All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 325
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CCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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New national advisory board to tackle workforce issues
A new national advisory board with a system-wide coordination role for workforce issues is to be created, the NHS planning guidance has revealed.
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NHS England says CCGs must increase mental health spend
Clinical commissioning groups have been told by NHS England to increase in real terms the amount of money they spend on mental health services as part of the 2015-16 planning guidance.
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Planning guidance full coverage: next steps for the forward view
Health economies seeking to be at the forefront of moving to the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View have been given six weeks to submit an expression of interest to NHS England
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NHS England drops treatments scorecard following legal threat
NHS England has dropped a controversial scorecard that was supposed to help it make decisions about whether to fund treatments for a number of rare conditions
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Exclusive: Better care fund investment returns 'wildly unrealistic', analysis finds
One in 10 better care fund plans are predicting a first year return on investment of more than 20 per cent, HSJ analysis has revealed, prompting new suggestions that the financial planning of the fund is ‘wildly unrealistic’.
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NHS England earmarks £1bn for underfunded CCGs
NHS England this afternoon approved plans to use more than half of the extra £2bn that has been freed up for health service spending in 2015-16 to bring underfunded clinical commissioning groups closer to their “fair share” of allocations.
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The NHS contract will make perverse targets worse for hospitals
They are less likely to clear backlogs
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Updated: NHS England to fund 'significant volume' of private sector care
NHS England has agreed to commission a ‘significant range and volume’ of planned care from private hospitals over the coming months, following the failure of a national push to clear NHS waiting list backlogs
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NHS England to trial employing pharmacists in A&E
The urgent and emergency care review being led by NHS England will conduct a national pilot in the spring to trial employing pharmacists in an emergency department setting.
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Emergency care fines strengthened to encourage 'radical transformation'
The financial penalty imposed on accident and emergency departments that fail to meet the 95 per cent four hour target has been strengthened to encourage ‘radical transformation’ from struggling NHS providers.
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Exclusive: Top hospital chief criticises 'out of area' referrals move
An attempt by NHS England to protect patient choice by preventing hospitals closing their doors to ‘out of area’ referrals has been strongly criticised by a leading foundation trust chief executive.
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HSJ100 analysis - politics: Importance of NHS is the only certainty in next election
Our top names are those best positioned to shape a year of volatility and voters, writes HSJ editor Alastair McLellan
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Pharmacists as care givers can make the forward view come true
A chance for new models of care
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Exclusive: CCGs criticise NHS England co-commissioning 'confusion'
The leaders of six clinical commissioning groups have written to NHS England criticising “apparent confusion and lack of clarity” in its proposals for primary care co-commissioning, HSJ can reveal.
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A&Es under 'extreme pressure' as admissions rise
Accident and emergency departments are ‘cracking under extreme pressure’ with the number of patients waiting longer than four hours at a record high.
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Rheumatology patients turned away due to pressure on service
Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has became the latest hospital to close its doors to patients because of “extremely high demand” on its services.
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One in three trusts have board level vacancies
One in three trusts have at least one vacancy or interim executive on their board, according to a King’s Fund report based on research by HSJ.
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Dorset's better care fund budget slashed
One of the largest and most ambitious bids to pool health and social care budgets has been scaled back dramatically after the plans were checked by NHS England.