All Primary care contracts and commissioning articles – Page 11
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HSJ Local
Three Newcastle practices not yet member of CCG
STRUCTURE: Three practices within Newcastle PCT are as yet not a member of an emerging clinical commissiong group.
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NewsGPs could be influenced by pharma, King's Fund warns
GP prescribing could become commercially biased if clinical commissioning groups buy in support from drug companies, a report commissioned by the King’s Fund has warned.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield moving to single clinical commissioning groups
STRUCTURE: GP practices within Sheffield primary care trust are planning to form a single clinical commissioning group, the PCT has said.
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CommentWhat the new healthcare environment holds for clinical negligence indemnity
Changes ushered in by the Health Bill will mean indemnity contracts between providers and commissioners will need to be considered carefully and satisfy both sides before being set in place. Medical Defence Union chief executive Dr Christine Tomkins explains.
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NewsDH announces commissioning reform milestones and single comms service
Commissioners have been set tight deadlines for handing their powers to GP groups, despite the continuing controversy over the Health Bill.
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HSJ Local
Leeds and Bradford and Airedale form late PCT cluster
STRUCTURE: Leeds PCT and Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT, which had been due to remain separate organisations, will now merge into a single cluster.
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NewsChoice plans are 'enforced competition', say GPs
The government’s plans to extend choice in the NHS amount to “enforced competition”, GPs have said, as they call for clarity on changes to the Health Bill.
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Reform transition cost now £1.49bn, according to DH figure
A new figure from the Department of Health estimates the cost of its reform “transition programme” at £1.49bn.
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CommentThe NHS Commissioning Board must support CCGs, not overshadow them
Amid the controversy around the government’s NHS reforms, relatively little attention has been given to the role of the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsCommissioning reform costs already near quarter of a billion
Nearly a quarter of a billion pounds has already been spent on the government’s commissioning reforms, with tens of millions having been paid to general practice for its involvement, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsBMA to launch campaign calling for withdrawal of Health Bill
The British Medical Association’s ruling council today voted to begin a public campaign for the withdrawal of the Health Bill.
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NewsNHS management is misleading GPs about commissioning, DH adviser says
A Department of Health adviser has said NHS national management, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are misleading GPs about commissioning policy.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire PCT devolves two thirds of its budget to shadow CCGs
FINANCE: Shadow clinical commissioning groups in Oxfordshire have been given responsibility for more than two thirds of the county’s total commissioning budget for 2011-12.
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CommentHow to lead NHS transformation
The discussion in GP land continues to rage between those who oppose the reforms, and those who support them.
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HSJ Local
Bexley Care Trust ‘stand-off’ over cluster revealed
STRUCTURE: A bitter “stand-off” caused by Bexley Care Trust’s refusal to join the south east London cluster has been revealed in correspondence seen by HSJ.
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NewsSir David sets out single commissioning vision
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has jump-started development of the reformed commissioning system, publishing details of his emerging national board and telling primary care trust clusters to follow a “single operating model” for the next two years.
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NewsCameron accused of breaking NHS cash promise
The prime minister’s “personal promise” to give the NHS a real rise in funding “is being broken”, shadow health secretary John Healey has claimed.
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NewsCommissioning primary care plans still in development
The government has not yet decided whether clinical commissioning groups can take on management of general practice contracts, the responsible Department of Health has said.
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NewsLansley outlines new work for Future Forum
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has set out likely topics to feature in a continuing programme of work for the NHS Future Forum.
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NewsFears over mental health gap in commissioning knowledge
Revisions to the Health Bill have failed to address concerns that mental health will be under-represented in commissioning, a trust chief executive has warned.