Commissioning

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5 August 2010

More evidence needed on telehealth costs

More evidence on the cost-effectiveness of telehealth and telecare innovations is needed to encourage their wider adoption, according to a
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2 August 2010

BMA says white paper a ‘curate’s egg’

The BMA has told its members it will ‘critically engage’ with the consultation on the white paper which it has
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2 August 2010

Birmingham Portal drives info sharing

Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership has selected Dotted Eyes’ Health Portal to enable information sharing with GPs and between NHS
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28 July 2010

Dixon urges consortia to work quickly

The NHS Alliance is advising GP commissioners and primary care trusts to get consortia up and running as soon as
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26 July 2010

Information Centre wins in ALB review

The NHS Information Centre has come out of the Department of Health’s arms length body review with a promise that
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23 July 2010

GP consortia to start work this year

The Department of Health has spelled out its plans for the future of commissioning in a consultation that gives the
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22 July 2010

Expert view: Tim Benson

The Department of Health is consulting on a new outcomes framework for the NHS. What will its impact be?
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20 July 2010

Feeling liberated?

One week on from the publication of the coalition government's NHS white paper, 'Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS', Sarah
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20 July 2010

Goals replace targets in DH paper

The Department of Health has set out its plans to scrap centrally, set performance managed targets - and to hold
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20 July 2010

Consortia will look to private sector IT

GP consortia are likely to look to the independent sector to meet their IT and information needs for commissioning, according
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