All Commissioning articles – Page 68
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NewsCCG abandons controversial community services procurement
South Warwickshire CCG scraps competitive process to procure community services Commissioner had angered main provider by going to market New plan to transform services with neighbour CCGs in STP footprint A clinical commissioning group has abandoned its high profile competitive tender for community services in favour of a ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Send in the arbitrators
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentLet's do what we can to help the NHS innovators grow
The NHS Innovation Accelerator is already taking steps to help the spread of exciting new technologies
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CommentThe need for a 45th STP – a national one
Separating the noise of contract negotiations from the signal around STPs
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NewsLegal threat forces NHS England rethink over HIV prevention drug
NHS England is to reconsider its decision not to fund a new preventative drug for HIV which it had claimed fell under councils’ public health responsibilities.
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NewsNew ‘GP contract’ may be open to NHS trust joint ventures
GP practices may not have to move off their existing contracts Six areas are expected to take up the new contract in April 2017 The new voluntary GP contract announced by the prime minister last year could be held by joint ventures set up by NHS organisations, Simon ...
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NewsStevens promises big increase in GP spending
Spending on general practice will increase by 14 per cent in real terms by 2020-21, NHS England has claimed as it launches a five year GP strategy.
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NewsExclusive: 'Strong push' still needed in NHS contract negotiations
NHS Improvement finance chief calls for “really strong push” in contract negotiations over next few days Bob Alexander says progress has been made since national bodies issued new deadlines for contract offers earlier this month Still not “sufficient contracts formally agreed” Contracts unsigned after 25 April enter arbitration process ...
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NewsFoundation trust chief made NHS England mental health director
Simon Stevens appoints Claire Murdoch on secondment from trust Ms Murdoch will work on implementing mental health taskforce report She is the third provider chief executive brought in for a national director role One of the most influential foundation trust chief executives in the country has been appointed ...
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Northern Devon enters the home care market
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ LocalCCGs order inquiry into disrupted switch to private transport firm
PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Sussex have ordered an independent inquiry into the troubled start of a new patient transport service.
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News‘Financial recovery plan’ for specialised services in South
NHS England has implemented a “financial recovery plan” for specialised services in the South of England, one of its directors has confirmed.
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LeaderIt’s time for clarity on how to commission for integration
Ambiguity on how to proceed in commissioning new care models must be resolved quickly
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NewsNHS England reveals how it will prioritise new specialised treatments
NHS England outlines detailed methodology for choosing which specialised treatments to fund Methodology has been in development for 18 months after previous approach dropped because of fear of legal challenge National body accused of giving itself “wiggle room” to help it get grip of specialised commissioning costs NHS ...
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NewsExclusive: NAO investigates £725m Cambridgeshire contract collapse
National Audit Office is investigating collapse of Cambridgeshire £725m older people’s contract NAO will examine role of national bodies and how contract was designed Investigation follows previous reviews into the collapse carried out by NHS England and CCG The National Audit Office has opened an investigation into the ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Spare a thought for the commissioners
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: So much for the whole system
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ LocalFear of competition rules stopped council pooling social care budget
Somerset County Council decided against rolling social care money into CCG’s outcome based commissioning plans Council received legal advice that it could not participate in non-competitive process CCG managing director says “most capable provider” process “not available” to NHS organisations from this month A council in the South ...
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NewsRevealed: Where the £200m national transformation fund was spent
NHS England has for the first time released comprehensive details of how its £200m transformation fund for 2015-16 was allocated to vanguards, and spent by national teams.
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CommentCrisis care in London is coming back from the brink
Greater collaboration is transforming London’s beleaguered urgent health services, to the benefit of people in mental distress