Professionalism – Keep Talking
Karen Middleton’s voicepiece in the February AHP Bulletin signalled the start of the Big Conversation about the issue of professionalism and professional behaviour. Since then, AHPs across the...
View ArticleStop smoking service monitoring and delivery guidance 2012/13 now published
This yearly update sets out the fundamental quality principles for: delivering stop smoking services developing local commissioning arrangements reporting data. It provides key developments and changes...
View ArticleChanges to the provision of the Healthy Start scheme
From April 2013, regulations will make it the responsibility of the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB), clinical commissioning groups and local authorities – where they commission child health clinics or...
View ArticlePersonal health budgets to be rolled out
The roll out of personal health budgets has been announced today by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb. A personal health budget is an amount of money given to someone, to help them design a package...
View ArticleNHS Commissioning Board consults on specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) published a new operating model for commissioning specialised services on 21 November which set out how the move from ten differing regional processes to a single...
View ArticleEveryone counts: planning for patients 2013/14
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has pledged to drive a revolution for patients, offering the public more information about quality of care and giving them greater control of their health....
View ArticleClinical Networks in London
The National Commissioning Board has formally endorsed the importance of clinical networks in the new structures and an outline of a phased approach to how these will be further developed in London, as...
View ArticleConsultation on commissioning policies for specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board is consulting on a range of service specifications and clinical commissioning policies for specialised services. They have been developed by specialised clinicians, expert...
View ArticleRegistration now open for Chairs and clinical members
The NHS Commissioning Board Medical Directorate has now opened registration for membership of the 2013 Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) which support directly commissioned specialised services....
View ArticleConsultation on specialised commissioning
The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) has added seven new draft service specifications and a further clinical policy for specialised commissioning to its consultation. The consultation period for these...
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