All Commissioning articles – Page 199
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NewsHumana 'assured' client it was committed to UK market
US health insurance giant Humana gave a major NHS client “personal assurances” it was committed to the UK just months before it announced plans to exit the market, the client said this week.
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HSJ Local
Hull seeking one commissioning consortium
STRUCTURE: A group of practices in Hull are seeking to create a single commissioning consortium for the primary care trust’s area.
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NewsLabour attacks government on waiting times
Labour has attacked the government’s NHS reforms, claiming that longer waiting times for patients showed cuts were already starting to bite.
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NewsLansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses
Health secretary Andrew Lansley today defended sweeping NHS reforms against claims that GPs would qualify for banker-style bonuses and private firms would win major contracts.
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Watch: Andrew Lansley at HSJ's 'Delivering a New Approach to Public Health' conference
On the day the government’s radical reforms for the NHS were laid out in full in the Health and Social Care Bill, health secretary Andrew Lansley spoke to the audience at HSJ and LGC’s Public Health Congress about what the changes mean for the health service and the people who ...
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NewsMonitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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Comment
The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders
The NHS Commissioning Board’s greatest influence on quality will be through how it splashes its cash
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NewsThe commissioner's essential guide to the Health Bill
The new NHS Commissioning Board is likely to have “surprising” and “draconian” powers over commissioning consortia under Health Bill proposals, analysis suggests.
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NewsCommissioners could be forced to pay into Monitor fund
Monitor will have the power to compel providers and commissioners to pay into a fund which can be used to provide “financial assistance” if a provider goes into administration.
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NewsTribunal to have responsibility for settling disputes over protected services
A tribunal will be set up to adjudicate when a provider wants to remove a “designated service” status granted by Monitor.
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NewsCommissioning board given 'draconian' powers
The Health Bill awards the NHS Commissioning Board “draconian” powers to intervene in and split up “failing” commissioning consortia, analysis by HSJ and NHS legal experts Beachcroft finds.
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NewsSmall consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
More than a third of the expected savings from transferring commissioning from primary care trusts to consortia will be lost if consortia cover small populations, the Department of Health’s impact assessment says.
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NewsHealth secretary to get powers over commissioning board
The secretary of state for health is to be given powers to decide which services will be commissioned by the new NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsCommissioning transition to cost £1.2bn
The transfer of commissioning to consortia and the NHS commissioning board will cost £1.2bn in the next two years, according to the Department of Health’s impact assessment of the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsDo GPs have 'the balls' to decommission hospital care?
GPs must not “shirk” the challenge of downsizing NHS hospitals, GP and health commentator Phil Hammond argues in this week’s HSJ.
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Comment'Time to scrap GP exception reporting'
We must now scrap exception reporting by GPs in the quality and outcomes framework.
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Comment'We all know what’s wrong with the NHS'
There are too many hospitals swallowing up too much money for too little return. Which is fine until you try to close or downsize one, and all hell breaks loose.
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Comment'Accountability in the NHS is a mess'
Ministers in Whitehall have excessive powers to interfere and meddle in local operational issues, with primary care trusts controlled by strategic health authorities and SHAs by Whitehall.
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NewsMajor questions remain over commissioning, say insiders
Major questions remain over the successful formation of commissioning consortia, despite the fast spread of “pathfinders”, according to those overseeing the process.
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NewsNicholson: NHS commissioning board will step in if consortia falter
In the first interview since his appointment as chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, Sir David Nicholson has outlined the measures it could take against poorly performing commissioning consortia.