All Commissioning articles – Page 263
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2,000 in move to own homes
Nearly 2,000 people with learning disabilities are to be moved into their own homes after the DH announced £175m in funding for primary care trusts to close NHS institutions.
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Guidance sets out who should pay for patient care
Guidance on when primary care trusts are legally obliged to pay for patient care has been published by the Department of Health.
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How pharmacists can help with PBC
NHS Alliance and the Primary Care Pharmacists' Association have published a guide for practice-based commissioners and GPs, highlighting the contribution that pharmacists can make to patient care and practice budgets.PCPA chair Shailen Rao said: 'Primary Care Pharmacists are a valuable and as yet, largely untapped resource within practice based commissioning.'
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Specialist services essential in diabetes care
A new publication from the diabetes specialist services liaison group highlights the challenges that diabetes poses for the NHS and how specialist services can help overcome them.
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Andrew Jones on world-class commissioning
'World-class commissioning sounds exciting but the definitions need sharpening up. What does it mean? You might ask: does anyone know and does it really matter?
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One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening
NHS chief executive David Nicholson is in no doubt of the strength of staff's opposition to more change, or to their distaste for the idea of organisations competing against each other. Rebecca Evans quizzed him on what those staff can expect next
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Wanless warns of spending 'hell'
The NHS faces a 'hell of a job' after failing to deliver major advances in productivity and public health, Sir Derek Wanless has told HSJ.
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BUPA expected to provide 'external support' for PCT
Hillingdon primary care trust is set to name BUPA as the company it plans to use to help it commission services under the Department of Health's external commissioner list, HSJ has learned.
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Public expecting too much as spending cuts approach
Local managers need more accountability and stronger support from politicians when making tough decisions, a think tank has claimed.
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Practice based commissioning
Practice based commissioning has received a vote of confidence in the NHS Alliance report Early wins, early lessons, released today.Chairman of the Alliance Dr Michael Dixon said PBC was going to transform the NHS but there has been a slow start due to primary care trust reconfiguration.He warned PBC would ...
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Exclusive: SHAs understaffed and under pressure, say managers' union
Strategic health authorities will struggle to do their jobs properly because of ‘draconian’ staff cuts, union Managers in Partnership has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Time to step up to patient-centred care
Mental health clients using services in the community can become commissioners in their own right, says Ailsa Claire
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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David Peat on sharing good practice
'Our European health colleagues listened intently as I told them how our working together principles operated'
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning: a problem shared
Many reforms must rest on well-supported commissioners. Specialist services and agencies serving clusters of primary care trusts mean help is at hand, reports Daloni Carlisle
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Scottish GPs welcome out-of-hours report
GP leaders in Scotland have welcomed the publication of the Audit Scotland report into primary care out-of-hours services.
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Commissioning's stakeholders design their world-class future
Primary care trusts that demonstrate they are 'world-class commissioners' could be rewarded with foundation trust-style freedoms.
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Terminal care provision has 'major flaws'
Terminally ill people are suffering needlessly uncomfortable and distressing deaths, a report by Help the Hospices has claimed.
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Scotland urged to look beyond GPs for out-of-hours services
NHS boards will have to look beyond GPs to provide primary care out of hours if services are to be sustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
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£80m 'wasted' on killing inquiries
More than £80m has been 'wasted' on inquiries into murders and manslaughters by mental health patients, a leading charity has claimed following an exclusive hsj.co.uk investigation.