Blog tagged as: Commissioning
How does the Health and Social Care Act differ from Lansley's original plans? And what challenges will the NHS face now as the Act is implemented?
Many aspects of the NHS reforms have given rise to debate, but one of the most controversial has been whether GPs should have responsibility for commissioning.
As policy-makers focus on how integrated care can become a reality in the UK, integration of mental and physical health care should be a key part of the debate.
Chris Naylor considers the potential loss of managerial talent as new designs for the NHS Commissioning Board are revealed.
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Paul Zollinger-Read considers whether it's the size of clinical commissioning groups that counts, or their ability to collaborate.
Chris Ham asks what can clinical commissioning groups learn from medical practices in California.
Anna Dixon discusses the need to rethink how we commission and contract with primary care if the ambitions of integrated care are to be realised.
As the NHS Commissioning Board commences a period of shadow running, Nick Goodwin asks whether changes to clinical commissioning are simply reinventing the wheel.
David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
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Chris Naylor asks if the NHS Commissioning Board will succeed in liberating NHS workers or is it simply reinventing existing structures.
The new-look Health and Social Care Bill: what are the next steps for clinical commissioning groups?
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Paul Zollinger-Read asks if the pause in the Health and Social Care Bill is welcomed by clinical commissioning groups or do they want to get on with the NHS reforms?
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With announced revisions of the NHS reforms, hospital doctors are being given an opportunity to become involved in clinical commissioning.
Should the Health and Social Care Bill be focusing on the reform of GPs as providers instead of on GPs as commissioners? Candace Imison takes a look at the changes to NHS reforms.
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Paul Zollinger-Read considers the many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia.
How similar is the Health Select Committee's report to a simulation exercise run by NHS Lincolnshire to illustrate commissioning NHS health services in 2013/14?
There has been much debate over GPs potentially making a profit out of health care budgets as result of GP commissioning. Are we ready to allow these profits?
One of the biggest challenges to GP consortia is breaking out of the mindset that all private sector initiatives are to be avoided, says Paul Zollinger-Read.
The NHS is already implementing radical changes to commissioning, but GP consortia are not commissioning services yet: what should health care providers do in the meantime?
Anna Dixon asks if the reforms in the Health and Social Care Bill revolutionary or simply an evolution of the previous government's policy.
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As the Health and Social Care Bill is due to be published, we look ahead to see what key issues need to be resolved, including regulation and commissioning.