Redundancies planned for 14 CSUs
Fourteen out of eighteen commissioning support units are planning redundancies in order to cut costs, an NHS England board paper has revealed.
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Central Eastern CSU to shut its doors
The Central Eastern Commissioning Support Unit has decided to close down in October 2014, despite being financially viable for the next two years. This will bring the total number of CSUs down to 15.
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EHI interview: Andrew Fenton
One of NHS Central Southern CSU’s associated directors believes that commissioning support units can overcome their challenges and deliver for their clinical commissioning customers. He talks to Fiona Barr.
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Another CSU collapses
The Surrey and Sussex Commissioning Support Unit will close down and look for options to merge with other organisations.
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NHS reorganisation finally takes effect
The biggest changes to the NHS in two decades come into effect today, and are likely to have a major impact on the future shape of NHS IT.
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Shaken NHS faces uncertain future
The latest round of NHS reforms, which took effect at midnight, have been greeted with unease and concern about what they could mean for the future of the health service.
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CSU numbers drop again
The steady process of attrition of commissioning support units is continuing, with the NHS Commissioning Board announcing that another two CSUs are to merge.
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Info centre to run DMICs
New Data Management Integration Centres, being developed within the NHS Commissioning Board, will have to become part of the Health and Social Care Information Centre to operate legally.
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CSUs to spend £670m a year
The commissioning support units that will come into being on 1 April will spend around £700m a year on IT and other support services, according to a new report from EHI Intelligence.
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Hard Times
EHI Primary Care’s latest, exclusive survey of staff working in primary care IT shows that the reforms have been hard; and may yet take a greater toll. Fiona Barr reports.
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