All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 363
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News
UPDATED: CSU 'axed' amid complaints from CCGs over cost and quality
Anglia Commissioning Support Unit will not continue as a standalone organisation following complaints from its customers over costs and the quality of its services.
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Hospitals 'face £2bn cuts and financial cliff edge' - Nicholson
Hospital funding is set to be cut by £2bn as the NHS faces a potential “financial cliff edge”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.
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Monitor: NHS must 'change radically' in order to survive
Even if the NHS achieves the highest possible savings it cannot close the £30bn funding gap predicted by 2020-21, a Monitor analysis has predicted.
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Emergency care could move off tariff
Monitor and NHS England are considering moving away from the tariff payment system for emergency and urgent care, it emerged last week.
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DH policy chief calls for combined GP and community contracts
The health service should contract single services that link general practice with community health and care, the Department of Health’s policy director has said.
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Choices to change friends and family presentation
NHS England has agreed to change the way the results of the friends and family test are presented online by NHS Choices following complaints from trusts, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
New principles for planning patient care
Help us to make person centred, coordinated care a reality
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Blogs
He likes to boogie
It sounds like Sir Malcolm Grant’s leaving bash, to mark his departure as University College London provost, was a night to remember.Local hacks reported that the NHS England chair spent the evening last June boogieing to Bjorn Again – the world’s premier Abba tribute band. They were supported by some ...
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Comment
Healthy teams lead to healthy cultures
The time is right for rapid cultural change across the NHS workforce
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Blogs
What is the house of care?
There are significant benefits to focusing on patients’ goals and empowering them to take an active part in their own care, says Angela Coulter
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News
Providers hit with raised efficiency requirement
Providers will lose hundreds of millions of pounds in income under Monitor and NHS England plans to raise the efficiency assumptions that govern how much they are paid under tariff.
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Changes to emergency admissions tariff planned
The marginal tariff for hospital emergency care will be retained in 2014-15, but the policy will be modified.
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Exclusive: NHS England may outsource further functions to CSUs
NHS England is to carry out a fundamental review of its use of commissioning support units, which could see more of the national commissioning body’s back office functions being outsourced, HSJ has been told.
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Supplements
Fostering openness through open source software
The benefits of OSS over commercial off-the-shelf software
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News
Wollaston calls for data access deal with pharma firms
Drug companies wanting access to a new NHS patient database should be forced to make their clinical study reports data available to relevant bodies in return, an influential Conservative MP has told HSJ.
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Leader
Hunt must show he is in it for the long haul to sustain the NHS
Health secretary needs to think beyond 2015 election
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Charities oppose government's mandate plans
The umbrella group for health and care charities has criticised the government for attempting an extensive overhaul of its mandate to the health service, as NHS England pressures ministers to change their plans.
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HSJ Knowledge
Three ways NHS England's review can improve incentives
How do we ensure incentives improve quality of care?
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News
Cameron announces new funding for GP practices to open for longer
GPs will be offered money to open their surgeries seven days a week and out of office hours under proposals unveiled by the prime minister today.