All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 327
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Four in 10 GP practices need modernisation
More than 40 per cent of GP practices are unlikely to be capable of providing modern primary care services, according to analysis by construction consultants.
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OOH providers warn over rising indemnity costs
Out of hours providers are struggling to find GPs to cover shifts because of spiralling insurance premiums.
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Hunt: Additional funds will be linked to efficiency and tech
Jeremy Hunt has indicated that £1.5bn of additional funding to be allocated to the NHS in 2015-16 will be contingent on hospitals providing plans to become more “efficient and sustainable” and to deliver “a commitment to a paperless NHS by 2018”.
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Farrar: 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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GPs should urgently discuss new care models
GPs should begin talking about the new models of care in the NHS Five Year Forward View ‘very soon’, one of their leaders has said.
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HSJ Local
Proposed merger between Kent CCGs dropped
STRUCTURE: A proposed merger between two clinical commissioning groups in Kent has been dropped following indications from NHS England that CCG mergers will not be supported.
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NHS England restructure: new 'sub region' directors appointed
NHS England has appointed the directors of most of the organisation’s new ‘sub regions’ which are to be created as part of a restructure designed to cut costs by 15 per cent.
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Comment
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NHS England chief gets an unexpected earful
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Exclusive: Francis whistleblowing review delayed
A review of NHS whistleblowing by Sir Robert Francis QC will be delayed until next year, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
National tariff must balance risk between national and local commissioners
Harder to work together
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Tariff reveals NHS savings targets for 2015-16
NHS pricing authorities will require all providers to deliver another 3.8 per cent in efficiency savings next year, while tweaking the controversial “marginal rate” for emergency admissions to ease the financial strain on smaller hospitals
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Concern over CCG dialysis transfer
The health secretary has come under fire from charities and MPs for agreeing to transfer the responsibility for renal dialysis commissioning from NHS England to clinical commissioning groups
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Comment
Monitor will not stand in the way of innovation
We support developing new forms of NHS organisation
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Exclusive: Tariff delayed amid wrangling over extra NHS funds
Publication of the 2015-16 ‘tariff’ prices for NHS services has been held back amid high level political discussions about the possibility of securing extra funding for health in the autumn statement, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: NHS England primary care decisions 'unlawful', High Court rules
NHS England is acting unlawfully by failing to properly involve and inform patients about its primary care commissioning decisions, a High Court judge has said.
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HSJ Local
Manchester redesigns leave staff 'confused' and 'fatigued'
A succession of service redesigns across Greater Manchester has left staff fatigued and confused, according to the chief executive of one foundation trust.
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Video: Hunt hails NHS for ‘rising’ to post-Francis challenge at HSJ Awards
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has hailed the health service for “rising magnificently” to the challenges presented in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire two years ago.
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New NHS England partnership with pharma to speed up drug access
Government plans for closer working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry will make the new generation of precision medicines more affordable for the NHS, the minister for life sciences has said.