All David Nicholson articles – Page 21
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NewsInnovation Expo to profile QIPP programme
Sir David Nicholson and health minister Earl Howe are spearheading the Department of Health’s support for the 2011 Healthcare Innovation Expo, which takes place in London’s Docklands on 9-10 March.
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NewsNicholson: NHS commissioning board will step in if consortia falter
In the first interview since his appointment as chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, Sir David Nicholson has outlined the measures it could take against poorly performing commissioning consortia.
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Leader‘Brave’ Sir David stresses freedoms and delivery
As the NHS drowns in reform, the danger of distraction grows.
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CommentMichael White: ministers are puzzled by the BMA’s hostility
It remains a guiding principle of this column that any policy opposed by the British Medical Association can’t be all bad.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: SHAs need to decide their priorities, and soon
One of the more dramatic parts of the 2011-12 operating framework is the withholding, by strategic health authorities, of 2 per cent of primary care trust funding.
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NewsPCT directors warned over cluster job conditions
Primary care trust directors are being warned not to move into new cluster roles without firm assurances about pay and job descriptions.
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Nicholson warns price competition could be 'extremely dangerous'
Allowing NHS hospitals to compete on price will be “extremely dangerous” without strong safeguards to protect quality, Sir David Nicholson told MPs this week.
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News'Direct management' of under-par consortia an option, says Nicholson
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has set out the measures he anticipates using on commissioning consortia that are not competent by the go-live date.
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Leader'Conspiracy of silence hides true extent of poor GP performance'
Andrew Lansley claims primary care trusts had to be abolished because they failed to commission effectively - an arguable accusation.
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Comment'Management conspiracy requires management intelligence, and I'm not talking data'
So as we enter 2011, chief operating officer Lansley continues to command the full support of the board and old-Etonian co-owners Cameron and Letwin, a level of support comparable to that enjoyed by a Hodgson-Grant-Ancelotti-Houllier hydra.
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NewsNicholson's appointment to NCB sparked by concern over reforms
The “surprising” appointment of David Nicholson to head up the new NHS commissioning board may have been prompted by growing government concern about the NHS reforms, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderNicholson is master of all he surveys after surprise decision
Did you declare yourself unsurprised by the appointment of Sir David Nicholson as the first chief executive of the NHS commissioning board just before Christmas? Then you were either fibbing or Andrew Lansley.
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NewsPlans for 'at risk' NHS staff revealed
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed the latest plans for the 90,000 staff whose jobs are at risk due to management cuts.
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NewsProductivity gains elude NHS trusts
The NHS failed at the twin challenges of reducing emergency admissions and providing more care outside hospital in the last financial year, according to an Audit Commission report.
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NewsHSJ exclusive: Lansley appoints first commissioning board chief
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has formally appointed Sir David Nicholson as the first chief executive of the NHS commissioning board.
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NewsDorrell's committee warns about impact of 'unprecedented' efficiency target
The Commons health committee has warned real terms cuts to adult social care will almost inevitably translate into unfunded extra demand on the NHS.
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NewsManagement posts shed without full consultation
Warnings are being issued about the lack of consultation over job cuts as posts are shed in an accelerated bid to meet the Department of Health’s 46 per cent management savings target.
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NewsPCTs expected to be ‘ordered’ to cluster
The Department of Health is likely to make mergers of primary care trusts a requirement in its operating framework for 2011-12, HSJ has been told.
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NewsDepartment of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
The Department of Health will publish a “road map” for the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities before Christmas, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said. He warned there will be no “slow down” in the process.
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NewsWinter deaths fall despite cold weather
The coldest winter in 14 years did not drive an increase in deaths during the December 2009 to March 2010 period.