All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 369
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News
Hunt 'prepared to look at' future of foundation trust policy
Health secretary speaks exclusively to HSJ on private healthcare, the purchaser-provider split, and the “bold” reforms to healthcare models needed on the 65th anniversary of the NHS.
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News
Exclusive: Hunt says 'concept' of NHS 111 must be re-examined
The government is reviewing the “concept” of the controversial NHS 111 service, just months after the chaotic official launch of the new system, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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CCGs claim leading role on primary care commissioning
Some clinical commissioning groups have told HSJ they are preparing to take a leading role in redesigning primary care, amid what they called a “hiatus” of action from NHS England.
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10 per cent admin budget cut could leave CCGs 'unsustainable'
The further 10 per cent real-terms cut in health administration budgets revealed in today’s spending review could render some clinical commissioning groups “unsustainable”, NHS commissioners have warned.
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds
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News
Exclusive: £3.8bn integration fund tied to performance
A chunk of the planned £3.8bn pooled health and social care fund will be held back from local commissioners unless they can demonstrate their investments have brought improvements for patients, HSJ has learned.
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Howe: Marginal rate for emergency care 'hasn't worked very well'
Health minister Lord Howe this week admitted the controversial 30 per cent marginal rate for emergency care “hasn’t worked very well” to help commissioners and providers ease pressure on emergency departments.
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Minister pledged NHS Choices will be re-tendered before March 2014
Lord Howe has given “assurances” to private firms that a procurement exercise to outsource the NHS Choices website will take place before March 2014, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioners must work together to mitigate risk
Collaboration with other stakeholders is key
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Comment
Act now to tackle the pressure of long term cancer care
The impact of an ageing population on the NHS
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: April 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the April 2013 data.
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Blogs
Record breaking rise in English waiting list
The English waiting list got much bigger again in April. There will be trouble.
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News
Exclusive: Surgeons blocking data release will be named from next week
Consultants who block their outcome data from being published in a new transparency initiative will be “named and shamed” from next week, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Readers’ Letters – 21 June 2013
Specialised commissioning has been largely absent from NHS reform debate
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Comment
Let's rethink the NHS's public engagement
Feedback exercises alone fail to engage patients meaningfully
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News
Exclusive: Senior NHS Direct leaders warned 111 was unsafe but were overruled
Senior directors at NHS Direct warned it was not safe to go live with one of its biggest NHS 111 contracts but were overruled, HSJ has learned.
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Managing director resigns as NHS Direct losing more than £1m a month
NHS Direct is losing £1.5m a month and is likely to exit the NHS 111 market by the end of the year. The director charged with leading its 111 work has resigned following disciplinary action being initiated, HSJ understands.
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News
Ricketts 'sceptical' about CCGs relying on in-house support
NHS England’s director of commissioning support strategy has indicated he is “deeply sceptical” that clinical commissioning groups can function at their best without buying in support services.
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Leader
Unpicking the great CCG budget 'swindle'
A fog hangs over the commissioning budget of the NHS
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News
NHS England probes 'new urgent care system'
NHS England was today expected to set out the next stage of a review of urgent and emergency care services.