All Commissioning articles – Page 76
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HSJ LocalWinners of five Midlands commissioning support contracts named
Seven CCGs across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country award five contracts to two commissioning support units £54m deal includes business intelligence, medicines management, IT and “end to end” support services Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU and Midlands and Lancashire CSU will provide services from April COMMERCIAL: ...
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HSJ LocalStoke-on-Trent CCG chair steps down
WORKFORCE: Prasad Rao is to step down as chair of Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group.
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NewsExclusive: Swindells to join NHS England as national operations director
Matthew Swindells to join NHS England as national director of commissioning operations and information Will take up the senior post in “late spring” Dame Barbara Hakin retires at the end of this month. Richard Barker, NHS England regional director for the North, to be interim. Matthew Swindells, a ...
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NewsFT chief named as NHS England urgent and emergency care lead
Pauline Philip, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, is joining NHS England on secondment as national urgent and emergency care director.
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HSJ LocalPossible legal challenge over better care fund millions
Council calls for CCG to release £2.3m payment for performance element of fund CCG withholding payment to council “in line with the national guidance” Auditors found “no evidence” that funds provided for additional adult social care “has been used for this purpose” FINANCE: Wiltshire Council could make a ...
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NewsRevealed: London CCGs dominate requests for consultancy spending over £50k
More than half of permissions sought by CCGs for consultancy spending of over £50,000 from London No requests rejected by NHS England as of October Explore the data More than half of the requests from clinical commissioning groups for management consultancy contracts worth more than £50,000 have come ...
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HSJ KnowledgeGPs can provide the perfect mix for hospitals
Acute doctors work hand in hand with GPs at Royal Surrey County Hospital Trust
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HSJ LocalStaffs CCG to reduce minor injury unit opening times
FINANCE: South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group is to reduce the opening hours of two minor injury units to “free up” approximately £300,000 a year, it has announced.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England faces judicial review over narcolepsy drug refusal
NHS England has until tomorrow to decide whether to fund narcolepsy treatment for teenager 194 patients have already received NHS funding for Xyrem Lawyers claim the refusal to fund the drug is discriminatory and unlawful NHS England has until tomorrow to decide whether to fund for a teenager ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Morecambe Bay transcripts to remain secret until autumn 2016
Transcripts of 118 interviews could take until autumn 2016 to be published Morecambe Bay inquiry chair Bill Kirkup says timescale is a “surprise” Witnesses to the inquiry included senior NHS figures PATIENT SAFETY: Transcripts of interviews carried out for the Morecambe Bay inquiry will not be made public ...
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NewsExclusive: BCF to be frozen and become ‘minimum option’
NHS’s £3.8bn minimum contribution to the better care fund is to be frozen in real terms next year, HSJ understands After 2016-17 the fund will become only the “minimum” option in a “menu” of possibilities for health and social care integration Other options expected to include Greater Manchester-style devolution, ...
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NewsNHS England to receive £3.8bn budget increase next year
Spending review to give NHS England a real terms budget increase of £3.8bn in coming financial year Deal welcomed as a “frontloading” of £8.4bn promised over the parliament Real terms growth drops to just £500m in third year of parliament, before rising to £1.7bn in final year Redrawing of ...
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands CCG enters financial recovery
Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG initiates financial recovery process Commissioner fears it will not meet planned 1 per cent year-end surplus Normal 0 false false ...
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NewsAnalysis: Which areas have seen the biggest social care spending cuts?
The North East and much of the North West have seen much bigger cuts to council adult social care spending than some other regions in recent years, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for social care cuts
Newcastle and Liverpool CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for size of social care cuts HSJ analysis of accounts indicates greatest cuts generally in the north east and parts of the north west. Read full analysis here King’s Fund assistant director warns against recognising care cuts in CCG ...
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NewsJudge rules minimally conscious patient should be allowed to die
Court ruling declared as a landmark decision that could affect future cases Patient will die after life sustaining treatment is withdrawn Judge says continuing care would be “disrespectful” to her wishes A woman in the end stage of multiple sclerosis will be allowed to die after a landmark ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS England finds 'unfair inequalities' in orthotics access
Review finds ’unfair’ variation, including waiting times longer than a year Follows concerns raised by Healthwatch An NHS England review has found “avoidable and unfair inequalities” in access to splints, braces and other orthoses.
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NewsLondon urgent and emergency care services to be recategorised
Services will be given one of three designations by 2020 Urgent and emergency care networks will decide if services should be downgraded or not Londoners find the current emergency care setup confusing, survey finds Urgent and emergency care services in London will be split into three different categories, ...
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NewsCCG efficiency targets rise sharply as financial squeeze spreads
CCG QIPP targets up by more than 25 per cent in a year Efficiency requirement shows financial squeeze is spreading beyond provider sector Highest QIPP targets linked to CCGs in deficit Many plans still relying on A&E activity reduction Clinical commissioning groups’ efficiency targets have risen by over ...