All articles by David Williams – Page 24
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CCG to invite consortium bids for integrated service
A clinical commissioning group is tendering for an integrated provider of acute and community musculoskeletal services, to be paid through a “year of care” budget, HSJ has learned.
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Monitor supports Heatherwood and Wexham Park takeover talks
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust may be put into special administration if talks which would see it merged with another NHS organisation fail.
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Exclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
Struggling commissioning support units are to be given just three months to improve their business practices or face intervention by the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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Hampshire bodies collaborate on integrated care schemes
STRUCTURE: NHS bodies in Hampshire are working with the county council on integrated care projects, including a national pilot for the year of care tariff.
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Exclusive: Gary Walker did tell Nicholson he was a whistleblower
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker did seek to be treated as a whistleblower when he approached Sir David Nicholson with patient safety concerns, a document seen by HSJ reveals.
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Nicholson says gagging order ban will be applied retrospectively
Sir David Nicholson has told MPs a ban on “gagging” of NHS staff will be applied retrospectively, suggesting relevant confidentiality agreements no longer apply to those who have signed them in the past.
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Exclusive: CSUs unlikely to face direct private sector competition
Independent sector firms are set to be encouraged to work with NHS commissioning support units rather than sell directly to clinical commissioning groups, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: Board seeks vital legal permission over sensitive data
The NHS Commissioning Board is to apply for a legal exemption to enable vital information to flow lawfully around the reformed NHS commissioning system from 1 April.
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George Eliot Trust working on Lorenzo implementation
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Trust is working with the Department for Health and IT contractor CSC to implement the Lorenzo electronic patient record system.
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CSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis
Commissioning support units are strengthening their quality assurance services in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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Board approaches Mark Britnell over deputy chief role
Former NHS director general Mark Britnell has been approached about the possibility of becoming the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, it has emerged.
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Exclusive: Caldicott to recommend new NHS duty to share data
The Caldicott review into information governance in health and social care is likely to recommend a new duty to share information between agencies where it is in a patient’s best interests.
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Wollaston: Nicholson should go after transition
An influential Conservative member of the Commons health committee has told HSJ that Sir David Nicholson should oversee the end of the NHS reorganisation, and then resign as NHS Commissioning Board chief executive.
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Nicholson defends himself to MPs over Mid Staffs failings
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the NHS reforms are implemented.
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Targets have distracted NHS from care, says commissioning board director
An NHS Commissioning Board director has said the Francis report shows that “political or other objectives” such as targets trumped concerns over failings in NHS care.
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Year of care tariff under development in Birmingham
Commissioners and providers in Birmingham and Solihull are working together on a “year of care” tariff aimed at driving integrated care and keeping patients out of hospital, HSJ’s latest Local Briefing has found.
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Analysed: QIPP in Birmingham and Solihull
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing examines the success of the Birmingham and Solihull cluster’s 2012-13 efficiency plans, and how the health economy plans to save money in 2013-14.
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HMRC investigating trusts over drug tax schemes
HM Revenue and Customs is examining hospital trusts’ tax arrangements amid a growing trend to lawfully avoid paying VAT on outpatient drugs, HSJ has learned.
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Quarter of CSU recruits come from outside transition pool
Around a quarter of staff appointed to commissioning support units have come from outside the pool of NHS commissioning staff affected by reorganisation.
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Private firms approached to take over commissioning support unit
The NHS Commissioning Board has approached several private companies about the possibility of them running a commissioning support unit, HSJ has learned.