All Commissioning articles – Page 34
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HSJ LocalPrivate company takes over troubled Liverpool prison contract
A private provider is set to take over the troubled healthcare services at HM Prison Liverpool, under a core contract worth less than what the current NHS provider receives.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust and CCGs in formal arbitration
A teaching hospital and its local commissioners are in formal arbitration as the end of the financial year approaches.
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NewsMPs challenge medical leaders over flu vaccine concerns
The Commons science and technology committee has challenged medical leaders over last year’s national flu vaccination programme.
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NewsCCGs drop children's mental health restriction after national 'advice'
Commissioners have backtracked on decisions not to accept out of area children who are in care of its under pressure mental health service.
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HSJ LocalNHS leaders warn of 'significant risks' of blocking reconfiguration
Health leaders in the North East have warned councillors of the “significant risk” to protecting patient safety if they seek to block a reconfiguration of “vulnerable” acute services.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards good news
Andy Cowper shares some bits of actual good news peppered with a dash of a downer at the end.
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NewsFebruary ‘most pressured month ever for NHS’
February was probably the “most pressurised month the NHS has seen in its nearly 70 year history”, Simon Stevens has said, as the service continues to grapple with winter.
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News'Vulnerable patients' face ongoing caps to care funding
Commissioners have been allowed to continue applying cost caps to the more than £3bn of NHS Continuing Healthcare claims as long as they follow new new government rules.
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NewsVascular surgery must be centralised, government report says
Getting It Right First Time report says vascular surgery services need to be centralised Large variation in access to stroke-preventing surgery Sets minimum staff and procedure numbers for surgery hubs England’s vascular surgery services are “not configured to meet clinical need” and are resulting in unnecessarily long waits ...
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NewsChildren ‘at risk’ as STP ignores guidance on gluten free foods
Children, pensioners and low income families may be at risk because an STP is ignoring government guidance on commissioning gluten free foods, a senior health leader has warned.
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NewsCQC condemns 'alarming trend' of long stays in 'locked rehab'
The care watchdog has called on government and national officials to draw up a plan to address the “alarming trend” of patients being locked in rehabilitation units miles from home.
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NewsAuditors to investigate possible overcharging by specialist trusts
NHS England wants independent auditors to look into possible overcharging by London specialist trusts.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners ask neighbouring CCG to give back £3m
A clinical commissioning group that gave a neighbouring CCG £3m at the start of the financial year has asked for its money back after running into financial problems.
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HSJ LocalFormer health minister to chair STP
A former Department of Health and Social Care minister has been appointed as chair of a sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsSTP moves towards shared control total
Leaders across a sustainability and transformation partnership are drafting a new agreement that could lead to the organisations in the STP sharing a control total.
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HSJ LocalChief executive appointed for largest CCG
A substantive chief executive has been appointed to run what will be the largest clinical commissioning group in England when it is formed via a three-way merger in April.
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HSJ LocalGPs vote down CCG plan to take on primary care budgets
GPs in the East Midlands have rejected their commissioner’s bid to take on the primary care budget for its region.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England withdraws team embedded at Capita
NHS England has withdrawn a team of senior experts that were embedded at a service outsourced to Capita amid continued concerns about the unit’s performance, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England abandoned 'forward view' for community services
NHS England has abandoned plans to create a “forward view” for community services, despite arguing that sustainability and transformation partnerships need one to achieve their full potential, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England moves to clear up flu vaccine confusion
NHS England has moved to try to clear up confusion over flu vaccines for next winter, following concerns that a better approach last year could have reduced pressure in hospitals.