NHS Direct 0845 closure costs £70m
The decommissioning of NHS Direct’s 0845 telephone service in favour of NHS 111 has cost nearly £70m, says a National Audit Office report.
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14 CSSs left without managing directors
Just nine appointments have been made to the managing director posts of the 23 commissioning support services that are being set up for the NHS.
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EHI PC survey: shaky support?
Commissioning support services are emerging as essential but controversial elements of the new commissioning regime. Fiona Barr canvasses views.
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Grant links IT to CCG success
The chair of the NHS Commissioning Board has said that the best clinical commissioning groups will be those with the best information systems, at a conference that focused on where those systems will come from.
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CCG authorisation guide published
Clinical commissioning groups will be able to receive full authorisation by the end of October this year, in the first of four monthly waves of approvals that are due to be complete by 31 January 2013.
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Hakin timetables commissioning support
Just 20 commissioning support services could be set up in England if primary care trust clusters get authorisation for their plans.
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