All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 276
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News
Tim Kelsey hired as Australia's digital health chief
Ex-NHS England director appointed to Australian government digital agency Digital Health Agency has been created to lead “My Health Record” project Mr Kelsey left England at the beginning of the year to join IT firm Telstra Tim Kelsey, formerly NHS England’s national director of patients and information, has ...
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HSJ Local
Waiting list error could see thousands of patients assessed for clinical harm
PERFORMANCE: A large teaching hospital may have to assess thousands of patients for clinical harm after an investigation found its data systems could not guarantee people had been treated.
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Comment
Trying to handle responsibilities without resources
Local authorities will struggle to implement their health and wellbeing strategies if they must be delivered on an ever shorter shoestring
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News
Tracking money 'acid test' for £4bn mental health plans, says Confed chief
Guaranteeing promised funds reach frontline services will be the “acid test” for NHS England’s mental health plans, a senior health leader has said.
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catch Up: Overspend forecast for NHS England, and MCP contract options revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Financial special measures
Ben Clover casts his eye over what is going on in England’s biggest health economy
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News
Yorkshire 'inadequate' CCG appoints new chief officer
A struggling clinical commissioning group in Yorkshire, put in “financial special measures” last week, has appointed a new accountable officer.
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News
NHS England to cover GP indemnity cost increase
NHS England has said it will cover the “inflationary rises” in indemnity costs for GP practices from April 2017.
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Comment
Five ways to improve support for junior doctors
Junior doctors are an important but sometimes neglected pillar of the NHS – here are five steps that can improve their training and morale
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News
Future GP contract options revealed under 'MCP framework'
NHS England confirms three different versions of MCP contract Multispecialty community provider contract can last from 10 to 15 years NHS England plans to increase population coverage of new care models from 8 to 25 per cent by next year There will be three different ways to contract ...
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NHS Improvement to explore new private sector partnerships
NHS Improvement’s 2016-17 business plan includes priority to “explore” and “facilitate” private sector partnerships Regulator will look at “outsourcing of new, novel or restructured clinical services” and “independent sector management models” NHSI believes private sector can help relieve operational pressures, provide capital and support hospital chains NHS Improvement ...
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NHS spending on consultancy down as CCG interim paybill rises
Overall spending on management consultants dropped to £432m in 2015-16, compared to £604m in 2014-15 Cap introduced last June means local organisations need to request approval for contracts worth more than £50,000 CCG spending on “contingency labour”, including interim directors and secondments, increased in cash terms to £170m ...
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HSJ Local
NHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director
The £396,000 includes agency fees and contractual payments to employ turnaround director “during the current financial year”. Actual length of appointment still subject to agreement Post filled by Keith Pringle, who has previously worked with Hampshire CCGs and Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust APPOINTMENT: NHS England has authorised a ...
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Controversial Ofsted style CCG ratings delayed
Publication of Ofsted style ratings of CCG performance in six clinical priority areas delayed Plans to use outstanding to inadequate scale dropped in favour of less definitive labels, HSJ understands NHS England says delay due to scheduling issues Publication of Ofsted style ratings ranking clinical commissioning groups’ performance ...
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NHS England forecasting first ever overspend
Overall commissioning budget forecast to be overspent for the first time There was a £599m underspend in 2015-16, which helped DH avoid a formal parliamentary process to ask for more money CCGs reported a combined £57m overspend for the first quarter of the financial year The overall NHS ...
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: The unpalatable options for breaking even this year
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Expert Briefing
Deep South: Resetting the South West
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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HSJ Knowledge
How we created a better service for people living with Behçet’s syndrome
One stop clinics that enable timely diagnosis and treatment are improving services for people who have this auto inflammatory condition
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catchup: CCG ratings and major investments in mental health
Your essential update on the week in health
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News
General practice's share of health spending falls again
Despite a cash increase, the proportion of the total DH budget going to GP services fell by 1.2 percentage points, its accounts suggest Spending on general practice made up just 5 per cent of the total Came as NHS England promised to “increasing the proportion of investment going into ...