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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CCGs given ‘complete freedom’ on support
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said that clinical commissioning groups will have complete freedom to choose the organisation they want to use for commissioning support.
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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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Sollis wins South West London deal
NHS South West London has chosen Sollis’s clinical commissioning suite to help it deliver commissioning support.
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Liverpool CCGs set up IM&T board
Three clinical commissioning groups in North Mersey have set up a joint IM&T board to provide strategic overview of IM&T programmes in the region.
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Another view: Neil Paul
Our GP columnist fears that risk stratification is an emperor with no clothes. But he’s willing to have a crack at it for less than a lot of big companies are charging.
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PCT Cluster finds £600,000 with CCG+
NHS South of Tyne and Wear has been credited with £400,000 from its local acute trusts as a result of overcharging that it identified using business intelligence tool CCG+
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CCGs unhappy with commissioning support
Clinical commissioners are unhappy with the NHS’ commissioning support programme and say they are being given little choice of provider, a survey reveals.
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DH sets out public health data roles
The Department of Health has set out the information and data analysis services it expects local authorities to deliver to clinical commissioning groups as part of their public health obligations.
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Northants picks Civica to inform CCGs
NHS Northamptonshire has selected software from Civica to help it supply information to its clinical commissioning groups.
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