This interactive map shows the changing picture of CCGs This is our latest map of clinical commissioning groups, which will, from April 2013, be responsible for designing local health services in England. The Guardian healthcare network compiled a map of the pathfinders for primary care , formerly known...
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Our new columnist asks whether old leadership can deliver a new culture that liberates healthcare managers More than most organisations, the culture of the NHS starts at the top. As implementation of the reforms gathers pace, can the old leadership deliver a new culture that liberates managers and clinicians...
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Debate at our first Public Health Dialogue focused on the evolving role of directors of public health, as well as commissioning, accountability and inequality Will directors of public health sink or swim in their new roles in local government? That was one of the key questions raised in the healthcare...
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Only 7% of RCGP members voted on the plan for primary care trusts to remain in place, while 41,000 family doctors kept their mouths shut So, David Cameron didn't allow Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), into his tea party at No10, because she is against Andrew...
Boards should strive to do the right thing and explain any variance from the rules, rather than just slavishly comply The transition from Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) envisaged in the white paper, Equality and excellence: liberating the NHS is attracting a...
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The health and social care bill is a major threat to public health in England, argues Corinne Camilleri-Ferrante The health and social care bill is making its stormy passage through the houses of parliament. It is big and complicated, and it has been much misunderstood and inadequately covered in the...
Local authorities will have a wide range of commissioning responsibilities, according to new documents Councils will be given more responsibility for commissioning services which cover issues such as anti-smoking campaigns, interventions to tackle obesity and comprehensive sexual health services, the...
Prevention and early intervention in mental health is a priority say healthcare professionals at a London assembly meeting and must include better co-operation At any one time in London, one in six adults suffers mental health symptoms and suicide is the biggest killer of young men in the capital. The...
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Andrew Lansley announces extra 2.8% increase in funding as investigation reveals many commissioner GPs sliding into red The government has announced a £2.5bn funding boost for NHS services in 2012-13. Announcing the 2.8% increase in funding, Andrew Lansley said a total of £91.6bn would go directly to...