All NHS Confederation articles – Page 17
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CCGs support controversial change to tariff veto power
The representative body for clinical commissioning groups has backed plans to make it more difficult for NHS providers to block national tariff proposals.
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NewsNHS Providers lodges objection to controversial tariff proposals
NHS representative bodies have expressed strong concerns about government plans to raise the bar provider objections must clear to block tariff proposals.
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CommentIf the government really wants to help it must support NHS staff
Taking a cue from the Samaritans
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NewsDrug pricing scheme ‘must be more transparent’, says commissioning chief
The deal struck between the government and the pharmaceutical industry to limit the amount the NHS spends on branded drugs must become ‘more transparent’, the director of NHS Clinical Commissioners has said.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of Broadmoor trust stepping down
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of West London Mental Health Trust is stepping down in November.
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LeaderThe dominance of white men at the very top shames the NHS
It is unacceptable and unsustainable
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NewsKeogh to review elective waiting time targets
NHS England medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to review the current waiting times standards for elective care, the organisation’s chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
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NewsConfed 2015 tweets from the HSJ team
Follow the HSJ team at the NHS Confederation conference on Twitter for the latest news from the event
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NewsConfed chief: Politicians should recognise workforce cost reality
Politicians should recognise the NHS needs to ‘get more out of’ and reduce the cost of its staff, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said.
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NewsLabour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers of NHS services at 5 per cent would come up against EU legislation, lawyers have told HSJ.
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NewsNHS bodies urged to bid for slice of multibillion EU fund
NHS organisations are being strongly encouraged to bid for funding from an EU pot worth £4.4bn to be spent in the UK over the next seven years.
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CommentTalk on tariff must balance national and local priorities
‘Enhanced tariff’ is a bold step in the right direction
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NewsMPs call for audit of health ombudsman investigations
An independent process to benchmark the quality of Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman investigations into NHS complaints should be established, MPs have said.
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CommentUrgent care: we need a shared sense of scale
Tackling pressures bringing together disparate perspectives
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NewsFarrar: GPs will move away from CCGs in long term
The new generation of beefed up primary care organisations envisaged in the NHS Five Year Forward View will attract GP leaders away from clinical commissioning groups.
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CommentNational tariff must balance risk between national and local commissioners
Harder to work together
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CommentThe five year forward view dares us to hope
The document gives us reason to suspend cynicism