All Primary care contracts and commissioning articles – Page 37
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NewsGPs to get commissioning powers - but scant details so far
The government’s formal coalition agreement confirms GPs will be given commissioning powers - but leaves unanswered questions over their precise responsibilities.
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LeaderDare one step further and keep Lansley in post for the full term
Andrew Lansley is the best prepared health secretary of modern politics. During his time as shadow health spokesman, Labour went through five health secretaries.
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NewsLansley to slash NHS management costs
Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, has warned Department of Health staff to brace themselves for a significant cut in their budget this year.
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CommentCally Bann: it's going to be crap and we're all in it together
So now we know. From the bellowing pomposity at High and Mighty Hall, through the bemused gentlefolk of Meek and Mild Manor to the elitist piety at Pool and Field Palace our glorious NHS has spoken: it’s going to be crap and we’re all in it together.
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CommentCoalition health policy: all action on the united front
NHS fortunes will rely on Tory and Lib Dem harmony as Andrew Lansley steps into the role of health secretary
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NewsLansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS reconfiguration in London.
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CommentJudith Smith: commissioning needs to be reborn, not killed off
Only radical new approaches will take commissioning forward after the election
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NewsNearly half of GP practices bust commissioning budget
The value of the healthcare resources used by practice based commissioners significantly varies from the indicative budgets they have been set.
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NewsTories warned on GP commissioning
A future Conservative government will need “the wisdom of Solomon” if it is to promote GP commissioning while also tackling poor primary care, the new chief executive of the King’s Fund has warned.
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LeaderFlimsy electoral one-liners must make way for realistic policies
Now the general election has been called, the NHS can finally start crossing off the days until some honesty returns to the debate about the future of healthcare.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsPCTs 'slow to make decisions on business cases'
Only a quarter of GP practice based commissioning leads think primary care trusts make fast enough decisions on business cases, according to the Department of Health.
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CommentAndy McKeon: why money could not unravel the NHS red tape
Whoever wins the forthcoming election will have some unfinished business on health policy to attend to, even if it is possible to declare victory over waiting lists.
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CommentAlan Maynard: could the Tories give PCTs bite?
The ‘toothless bulldogs’ of the NHS might hope for more control over purchasing under the Conservatives
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CommentJohn Deffenbaugh asks what next for foundation trusts
How would a Tory government bring up Labour’s young provider model?
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make clinical commissioning work
In Kent, clinicians and managers are working together as teams to concentrate expertise on specific clinical areas
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NewsGP spending role debated
Practice based commissioning should be replaced by consortia with “real” budgets but comprising clinicians from both primary and secondary care, according to a think tank report.
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CommentBeyond practice based commissioning
Practice based commissioning may not quite be a “corpse not for resuscitation” but it’s pretty clear the policy has had limited success in engaging clinicians in decisions about how NHS money is spent across the country.
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CommentDavid Colin-Thomé on practice based commissioning
I feel I need to contribute further to the debate generated by my recent choice of words - used while attempting to raise the profile of practice based commissioning implementation.