This year’s top model
A project to let feedback influence commissioning was a winner at the EHI Awards 2012 and will feature at EHI’s new Information for Commissioning conference on 15 May. Fiona Barr reports.
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Southern CSU focuses on intelligence
NHS South Commissioning Support Unit will focus on making valuable intelligence readily available to commissioners and managing their external IT contracts, its chief information officer says.
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CCGs get £186m for IT
Sollis sweeps South West London
More than 100 GP practices in South West London will be using Sollis Clarity Commissioning Suite to manage patients with long-term conditions, by the end of March.
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NHS CB appoints director of data
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Ming Tang as director of data and information management systems.
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Reforms will weaken IT services – survey
Opinion is divided on the impact of the latest NHS reorganisation on local IT and information services, but many respondents to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey are pessimistic about investment and development.
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CCGs to commission GP IT this month
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to commission GP IT services from commissioning support units or other providers by the end of this month.
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Another view: Neil Paul
No big change for GP IT – Hakin
New GP IT arrangements are likely to see staff that currently provide GP IT support in primary care trusts delivering the same service as part of commissioning support units.
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NHS CB to bill CSUs for hosting services
Commissioning support units are likely to have to pay the NHS Commissioning Board less than the 50p per head for hosting services that it first proposed.
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