All Commissioning articles – Page 90
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NewsStevens: There will not be a single commissioning model
There will not be a single commissioning model across England over the next five years, with local authorities and accountable care organisations increasingly taking on these functions, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Improving Quality expected to close
NHS Improving Quality is expected to be substantially cut back and could well be abolished under proposals being considered by a national review of the health service’s improvement organisations, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalInvestment firm funds first NHS social impact bond
FINANCE: An investment firm has put £1.65m into what it claims to be the first social impact bond in the health service.
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NewsNHS England hires local director as another joins Optum
A NHS England sub-region directors is leaving to join private health firm Optum, while another of the posts has been filled by a former primary care trust chief executive.
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HSJ LocalSubstance misuse clinic to close due to financial losses
STRUCTURE: A substance misuse centre in London will have to close because the trust that manages it cannot afford to keep it open.
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CommentTo achieve devo Manc, we need trust between key stakeholders
Devolving Manchester’s health and social care budgets
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HSJ LocalSustainability at risk from high GP referrals, CCG claims
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in south London have told GPs to curb referral rates after figures showed they rose by 16 per cent in a year.
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HSJ LocalCCG overspends by £1m across acute contracts
FINANCE: Erewash CCG had overspent by more than £1m on acute contracts by the end of November – largely as a result of work by Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust and Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalCCG makes recommendations after murder case review
PERFORMANCE: A review of a murder case by clinical commissioning groups, child protection experts and police has concluded that training for staff in recognising domestic abuse should emphasise the role of ‘coercive control’ in relationships.
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CommentThe NHS contract means an even more perverse sanctions regime
Perversity arguments have fallen on deaf ears
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: Community hospitals review underway as CCG forecasts £11m deficit
STRUCTURE: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group is undertaking a review into the future of its four community hospitals.
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NewsMapped: Quarter of area teams resort to NHS England arbitration
HSJ’s map of NHS England arbitration of disputes between providers and clinical commissioning groups since April 2013
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SupplementsCommissioning supplement: Health inequalities tell a tale of data neglect
Health inequalities
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Supplements
Commissioning supplement: Giving new care models a supporting chance
Facilitating new models of care
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NewsTougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.
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CommentThe independent sector can help the NHS invest in new care models
A clinical commissioner’s perspective
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NewsCCGs given only two weeks to finalise primary care budget arrangements
Commissioners have been left with only two weeks to finalise potentially complex legal arrangements for taking control of their primary care budgets.