All NHS England (Commissioning Board) articles – Page 380
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Commissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
The health service will move to paperless referrals by March 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Real time patient feedback for whole NHS by 2015
All NHS patients should have the opportunity to leave feedback, in real time, on any service, by 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
NHS hospital trusts and other providers face another tough financial year in 2013-14 with the NHS Commissioning Board unveiling plans for further cuts to tariff income and the introduction of new contractual penalties.
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HSJ Local
Cumbria CCG authorised in first wave
STRUCTURE: Cumbria clinical commissioning group was among the first wave of new organisations to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Blackpool CCG authorised in first wave
STRUCTURE: Blackpool clinical commissioning group was among the first wave of new organisations to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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National group to examine barriers to seven-day NHS
A new group is to be established to review the barriers which prevent the NHS from functioning as a seven-day service, offering procedures such as day surgery at weekends.
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Commissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed it will have to “lift and shift” 200 staff, but will have completed job matching or internal competition for 98 per cent of posts by the end of this month.
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Caldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care is increasing its capacity to store and manage data in the expectation that commissioning support units will be prevented from holding sensitive information about patients.
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HSJ Local
Somerset CCG authorised with no conditions
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group was one of only eight CCGs to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board this week without any conditions.
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Hunt: I'm open to NHS or private sector solutions
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ it is “not my job to hold a candle” for either NHS or private sector providers when deciding what is best for patients.
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HSJ Local
Chief nurse leaves North Yorks for Notts and Derby LAT
WORKFORCE: Julie Bolus, North Yorkshire and York PCT chief nurse, has been appointed director of nursing for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire local area team of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Boards could be made to declare staff level is safe
Hospital boards could be required to publicly declare their staffing levels are appropriate at least twice a year, under plans set out in the chief nursing officers’ vision and strategy for nursing.
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Michael White: some notes on some scandals
Care scandals must not always leave the buck with hard-pressed staff
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Psychological therapy success leads to rising waits
The government’s flagship programme to boost access to psychological therapies has been hailed a success but there are warnings it faces significant challenges ahead.
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Exclusive: 'Rapid reduction' in hospital care planned following Winterbourne View
The treatment of all people with learning disabilities or autism receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision.
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Providers to be forced to own up to mistakes
NHS organisations will be required to tell patients when mistakes have been made and their safety compromised under a contractual duty of candour announced today.
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DH awards audit contracts to HQIP
The Department of Health has chosen to entrust two audit contracts with The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
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Board urges local leaders to push ahead on reconfiguration
The NHS Commissioning Board has indicated that health service leaders have only a “narrow window” to begin reconfiguration projects in their area as they can only count on political support until the end of 2013.
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CSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
Commissioning support units are frustrated by an ongoing lack of clarity over how much income they will receive from the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has learned.
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Commissioning reforms will hit morale 'for at least two years'
The commissioning reforms are likely to affect workforce morale and motivation for “a couple of years at least”, NHS managers have been warned.