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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EHI PC survey: shaky support?
Commissioning support services are emerging as essential but controversial elements of the new commissioning regime. Fiona Barr canvasses views.
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NHS to be ‘liberated’ by Easter
The Health and Social Care Bill has cleared its final Parliamentary hurdle, with doctors welcoming amendments on confidentiality, but opponents of the reforms pledging to continue the fight.
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Managers focused on cuts not reform
Senior managers are more worried about balancing their finances than grappling with the latest round of NHS reforms, an NHS Confederation survey has found.
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NPfIT failures have left NHS IT “stuck”
A new report by the NHS Confederation has criticised NHS technology for being similar to the “pre-industrial handicraft industry”.
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Many blocks on the road to revolution
Responses to the Information Revolution consultation have registered support for its vision of putting information at the heart of the NHS but raised concerns about the practical details and cost.
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NHS faces ‘defining year’
The NHS is facing a ‘defining year’ in which it may need to make even bigger efficiency savings than so-far planned to avoid rationing as it embarks on its latest round of reorganisation.
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Call centres urged for GP appointments
GP appointment booking could be centralised in future with national or regional call centres used instead of local practice lines, a report commissioned by the Department of Health recommends.
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‘Save expertise’: NHS Confederation
Urgent action is needed to retain good staff working for primary care trusts and to preserve organisational memory as the latest set of NHS reforms are worked through, the NHS Confederation has told the government.
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Treasury frets about GP commissioning
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has admitted that the Treasury is concerned abut the government’s plans to hand secondary care commissioning to GPs. Responding to a question at the end of the NHS Confederation’s annual conference in Loverpool, Sir David said he was also acutely aware of the need to keep financial control in the NHS […]
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