All Primary care contracts and commissioning articles – Page 5
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NewsExclusive: CCG leaders to be assessed on 'aptitude and attitude'
Prospective clinical commissioning group leaders are to be assessed for “aptitude and attitude” in the next two months.
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NewsRebel Lib Dem reforms revolt defeated
The government has seen off a rebel Liberal Democrat bid to halt the controversial health reforms.
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Blogs
Motivation is needed to see clinical commissioning succeed
Many aspects of the Health and Social Care Bill have given rise to heated debate, but one of the most controversial has been the question of whether GPs should have formal statutory responsibility for commissioning.
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HSJ LocalSecond CCG condemns health bill and 'bureaucratic' authorisation process
City and Hackney clinical commissioning group has become the second to urge the prime minister to drop the Health Bill.
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Comment'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
Who will shape the market?
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HSJ Local
Smallest CCG told: merge tomorrow
STRUCTURE: The smallest pathfinder clinical commissioning group in England has been given less than two days’ notice to merge with its neighbours.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping integrated care for an ageing population
Flooding in 2009 taught services in Cumbria valuable lessons about integrated care for an ageing population, explain Helen Ramsbottom and Mary Bradley.
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NewsExclusive: Lansley assures CCGs over competition
The health secretary has written to clinical commissioning groups to assure them that that they will be in control over crucial issues such as competition, integration, and buying support services.
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NewsCCGs must pay for NHS office space from running cost allowance
Clinical commissioning groups have been instructed to base themselves in existing NHS buildings – most of which are to be taken over by the Department of Health’s new property company – and pay for them out of their running cost allowance.
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HSJ Local
Two south Tees emerging CCGs merge into one
STRUCTURE: The three emerging clinical commissioning groups within Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough PCTs have merged into one.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow using a tariff system can help community service providers hit targets
Communicating activities to commissioners is easy with the right tariff system, and delivers enhancements in the performance of care teams, say Rachel Simkiss and Alex Hadayah.
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News
Consultant support sought for CCG authorisation process
The NHS Commissioning Board will need external support, likely to come from management consultancies, to help authorise clinical commissioning groups.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Kent CCGs 'non viable'
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in the South East Coast region have declared themselves non-viable.
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CommentCommissioning by any other name: will 'clinical' become 'world class'?
Linear progress, zig-zagging or going round in circles? Calum Paton asks whether the Health Bill’s ideal of clinical commissioning can really deliver an improved era of healthcare after the years of false starts and rebadging.
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CCG budget allocations delayed until February
The release of the first set of “shadow budgets” for clinical commissioning groups has been put back to February, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsManagers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders
NHS leaders must blow the whistle on colleagues if necessary, understand the “limitations” of their roles and openly explain budget decisions, under draft standards to regulate the profession.
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NewsManagers to fly in to run straggling CCGs' budgets
The NHS Commissioning Board will not take on the budget responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups which fail to win full authorisation by April next year, HSJ has been told.
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Comment'Local healthcare cannot be delivered by giant commissioning bodies'
The key to healthcare delivery models lies within natural communities – not in bloated commissioning organisations, says Charles Alessi.
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NewsCompetitive tendering will be ‘as important’ as any qualified provider
Competitive tendering will be as significant as the use of any qualified provider in the reformed NHS, an influential commission is expected to conclude at the end of the month.