EHI plans Information for Commissioning
EHealth Insider is to run a new event, Information for Commissioning, in London in May next year.
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Govt determined on GP contract change
Health minister Earl Howe has hinted that the government could push ahead with changes to the GP contract even if it cannot get union agreement.
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New kids on the block
Commissioning support services have emerged as important parts of the latest reforms, not least when it comes to providing information and analysis to commissioners. Fiona Barr reports.
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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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NHS IC to provide data services to CCGs
The NHS Information Centre is looking provide national ‘at scale’ data services to clinical commissioning groups.
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BMA calls for Lansley to resign
The British Medical Association called for Andrew Lansley to resign at its Annual Representative Meeting in Bournemouth this morning.
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Handful of CSSs to host data centres
All commissioning support services have the opportunity to become one of eight to ten new data management integration centres being set up nationwide.
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Another view: Neil Paul
EHI Primary Care’s GP columnist picks up tension between CCGs and CSSs at an IT event; but hears how a simple PROMS tool could save millions.
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DH to help CCGs pick support services
The government is to provide clinical commissioning groups with more help on choosing commissioning support services, following criticism that CCGs lack information.
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CCGs ‘likely to use CSSs in practice’
The NHS Confederation’s deputy chief executive has predicted that while clinical commissioning groups will be able to go “anywhere” to buy commissioning support services in theory, in practice “they won’t.”
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