerged.
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Comment
Michael 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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News
Easton: 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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Supplements
Mountain 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 Knowledge
Avoid budgetary stretch marks
A huge strain will be on CCGs to make their money work harder
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health - a joint approach
Getting the most out of an area means working together for NHS North of Tyne
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HSJ Knowledge
Whistleblowing: the way ahead
Strong leaders are essential if future whistleblowers are to prevent harm
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Leader
Is scrutiny of care poorer the further you are from London?
Scrutiny of care should not be impacted upon by geography.
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News
Trust 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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News
CCG 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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News
Data 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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Supplements
Kicking 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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News
Commissioning 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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News
Vacant 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?