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Clinical commissioning groups: what do we know so far?

In the past few days, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have come several steps closer to taking control of £65 billion of NHS spending.
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By Chris Naylor - 18 December 2012
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Measuring accountability for outcomes: is transparency enough?

The NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers need to be held to account, with plaudits if they excel, and consequences if they fall short of expected standards.
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By Veena Raleigh - 4 December 2012
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Is the NHS entering treacherous waters?

Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 November 2012
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Developing integrated care at scale and pace: time to make it happen

Following a recent roundtable discussion with Norman Lamb MP, Chris Ham looks at the key priorities needed to make integrated care a reality.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 20 November 2012
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It’s time to think differently

Time to Think Differently is our new programme of work aimed at stimulating debate about the changes needed for the NHS and social care to meet the challenges of the future.
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By Anna Dixon - 15 November 2012
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Health and social care at the party conferences: what does the mood music tell us?

What conclusions can we draw from this year’s party conferences about the political and policy landscape for health and social care?
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By Richard Humphries - 17 October 2012
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Provider and payment reform in the US: how do Accountable Care Organisations work?

Drawing on her work in the United States, Rachael Addicott looks at how Accountable Care Organisations work and what we can learn from them.
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By Rachael Smithson - 15 October 2012
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How can we deal with financial pressures in health and social care?

Chris Ham draws on discussions from our recent integrated care conference to identify four key building blocks of a whole-system solution.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 3 October 2012
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More alike than different?

What did participants at this year's Global Health Leadership Forum, held at the Fund, learn from the experience?
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By Vijaya Nath - 1 October 2012
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Balancing liberation with accountability?

Anna Dixon looks at the difficulties in setting objectives for the NHS and at how the NHS Commissioning Board can be effectively held accountable for £80 billion of public money.
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By Anna Dixon - 27 September 2012
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Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?

Chris Ham argues that much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models of care that meet the population's needs.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012
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How do the Commissioning Outcomes Framework indicators measure up?

From 2013 we will hear a lot more about the Commissioning Outcomes Framework, which will be used to assess the performance of clinical commissioning groups.
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By Veena Raleigh - 15 August 2012
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Jumping the gun in the telehealth steeplechase?

Nick Goodwin looks at the barriers that are preventing the successful adoption of telehealth.
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By Nick Goodwin - 26 July 2012
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Integrated care north and south of the border

If the government’s integration framework encourages innovations at scale and pace, England may yet steal a march on Scotland in the development of integrated care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 24 July 2012
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CCGs and PCTs - not so different after all?

There will be important differences between CCGs and PCTs. But in terms of the population size they cover, are they looking increasingly similar?
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By Chris Naylor - 17 July 2012
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It's time to demonstrate the value of care co-ordination

Nick Goodwin argues that unless we are prepared to invest in care co-ordination it will continue to be on the fringes of activity rather than being the main event.
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By Nick Goodwin - 11 July 2012
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Provider reform: will anything be different this time round?

Current debates about the future of hospitals and bringing care closer to home echo those of the 1970s. So will anything be different this time round?
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 July 2012
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What every CCG leader should know about mental health

Chris Naylor asks what role CCGs can play to stop people with mental health losing out in the NHS.
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By Chris Naylor - 20 June 2012
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Commissioning support units: is externalisation the right way to go?

Chris Naylor looks at what the future shape of support arrangements for clinical commissioning groups will look like.
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By Chris Naylor - 14 June 2012
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Public satisfaction with NHS plummets in 2011

Why has the British public's satisfaction with the way the NHS runs taken a nose dive in 2011 – falling from 70 per cent (its highest ever level) to 58 per cent?
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By John Appleby - 12 June 2012
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