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EDITOR'S PICK
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| Clinicians have often been sceptical about partnering with the pharmaceutical industry but a Nottinghamshire CCG is leading the way, writes Neil Durham. |
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| LATEST NEWS |
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| Four regional directors appointed by the NHS Commissioning Board (NCB) this week will work with PCT clusters to finalise plans for its local area offices. |
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| England's smallest clinical commissioning group (CCG) has accepted that it will not be authorised unless it merges into a larger organisation. |
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| The first wave of 35 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) due to be authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board has been announced. |
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| Patients feel clinical care is 'fabulous' but the way in which it is co-ordinated could be improved, according to the NHS Commissioning Board's (NCB) commissioning czar. |
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| QOF productivity targets have put excessive pressure on GPs to slash hospital admissions and referrals, a GP poll reveals. |
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| Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) working best are those with data systems that can be shared between practices, according to the NHS Commissioning Board chairman Professor Malcolm Grant. |
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| INSIDE COMMISSIONING BLOGS |
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ANALYSIS
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| Put your ear to the ground anywhere in the NHS right now and you can hear it; the sound of a mini-industry being mobilised into action, writes Matthew Harker, director of Capita Health, a business process outsourcing and professional services company... |
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| Phil Wigglesworth explains how CCGs can use software to identify ways to save money. |
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| How Bexley Care Trust uses data to improve patient care. By Dr Joanne Medhurst and Darren Blake |
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