All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 338
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Inadequate GPs will be told to improve or face closure
GP practices that persistently provide inadequate services will face closure if they fail to improve within a year, the Care Quality Commission has announced.
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Exclusive: Analysis reveals mental health trust funding cuts
NHS mental health providers have slashed beds and staff levels as they cope with real term funding cuts and the soaring cost of sending patients hundreds of miles away for treatment.
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Comment
Use NHS land to build affordable housing
New homes can improve public health and NHS coffers
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NHS England struggles to recruit specialised director in face of 'uncertainty'
NHS England has enlisted headhunters to find a national director for its troubled specialised services remit after failing to make an appointment.
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Labour slams 'too full' hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care are being left at the doors of accident and emergency in ambulances because hospitals are too full, Labour has said.
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HSJ Local
CCG to recycle withdrawn funds back into primary care
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group, which suffered a huge backlash from GPs after pulling £1.4m of enhanced services funding, has unveiled plans to pump £1.2m back into the region’s primary care.
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Waiting list breaches 3 million
More than 3.2 million patients were awaiting treatment on the NHS, according to the latest figures for June.
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CCGs raise concerns over 'system resilience groups'
Clinical commissioning groups have become concerned about the burden of being involved with ‘system resilience groups’, which are expected to oversee efforts to clear waiting lists and ease winter pressures.
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Comment
English waiting list approaches next danger level
Much will depend on the impact of Hunt’s ‘managed breach’
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HSJ Local
Review launched into ‘high risk’ emergency care
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall commissioners have launched a review into the area’s emergency care access after it was designated as “high risk”.
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'Safeguard our NHS' in trade deal
Most voters in key battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal which campaigners claim threatens privatisation of health services, according to a new survey.
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Minority of patients are offered choice of provider, say Monitor and NHS England
Less than 40 per cent of patients are offered a choice of provider when referred by their GP for an outpatient appointment, according to a survey report published today by NHS England and Monitor.
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NHS England's 'forward view' to scrutinise funding curb effects
The chief executive of NHS England plans to publish a ‘five year forward view’ of the NHS in October
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Comment
Send a clear message to those defrauding the NHS
Legal action can deter people tempted by fraud
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HSJ Knowledge
The Johari window: The way to open up organisational improvement
This self-awareness tool can bring fresh perspectives
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News
Private firms and local authorities in running to provide commissioning support
Private firms and two local authorities are in the running for a place on a “lead provider” framework that will determine which organisations supply backoffice services to CCGs
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NHS England criticised over speed of premium payment cutback plan
NHS England has been criticised for the speed at which it is scaling down “premium” payments to Yorkshire GP practices.
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Concern grows over tight timetable for waiting list cuts
An official timetable for clearing planned care waiting lists over the summer has sparked concern among NHS managers.
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