All Commissioning articles – Page 253
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Psychological therapies toolkit launched
The Department of Health has published a toolkit for improving access to psychological therapies.It aims to help primary care trusts implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on depression and anxiety disorders.
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New release date for commissioning review
The long-awaited value for money assessment of the framework for procuring external support for commissioners will now be completed next spring, the Treasury has revealed.
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Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
Data about the care of people with mental illness in the independent sector is inadequate. The government must fix this before service users get lost in the system, say Anthony Deery and Veena Raleigh
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DH heralds bigger role for pharmacies
The Department of Health is to draw up plans for primary care trusts to commission more services from pharmacists.
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Wales to axe most local health boards
The Welsh Assembly has announced plans to slash the number of local health boards and strip them of their commissioning role.
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Alliance - let firms help PBC
Consortia of practice based commissioning GPs should be able to bypass primary care trusts and buy commissioning support from the private sector, the NHS Alliance is demanding.
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Research funding: raising the game
I recently heard from an experienced research colleague that commissioning bodies need to 'kick evaluators out of their comfort zone'. He proposed that evaluators and researchers deliver less than they could because funders are not really engaged, interested, or skilled enough to ask for more.
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How primary care grew up
In our latest feature marking 60 years of the NHS, Ingrid Torjesen charts the general practitioner's rise from poor relation to commissioner
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GPs in the dock: case for the defence
Around 90 per cent of NHS work is done by family doctors, so why is there so much heat around their pay and workload? The Royal College of GPs' president answers the critics
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Call for helpline funding to close inequalities
Mental health campaigners have called on commissioners to fund helplines as a way of tackling health inequalities among ethnic minority communities.
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CBI claims contract debacle will hit future bids
Private companies will be reluctant to bid for future NHS contracts, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
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Call to target NHS money at young people
A leading Church of Scotland minister believes the NHS should stop using its money to keep the elderly alive and spend it on the young instead.
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NHS dentistry spending rises by 50 per cent
NHS expenditure on dental services increased by 53 per cent between 1997-98 and 2005-06, figures published today by the Information Centre for health and social care show.The strategic health authority showing the greatest percentage increase in expenditure over this period was South Yorkshire at 69 per cent. The lowest rise ...
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DH publishes 18-week data for January 2008
The Department of Health has published referral to treatment data for patients whose 18-week clock stopped in January 2008.
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Panel saves services at Horton Hospital
The independent reconfiguration panel has advised the health secretary to reject Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust's proposals to downgrade paediatric, gynaecological and obstetric services at Horton Hospital because it would not provide an accessible or improved service for local people.
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Corporate manslaughter: you could be in the dock
From 6 April NHS organisations could be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter if someone dies in their care, but different interpretations of the law mean trusts may be unclear about their responsibilities. Ingrid Torjesen attempts to unravel the new actFor more in-depth information about the act, register for HSJ’s free corporate ...
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Specialised commissioning: who will stand up for rare conditions?
As PCTs respond to popular local demand, the government must ensure illnesses that affect relatively few people are cared for too
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PCTs dub assurance test tough but useful
Primary care trusts that tried a new test of commissioning abilities say the process was hard but helpful.
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GPs in poorer areas 'prescribe fewer drugs'
GPs in poorer areas prescribe fewer drugs and spend less on them than GPs in richer areas, research by Suffolk primary care trust has found.
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Using the Commissioning Simulator to guide confident and innovative commissioning
With the recent launch of the Department of Health’s world class commissioning agenda, there is increased pressure on primary care trusts to manage their budgets effectively while at the same time improving public health and patient satisfaction.However, many PCT staff have not had specific training in commissioning, and sometimes little ...