All Commissioning articles – Page 81
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NewsRegional health powers included in Liverpool devolution bid
The Liverpool City Region has declared it wants to explore taking greater control of health functions, including creating a ‘local leadership role’ for ‘performance oversight’.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly a third of CCGs consider rationing services
Nearly a third of clinical commissioning groups have implemented or are considering restrictions to services this year, HSJ research reveals.
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LeaderMinisters take high risk bets on debt, pay restraint and reform
This summer has been anything but quiet
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NewsExclusive: CCGs given ultimatum over 'paperless' progress
Clinical commissioning groups face having their plans for 2016-17 rejected if they do not show progress in meeting standards set out in new digital guidance, an NHS England director has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalSomerset commissioners propose single health and social care budget
STRUCTURE: Commissioners across Bath and north east Somerset plan to create a pooled budget across health and social care as part of a review into community services in the region.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel out of area for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Assembly shut down
The NHS Commissioning Assembly is to be closed down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS staff to face new sanctions under ‘Sunshine rule’
NHS staff who fail to disclose payments and hospitality received from drug suppliers and medical device makers will be sanctioned under new regulation, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsExclusive: CSU procurements paused amid uncertainty over costs
At least two procurements for commissioning support services have been paused, HSJ has learned. This comes amid uncertainty over how stranded costs will be paid for if a commissioning support unit loses a contract.
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CommentNew care models: To keep up, the NHS must shift focus in three ways
As changes take place locally
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NewsBacklash expected over cancer drugs delisting
Talks are under way to identify high profile treatments to be removed from the cancer drugs fund in the coming months, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs widen access to IVF treatment
FINANCE: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups will increase the age at which women can be eligible to NHS funded IVF treatment from 37-and-a-half to 40.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire transformation body appoints chair
WORKFORCE: The new body in Staffordshire created to draw up a region-wide transformation programme has appointed an ‘independent’ chair to oversee its work.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to review care for newborns following baby’s death
A national review of the quality of care for seriously ill children is being launched by the Care Quality Commission following the death of a baby more than a decade ago.
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CommentBold tariff reform can transform NHS service delivery
Agree multi-year prices to shift the focus
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NewsNHS England expects £150m rise in mental health spending
NHS England expects commissioners to spend at least £150m more in cash terms on mental health services this financial year. However, the Department of Health has admitted it will fall £107m short of its promised £250m target for investment this year in children’s mental health services.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS must manage the unmet mental health needs in prison
Meeting the human rights of mentally ill inmates
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HSJ Local18 week waits, June 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalEast London CCG chair to stand down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Newham Clinical Commissioning Group will step down from his role at the end of September.