All Specialised commissioning articles – Page 16
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NewsIndependent sector profits from lack of NHS secure beds
A lack of secure inpatient NHS beds has driven a £21m overspend in NHS England’s budget for independent sector mental health providers. HSJ analysis reveals the organisation overspent £21m on independent mental health providers, 5 per cent more than its planned spending on this sector.
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NewsExclusive: Specialised commissioning overspend tops £450m
NHS England was set to blow its budget for specialised services by at least £450m in 2013-14, largely due to “predictable” overspends at acute hospitals.
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HSJ KnowledgeSpecialist hospitals have a vital role in quality healthcare delivery
Key feature in the new NHS landscape
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NewsExclusive: Simon Stevens considering new board member
Incoming NHS England chief Simon Stevens is considering appointing a senior NHS management figure to lead on specialised commissioning, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Dismay over moratorium on mental health commissioning
An NHS England moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services has exacerbated the sector’s bed shortage and led to a newly constructed hospital unit standing empty for six months, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy coordinated care is key for rare disease patients
Emergency admissions can be avoided
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NewsCCGs hit by swings in funding allocation
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m of the funds originally earmarked for them for this year, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsScience centres to be 'hubs' of specialised services
Academic health science centres should become the “hubs” of specialised services, according to NHS England’s medical director.
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CommentGetting the money right matters most to patients
NHS England can deliver better specialised care
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HSJ Local
Mutual assurance 'joins up commissioning process'
PERFORMANCE: The chair of Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group, the first to introduce a “mutual assurance process” with NHS England, has said the process has helped to join up commissioning.
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NewsRevealed: Thousand incidences of specialised services failing standards
NHS England has agreed more than 1,000 temporary contract variations when providers of specialised services have failed to meet new service standards, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieve equity in access to sickle cell services
Allocating resources to thalassaemia service provision
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Revealed: the 24 CCGs forecasting deficits in their first year
There are now clinical commissioning groups expecting to finish their first year of operation in the red in each of the four English NHS regions, figures shared exclusively with HSJ reveal.
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NewsControversial radiotherapy on offer to patients again
Cancer patients who were denied access to a cutting edge therapy under NHS England’s specialised commissioning policies will be able to access it again if they agree to take part in a clinical trial.
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HSJ Local
CCG leader voices anger over specialised service budget transfer
FINANCE: Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group has expressed irritation at NHS England’s decision to reduce the CCG’s budget by £3.4m in a transfer to specialised services.
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CommentNHS England ‘land grab’ causes dismay
Providers are unhappy with specialised commissioning policy
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NewsInnovation fund axed amid confusion over specialised services
NHS England has scrapped a £50m fund designed to promote innovation as part of a flagship government policy - just two months after its launch.
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NewsExclusive: Race 'a factor' in variability of sickle cell services
Wide variations in the quality of services for patients with rare blood disorders are at least partly a result of their prevalence among ethnic minority communities, HSJ has been told.
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NewsMPs warn on drugs for rare diseases
Patients with rare diseases could be denied access to cutting-edge therapies because of changes to the way drugs are funded, MPs have warned.