All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 303

  • News

    NHS England sets aside £1.8bn ‘sustainability and transformation fund’

    2015-12-16T13:59:00Z

    £1.8bn of NHS England’s 2016-17 funding increase to go to “sustainability and transformation fund” Funding from the pot to be allocated to all “emergency care providers” to help trusts cut deficits Payment dependent on “non-negotiable conditions”, such as agreeing plans to cut deficits and maintaining core standards Fund comprises ...

  • Cornwall
    HSJ Local

    South West CCG placed under legal directions

    2015-12-16T10:00:00Z

    Kernow CCG placed under legal directions by NHS England due to deteriorating finances Turnaround director to be appointed Six CCGs have had legal conditions applied in 2015-16 PERFORMANCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has been placed under legal directions by NHS England.

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    News

    New models of care need 'significant upfront investment', NAO warns

    2015-12-16T00:01:00Z

    NAO says new models of care will require “significant upfront investment” but warns the “money available for this is reducing as the number of trusts in deficit increases” Simon Stevens told HSJ funds for transformation would have to be diverted next year Health Foundation says there is “no national ...

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    News

    The workforce awakens: HSJ's Christmas cover

    2015-12-15T16:00:00Z

    The cover of the final issue of HSJ of the year, out on 16 December, takes its cue from the year’s biggest film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The age old battle between good and dark forces is front and centre, while Han Salford and the leader of a rebel ...

  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
    HSJ Local

    Tariff hike trust still waiting for extra money

    2015-12-15T12:11:00Z

    Monitor confirmed tariff increase for Morecambe Bay trust in July However, the troubled FT is yet to receive any additional funding Trust chief executive says there is “disconnect” between various authorities FINANCE: A troubled hospital trust in the North West has still not received any extra tariff income, ...

  • Peter Edwards
    HSJ Partners

    Comment: Barometer shows where CCGs are heading

    2015-12-15T07:00:00Z

    The latest HSJ CCG Barometer, in association with Capsticks, gives some clear indications of the likely direction of travel for commissioning over the next two years.

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    News

    CCG Barometer: Leaders call for merger 'ban' to be lifted

    2015-12-15T07:00:00Z

    Nearly 60 per cent of CCG leaders said NHS England should lift its informal ban on mergers Majority said it was likely substantial CCG responsibilities would be transferred to providers by April 2017 More than half of clinical commissioning group leaders would like NHS England to lift its ...

  • Financial spreadsheets
    HSJ Local

    First CCG is placed in special measures

    2015-12-14T16:21:00Z

    Shropshire CCG placed in special measures Group will have to agree new 2015-16 forecast financial outturn No legal directions placed on CCG PERFORMANCE: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG placed in special measures by NHS England.

  • Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    NHS has problem hearing families' voices, says Stevens

    2015-12-14T08:00:00Z

    Reforming care for people with learning disabilities is “unfinished business”, says Stevens NHS at a “cultural turning point” in the way it deals with families when “things go wrong” NHS England chief defends commissioning function over Southern Health The NHS is at a “cultural turning point” at which ...

  • GP
    News

    Large-scale GP model to be rolled out to 'swathe' of England

    2015-12-14T08:00:00Z

    A “reasonable chunk” of the country will be expected to develop large-scale GP providers and networks under NHS England planning requirements for the coming years. 

  • Simon Stevens
    News

    Exclusive: Stevens casts doubt over NHS devolution outside Manchester

    2015-12-14T08:00:00Z

    “Probably not many” areas beyond Greater Manchester will take on devolved health budgets, says NHS England chief Simon Stevens says “a lot of work” still needed before Cornwall is ready Integration of NHS and social care unrealistic without a “viable social care funding proposition” Simon Stevens has said ...

  • Exercise
    News

    Social care and public health funding is 'unresolved business'

    2015-12-14T08:00:00Z

    Test for government on public health will be judged in childhood obesity strategy Social care funding is ’unresolved business’ NHS should expect no additional funding growth until after 2018-19 Two of Simon Stevens’ “five tests” for the spending review have not yet been met, he has told HSJ. ...

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    News

    Stevens reveals 'radical' rewriting of financial balance rules

    2015-12-14T08:00:00Z

    Some NHS organisations will be exempt from requirements to meet their own budget target, as long as they do so across their health economy, under “radical” new financial rules for 2016-17.

  • Alastair McLellan
    Supplements

    Roundtable: Jeremy Hunt's HSJ annual lecture debated

    2015-12-14T07:00:00Z

    CCG ratings dominated the headlines after Jeremy Hunt’s HSJ annual lecture – but experts who convened to discuss its implications were far more interested in his vision of powerful patients, reports Claire Read

  • Waiting room
    News

    NHS England to publish CCG conflict of interest audit

    2015-12-11T15:30:00Z

    NHS England commissions audit into how CCGs co-commissisoning primary care manage conflicts of interest Updated statutory guidance on conflicts of interest to be published in April, MPs told NHS England will publish an independent audit into how potential conflicts of interest among clinical commissioning groups co-commissioning primary care ...

  • Shaun Lintern
    Comment

    Is Southern Health a one-off? Ministers have no way of knowing

    2015-12-11T12:15:00Z

    The leaked Southern Health review exposed a gap of knowledge about quality of care. Shaun Lintern asks whether the problem is limited to only one trust

  • Manchester
    HSJ Local

    Greater Manchester GPs asked to be 'early adopters' of new contract

    2015-12-11T11:14:00Z

    WORKFORCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester want their GPs to become an “early adopters” of the government’s new contract.

  • CT Brain scan
    News

    Patient group fears national clinical director cut

    2015-12-10T10:25:00Z

    Neurological Alliance warns NHS England against “removal or demotion” of national clinical director for adult neurology Charity also urges it to protect intelligence network and strategic clinical networks for neurology HSJ revealed last month that NHS England is considering cuts to 23 director roles If NHS England cuts ...

  • Justice
    News

    NHS England former head of leadership faces jail after fraud

    2015-12-10T10:20:00Z

    NHS England’s former head of leadership is facing jail after admitting his part in a multimillion pound fraud.

  • Ros Roughton
    News

    PMS 'stock take' will show which practices face funding 'cliff edge'

    2015-12-09T16:04:00Z

    Stock take will assess PMS reviews across country And identify whether practices face big drops Commitment to keep PMS funding in primary care and each locality is maintained An NHS England “stock take” of reviews of personal medical services GP contracts will uncover whether any practices will face a destabilising ...