All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 354
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Roughton to consider how CCGs could co-commission primary care
NHS England is looking into how clinical commissioning groups can co-commission primary care, its deputy medical director has revealed.
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No integration pioneers win 'accelerator' status
NHS England has reneged on its plan to give a designated “integration pioneer” area special status as a centre of best practice in the use of its £260m technology fund.
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Miliband's CCG vision at odds with Burnham plan
Ed Miliband appears to have indicated that Labour would retain clinical commissioning groups as key decision making bodies in the NHS.
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Care UK boss outlines expansion goal
The managing director of healthcare at Care UK has used an HSJ interview to express optimism that the company can increase its share of NHS provision, including through taking over the running of hospitals.
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Exclusive: Hospital chains win backing
Discussions have begun between national NHS bodies on how the provider landscape can be radically reshaped, including on providers forming national chains of hospitals and services.
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'Underfunded' CCG presses for allocation boost
One of the most underfunded clinical commissioning groups in England has warned that its position is putting important investments at risk – and has begun lobbying for a commitment to correct the “iniquity” in NHS allocations within five years.
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Exclusive: Adebowale says differential tariff deflator policy is 'laughable'
NHS England board member Lord Adebowale has described the policy of imposing cuts to mental health and community trusts, which are a fifth higher than those for other sectors, as “bordering on laughable”.
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Exclusive: Cash penalties axed for care fund failure
The Department of Health has scrapped plans to withhold money from areas that fail to deliver performance improvements through joint commissioning with local authorities.
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Exclusive: National bodies back community services plans
Efforts to develop quality indicators and a tariff payment system for community services providers have taken a leap forward after winning the support of the main national health leadership organisations, HSJ has discovered.
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RCGP chair backs co-commissioning of general practice
The chair of the Royal College of GPs has backed the co-commissioning of general practice by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.
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DH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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Information centre strategy signals ‘turf war’ with NHS England
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is drawing up a technology strategy in a move predicted to put it on a collision course with NHS England.
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GP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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CCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.
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Equal access to the NHS: the next step
A new system can create a fairer NHS for patients
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National equality lead resigns following tribunal ruling
NHS England has announced that its national lead for equality and diversity Paula Vasco-Knight has left her post.
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Prince Charles backs hospital income link to food quality
Prince Charles has encouraged NHS organisations to introduce pay for performance for the quality of hospital food.
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Monitor competition probe closed after NHS England changes process
Monitor has closed its investigation into the commissioning of specialist cancer surgery services in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, after NHS England said it would change its process.
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Alert system will name and shame unsafe providers
The names of organisations that fail to comply with patient safety alerts are to be published online each month as part of a revamped warning system being introduced by NHS England.