Viewpoint: Award-winning charities benefit communities but struggle to convince CCGs
Charities can have an enormous impact on health in their communities, writes Lisa Weaks, but clinical commissioning groups are proving hard to reach.
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How clinical commissioning groups will work GPonline.com explains how commissioning will work in light of changes to the Health Bill.
Where GPs fit into the new NHS Critics fear changes to the Health Bill will make the NHS more complicated. From clinical commissioning groups to Monitor, GPonline.com unravels how it will work. Click on the boxes below in our organisation chart for more details.
Informatics - Robust data underpins pathfinder NHS Bexley's focus on patient data analytics aids consortium development, says Dr Sid Deshmukh.
Map of pathfinder clinical commissioning groups View this updated interactive map of the 257 clinical commissioning groups - previously known as GP consortia - that have been given pathfinder status as part of the planned NHS reforms.
Consortia - Understanding statutory bodies GP consortia are going to be statutory bodies, but what will this mean? Justin Cumberlege explains.
The GP consortia trailblazers Julie Griffiths looks at what's next for three pathfinder consortia with very different populations.
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Details of all 212 CCGs published
24 May 2012Details of the areas covered by all 212 proposed clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England, as well as their budgets and constituent practices, have been released.
Exclusive: GPC resists call to boycott CCGs, CQC and revalidation
15 May 2012The GPC is resisting calls to boycott key DH reforms including clinical commissioning, Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration and revalidation, which GPs fear will distract them from core work.
How CCGs can work with pharma to reduce emergency admissions
10 May 2012Clinicians have often been sceptical about partnering with the pharmaceutical industry but a Nottinghamshire CCG is leading the way, writes Neil Durham.
England's smallest CCG is forced to merge
04 May 2012England's smallest clinical commissioning group (CCG) has accepted that it will not be authorised unless it merges into a larger organisation.
Cameron and Lansley to face calls to quit at LMCs conference
03 May 2012Prime minister David Cameron and health secretary Andrew Lansley will face calls to resign at the UK LMCs conference in Liverpool this month.
Exclusive: LMCs to demand GP power to sack CCG boards
17 April 2012GPs should have the power to sack clinical commissioning group (CCG) boards if they underperform, GP leaders will argue at this year's UK LMC conference.
MORE COMMISSIONING ANALYSIS
CCGs need to stand up to the NCB
18 April 2012Paul Corrigan on what happens next with commissioning now the Health Act has become law.
How our CCG is preparing to go live
11 April 2012Dr Hamish Stedman, Fiona Moore and Scott McKenzie update on Hundreds Health-Salford's progress
What does the COF mean for GPs?
28 March 2012Russell Finn looks at the financial effects of the commissioning outcomes framework on GPs.
Why commissioners need legislation
21 March 2012There is no intention to privatise the NHS in the Health Bill, writes Dr Stewart Findlay
CCG Progress - This is the last way to save the NHS
14 March 2012Dr Martin Kittel on why he thinks the Health Bill has a lot to offer patients, taxpayers and the NHS.
Relationships of CCGs and LMCs
07 March 2012CCG vice-chairman Dr Tim Kimber on how CCGs and LMCs can best work together.
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