All Commissioning articles – Page 32
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HSJ LocalStaff transferred after trust withdraws from controversial consortium
A West Midlands trust has withdrawn from a controversial mental health consortium to focus on its sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsNational learning disabilities programme 'leading to unplanned costs'
The biggest “fast track” area moving people with learning disabilities out of hospitals has warned it faces an additional £8m annual bill, while others also anticipate increased costs.
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NewsOne in 10 CCGs missing spending target 'not good enough'
More than one in 10 clinical commissioning groups were forecasting they would miss the national mental health spending mandate for 2017-18, latest NHS England data shows.
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NewsRising property costs force sale of major private provider
Majority shareholder in BMI Healthcare announces it is exiting UK market Netcare says rent deal with landlord is “unaffordable” Company has a turnover of roughly £370m from NHS-funded work The majority shareholder in one of England’s biggest private hospital groups has pulled out, citing unsustainable rent rises.
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NewsStevens: Health inequalities will be addressed in new NHS plan
Simon Stevens has said addressing health inequality should be addressed in the upcoming long term plan for health and care.
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HSJ LocalTrust pump-primes new care model team
A trust is investing more than £1m to pump-prime a new community team for young mental health patients.
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NewsCCGs on course for £687m deficit
Clinical commissioning groups are on course to overspend their total budget by £687m at the end of 2017-18, while the overall commissioning system will balance its books, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Escaping the invisible asylum
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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NewsCCGs pulled out of special measures ahead of mergers
Three clinical commissioning groups have been taken out of special measures ahead of mergers this weekend.
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NewsGovernment promises long term NHS plan this year
The Prime Minister has said the government will reveal a new “sustainable long term plan” for the NHS over the next year, which will be backed by a ”a multiyear funding settlement”.
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NewsSeven regions planned in NHS England and NHS Improvement 'integration'
NHS England and NHS Improvement are creating seven “single integrated regional teams” and will decide by September which national roles and functions will be combined, staff have been told today.
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HSJ LocalCircle threatens legal action over £150m treatment centre procurement
Circle Health has pulled out of a bid to continue running services at the Nottingham Treatment Centre, and threatened clinical commissioning groups with legal action over their £150m three year procurement.
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HSJ LocalSTP leader steps down
The sustainability and transformation partnership leader for the Black Country and west Birmingham is stepping down.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The good, the bad, and the messy
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalSingle accountable officer to lead six CCGs
Six clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are to share an accountable officer from next week – at the request of NHS England.
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HSJ LocalCCG free to cut IVF funding after panel decision
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel will not carry out a full review of a clinical commissioning group’s decision to cut funding for IVF services.
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NewsExclusive: The 23 CCGs predicting a cut in mental health spending
The proportion of clinical commissioning groups whose mental health spending will fall in cash terms is predicted to double this year to one in 10, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMental health funding forecast to hit £11bn by 2021
Clinical commissioning group investment in mental health will rise by 8 per cent over the next three years to nearly £11bn if they meet mandated spending targets, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: It’s raining NHS spending rhetoric: Hallelujah!
Jeremy Hunt’s recent appearance on a Sunday politics TV show, asking for more funds for the NHS is a shrewd tactic, notes Andy Cowper
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HSJ LocalTrust accuses CCGs of 'completely nonsensical' approach to contract rows
A financially struggling acute trust has accused its commissioners of taking a “completely nonsensical” approach to resolving contract disputes over three years.