All Commissioning articles – Page 64
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How to tackle unwarranted variation
How to reduce unwarranted variation in the NHS was the focus of HSJ’s latest roundtable
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NewsExclusive: 14 practices on course to form ‘single partnership’
Fourteen practices in Suffolk are close to agreeing to form a “single partnership” covering 155,000 patients, HSJ understands.
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NewsRevealed: Children's services hardest hit by public health cuts
Services aimed at children and young people are bearing the brunt of cuts to public health spending by local authorities, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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CommentGP Forward View is just that – a step forward
The General Practice Forward View is a chance to redefine primary care
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NewsTroubled CCGs spent hundreds of thousands on interim directors
CCGs in legal directions have each spent hundreds of thousands of pounds turnaround directors and other senior roles NHS England served directions to a number of CCGs in 2015-16 Groups say they have to appoint executives quickly as part of process NEW Devon spent £335,000 on off-payroll turnaround director ...
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CommentBrexit bound: prepare for gridlock
The Incisive Health team discusses what the political and operational consequences are likely to be for the NHS
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NewsLancashire exploring single HWB to oversee transformation plans
A single health and wellbeing board covering the whole Lancashire and south Cumbria sustainability and transformation plan footprint could be created, in a bid to increase local government oversight of reconfiguration plans.
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NewsSouthern CCGs join leadership and target merger
Two clinical commissioning groups in south of England have joined their leadership and plan to merge if they are permitted to, they have told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: More good CCGs will merge than bad ones
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Suspension, validation and a surprise admonishment
What is going on in England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ LocalMidlands chief to lead neighbouring mental health trust
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a major community services trust is to take on the same role at a neighbouring mental health provider, HSJ has learned.
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CommentSpecialised services can blaze the trail for provider-led change
Andrew Wilkinson on the challenges that need to be faced to determine the success of specialised services in commissioning
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NewsWinners and losers of specialist radiotherapy contracts revealed
NHS England announces seven year contracts for stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy Change aims to increase access to services and cutting per patient cost of treatments East and North Hertfordshire Trust to be decommissioned NHS England has announced which organisations have won contracts under its overhaul of specialist radiotherapy ...
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NewsHigh court judge intervenes in NHS England drug decision
A High Court judge has criticised NHS England for refusing to fund a drug for a teenager with an exceptional illness and suggested it should also make the drug more widely available.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust scraps out of hours contract over safety fears
PATIENT SAFETY: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has served notice on its current out of hours medical contract with Gloucestershire CCG because it can no longer “offer a safe and effective service” for patients, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Three commissioners consider merger to form biggest CCG
Three clinical commissioning groups in Birmingham and Solihull are in talks to work much more closely together and are considering a merger
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2016
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CommentLocal communities will derail new care models if they are ignored
People are open to change if they feel the designers of the process have listened to them
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs, from deadline to pipeline
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ Local£2.5bn PFI costs are not part of merger, chief executive insists
Peter Homa says Sherwood Forest’s PFI costs “will be dealt with nationally” Nottingham University Hospitals and Sherwood Forest share chief executive and plan to merge Mr Homa to address Sherwood Forest’s “discontinuity” of leadership Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has refused to take on a £2.5bn private finance deal ...