All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 300
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News£1.2bn contracts tender paused following Cambridgeshire fiasco
Staffordshire CCGs pause awards of outcomes based contracts Controversial cancer and end of life care deals worth £1.2bn combined NHS England instructed local leaders to wait for Cambridgeshire review The largest outcomes based contracting tender exercise in the country has been paused in response to the collapse of ...
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CommentNo more white knights please
NHS England needs a chief clinical information officer for the successful application of digital technology and implementation of the forward view. By Ewan Davis
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NewsBMA to canvass GPs over 'mass resignation'
GP representatives push BMA to survey willingness to sign undated resignation letters in protest at funding, workforce and regulatory grievances Call for “resilience teams” to be parachuted into practices that seek help with staffing shortages BMA conference votes to find “lawful” ways of disengaging with CQC inspections ...
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NewsNHS England aims to double underspend to £400m
NHS England finance director aims for £400m underspend Savings would be enough to offset provider deficits in 2015-16 Surplus driven by one-off measures that would not help in 2016-17 NHS England’s forecast 2015-16 underspend is set to double this month to £400m, which combined with other emergency financial ...
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NewsNo plan to shut hospitals in Essex success regime
No plans to close a hospital but downgrading of specialised and A&E units not ruled out System leaders set out six areas the Essex Success Regime will focus on Trusts to look at closer working and developing a more flexible workforce No hospitals will be closed across mid ...
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NewsStevens: Negotiations on delayed GP contract deal are 'well advanced'
NHS England chief executive said delayed national GP contract will be ‘reasonable’ to all sides Simon Stevens confirms ‘package’ of measures to help primary care due next month NHS England expects GP funding to be increased through co-commisioning as well as from national agreements NHS England chief executive ...
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NewsTrusts ask Monitor for tariff hike
Monitor has received 16 requests for tariff hikes since April 2014 Morecambe Bay has secured modified prices which should result in extra £25m per year Worcestershire Acute Trust withdrew application for “further engagement” with commissioners At least eight NHS trusts have sought to boost their income by asking ...
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NewsBaumann looks for new savings to help DH's bottom line
NHS England bosses look for extra savings in light of the predicted provider deficit CCG sector forecasts year-end deficit of £51.3m NHS England commissioning was overspent in first eight months of the 2015-16 NHS England has revealed it is actively looking for new savings beyond its planned surplus ...
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NewsStevens: 'Specialised services need additional investment'
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens told Jeremy Hunt specialised services were unaffordable in their current form, papers released today reveal.
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NewsHunt’s digital guru assembles multinational review team
Professor Robert Wachter to prepare NHS digital review to be published this summer US based expert understood to have recruited team with broad range of expertise from UK, US and Europe Advisers expected to include David Brailer, who was the first US national coordinator for health, and Sir David ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulators plot new 'single view of quality'
CQC chief executive says local NHS should change its quality monitoring and governance The CQC “will use NHS Improvement’s assessment of efficiency” Regulator has “come away from the use of the phrase co-regulation” The Care Quality Commission has promised to develop a “single shared view of quality” across ...
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NewsSimon Stevens 'more powerful than any cabinet minister'
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens is the fourth most powerful person in the country, HSJ editor Alastair McLellan told the BBC’s Week in Westminster last week.
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NewsFears GP funding will be diverted after guidance delay
Delay in release of detailed guidance for CCGs to apply for primary premises fund BMA leader calls for clarification money will not be spent elsewhere or ’double-badged’ NHS England could delay February deadline for funding applications The deadline for bids for £750m of GP premises funding could be ...
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CommentMoves to rescue the DH's bottom line look increasingly desperate
As the NHS approaches the end of one of the toughest years in its history, the Deparment of Health is going to desperate measures not to bust its budget, writes Crispin Dowler
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NewsHSCIC faces 30 per cent grant cut
30 per cent cut to HSCIC grant based on spending review assumptions, finance chief says Cut yet to be confirmed by Department of Health Spending review showed non-ringfenced NHS bodies faced big cuts The Health and Social Care Information Centre has estimated it faces a 30 per cent ...
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HSJ LocalCCG to change constitution to prevent ‘legal challenge’
Bristol CCG constitution currently says it will bar companies from procurements if they are based offshore or engage in “improper tax avoidance” Solicitors tell CCG that if a company’s arrangements are lawful, excluding them on this basis would be “contrary to procurement law” Commissioners to seek public feedback on ...
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NewsStevens to launch NHS innovation push at Davos
Seven projects awarded “NHS innovation test bed” status NHS England chief executive hails “major new drive to modernise how NHS delivers care” Programme aims to combine different innovative healthcare interventions to increase their impact Seven projects have been awarded “NHS innovation test bed” status under a flagship programme ...
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NewsNICE leak reaction: Trusts should use guidance says college president
Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says scale of A&E understaffing could be 50 per cent Dr Cliff Mann says trusts should use leaked NICE guideline to conduct gap analysis on nurse staffing levels CQC expects providers to use “any tool they deem appropriate” to ensure safe care ...
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HSJ LocalGP ‘super partnership’ plots further expansion
“Half a dozen” GP practices could join Our Health Partnership by April, says director OHP already includes 150 partners across 35 practices Plan to form MCP likely to involve other scaled up GP groups in the region STRUCTURE: The leader of the NHS’s largest GP “super partnership” has ...
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NewsQuarter of CCGs’ BCF contributions to shrink
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups will be allowed to contribute less to the better care fund next year than the minimum requirement in 2015-16, NHS England has confirmed.