All Commissioning articles – Page 92
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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.
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HSJ LocalCCG set to evaluate 999 pilot scheme
COMMERCIAL: Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group is analysing the findings of a pilot scheme which involved the London Ambulance Service treating some patients in their own homes instead of taking them to hospital.
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CommentCulture change will make or break devo Manc reform
Solutions are needed to combat the delivery risks of devolution
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HSJ Local18 week waits, January 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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NewsSpecialised service transfer reconsidered due to incorrect data
A decision to recommend that renal dialysis services should be devolved to clinical commissioning groups is to be reconsidered because incorrect patient population data was used by NHS England, it has emerged.
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NewsCancer drugs spared funding axe following appeals
Three drugs that NHS England said would be axed from the cancer drugs fund will remain available at least temporarily, following a series of appeals by drug companies.
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NewsMajor general practice software suppliers agree to share patient data
England’s two biggest general practice software suppliers have struck a long awaited agreement to share patient record data between their systems.
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SupplementsGovernance: We need quality time to get it up to scratch
An HSJ survey on quality governance in association with BDO LLP
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HSJ LocalEast London CCG to revamp cardiovascular services and commissioning
STRUCTURE: Newham Clinical Commissioning Group is redesigning the way it delivers cardiovascular services to bring together ‘fragmented and inefficient work streams’.
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NewsMapped: The new care model 'vanguard' sites
HSJ’s map of the 29 sites identified by NHS England as part of the “vanguard” for its new care models.
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HSJ LocalLocal care networks model favoured by CCG
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group is one of six CCGs in south east London pursuing joint plans for a ‘whole system model’ of healthcare implemented by ‘local care networks’ in each borough.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe three steps to balance parity of esteem for mental health
Closing the gap between physical and mental health
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NewsMapped: CCGs' primary care co-commissioning status for 2015-16
HSJ’s exclusive map showing which CCGs will be co-commissioning general practice from next month, and at which level of involvement.
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HSJ LocalTroubled CCG says its deficit could reach £40m
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group has warned that its deficit could hit an enormous £40m by the end of the financial year, which would be the largest recorded by any group so far.