Patients are still being confronted by a fragmented and complex picture of services when accessing the NHS. This is the key finding of a report by the R...
Posts Tagged ‘Commissioning’
Patients still face fragmented care when trying to negotiate NHS services
By Mike Broad - September 17th, 2015
New CEO of NHS England optimistic about future
By Francesca Robinson - April 3rd, 2014
It’s time to focus on making commissioning work, says new NHS England boss A pledge to make commissioning effective and to support innovative approache...
“Put patients in charge of NHS purse strings”
By Mike Broad - September 27th, 2013
Patients should be given a direct say in how NHS money is spent through the creation of patient-led commissioning groups, a report claims. The proposal, w...
Majority of GPs no more involved in commissioning
Pulse - March 31st, 2013
The majority of GPs feel no more involved in commissioning decisions than they did before the formation of CCGs, according to a survey which lays bare the ...
GP conflicts of interest “rife” with CCG roles
By Mike Broad - March 14th, 2013
More than a third of GPs on the boards of new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have a conflict of interest due to directorships or shares held in priva...
Consultants “robbed” of say in commissioning
By Francesca Robinson - March 13th, 2013
Consultants have been blocked from playing a role in commissioning services because of the “heavy handed” application of conflict of interest rules, ...
New NHS commissioners have to get tough
By Mike Broad - March 10th, 2013
CCGs must ensure that they make time for the hard edged transactional work, such as specifying contracts, service review, and decommissioning, in order to ...
NHS Commissioning Board will reshape hospitals
By Mike Broad - January 14th, 2013
The largest teaching and specialist hospitals in England will be reshaped by the NHS Commissioning Board to promote quality and efficiency. The board chi...
I can’t be bothered to talk about Jeremy Hunt
By Mike Broad - September 6th, 2012
Can’t be bothered to blog about Jeremy Hunt – our new health supremo (fan of homeopathic medicine and supporter of a book calling for the dismantling o...
Rethink in offing on recruitment to CCGs
By Francesca Robinson - July 30th, 2012
A rethink of the way clinical commissioning groups recruit hospital doctors may be on the cards after figures show that they are struggling to appoint cons...
Dragons befriend villagers over commissioning
By Mike Broad - June 6th, 2012
Last week, Hospital Dr published a news story about consultants being left out of new GP commissioning arrangements. Dr Partha Kar, consultant in diabete...
