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NHS Alliance’s Cutting Edge to be the largest primary care conference of the year - 12 November 2010
This year’s NHS Alliance annual conference, The Cutting Edge, is expected to be the largest and most influential conference for NHS clinicians and managers this year.
Over 900 participants have already been confirmed for the event, which will be held on 18-19 November at the Bournemouth International Centre, and bookings are now closed. Full release attached. |
NHS Alliance and Humana announce expansion of PBC Academy - 1 November 2010
The NHS Alliance and Humana announced today the next phase of development for The PBC Academy.
As part of their expansion plans and in recognition of the changing commissioning landscape, the PBC Academy has been rebranded as The Commissioning Academy and will offer an enhanced set of training modules specially designed for GP commissioners. Full release attached. |
Biggest conference ever as NHS Alliance sees growing support for GPCC - 29 October 2010
The NHS Alliance is expecting the largest turn out ever for its annual conference - The Cutting Edge - to be held on 18-19 of October at the Bournemouth International Centre. Michael Dixon, Chairman, NHS Alliance, said: “We are delighted with the number of people attending the conference. We already have hundreds of people registered and we expect to hit the 1000 mark. But this is not surprising, given the NHS Alliance’s track record in clinically-led commissioning both in terms of policy making as well as practical implementation.
“Over the past three years, we have worked with people at forefront of clinically-led commissioning, which means we have the expertise no other organisation has in when it comes to the nuts and bolts of making GP Commissioning Consortia work. “Also, whereas there was a lot of scepticism when the new policy was announced, the support to the GPCC has grown considerabily…
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Right size, right speed, right system - Making GP commissioning work - 27 October 2010
The NHS Alliance’s GP Commissioning Federation and PEC Chairs Network, in partnership with Primary Care Commissioning, and supported by Capita and Humana, are hosting a pre-conference meeting on GP commissioning, entitled Right size, right speed, right system. Full release attached. |
GP Commissioning Consortia - How to deliver health care locally - 26 October 2010
The NHS Alliance GP Commissioning Federation has confirmed its commitment to the GP Commissioning Consortia (GPCC) in its response to Liberating the NHS: Commissioning for Patients consultation document.
The Federation welcomed the Government’s policy to deliver clinically led local commissioning through GPCC and provided a detailed response to the main issues around GP Commissioning, including responsibilities, establishment of GPCC, freedom, controls and accountabilities, and partnership. Full release attached |
No time to lose – responsibility, power and money must be passed now to those ready to become fully-fledged GP Commissioning Consortia - 12 October 2010
The NHS Alliance has today published its formal response to the White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’. In its response, the NHS Alliance welcomes the move towards a NHS that is clinically commissioning led, emphasising that, if the changes are going ahead, then GP practices and PCTs should start working together immediately to accelerate the pace and implement the changes sooner rather than later. This will not only minimise the risk of valuable NHS staff going elsewhere, but it will also allow those who are ahead of the game to become fully-fledged GP Commissioning Consortia (GPCC). Full release attached
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‘Transparency, inclusiveness and accountability are vital to the success of GP Commissioning’, say the Centre for Public Scrutiny and the NHS Alliance - 05 October 2010
In a joint paper, Towards transparent, inclusive and accountable GP Commissioning, the NHS Alliance and the Centre for Public Scrutiny set out some broad principles that they believe should be embedded in any future
commissioning regime, particularly when existing performance management regimes are being relaxed and structural and cultural reform is planned. Full release attached. |
GP commissioning - Clinicians, practice managers and PCTs look for implementation solutions - 01 October 2010
A new survey, published by the NHS Alliance today, shows that GPs, practice managers and PCTs managers support GP commissioning, but are still divided when it comes to details of policy implementation.
Many of those surveyed expressed concern that future GP consortia might be swamped with current PCT roles and responsibilities and that current timescales might be over ambitious. The results also reveal that respondents are worried that the system seems to favour provider over commissioner. Full release attached. |
GP commissioning into practice – freedom, flexibility and accountability - 12 September 2010
Delegates at the first NHS Alliance GP Commissioning Listening event reinforced the message that GP commissioning consortia need the freedoms and flexibility to make the best possible decisions regarding local service development across primary and community services. Full release attached. |
Alliance’s GP Commissioning Federation takes the lead - 31 August 2010
The NHS Alliance’s GP Commissioning Federation council has had its inaugural meeting this month in London. The event was attended by a large number of clinical leaders representing all regions in the country; these leaders bring with them a wide range of experience, expertise, views and successes in clinical commissioning.
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Rushed community services policy serious barrier to White Paper implementation - 19 August 2010
If the former government’s policy – Transforming Community Services – goes ahead without further thought, it could seriously hinder the implementation of the White Paper, says NHS Alliance. Full release attached. |
Building new mutuals from foundation trusts - 16 August 2010
The time is right for foundation trusts to be freed of the vestiges of state micromanagement and become mutuals, says the NHS Alliance. In a newly published paper, Building new mutuals from the foundation trusts?, the NHS Alliance states that, by devolving power to local people and placing co-operative and mutual values at the heart of the health service, foundation trusts could become more accountable organisations that hold the key to a more sustainable and efficient NHS. Full release attached. |
White Paper Listening Workshops – giving frontline clinicians and managers a voice - 11 August 2010
The NHS Alliance, in association with the RCGP, is organising a series of four regional workshops to discuss the Government’s White Paper Equality and Excellence: Liberating the NHS and the five consultation documents issued by the Department of Health. The main objective is to give frontline clinicians and managers the opportunity to provide their feedback on how GP commissioning and the other reforms can be implemented. Full release attached. |
The time to set up GP consortia is now - 27 July 2010
GP commissioners and PCTs should get their GP consortia up and running as soon as possible, urges Dr Dixon, chairman of the NHS Alliance. Dr Dixon will be talking today (27 July) at the NHS Alliance/APEX North East PBC Regional Event, which will address 180 future GP commissioning leaders in the North East, including GPs, practice managers, PBC leads, cluster managers, LMC members and PCT managers. Full release attached. |
Don’t ditch PCTs’ talents - 22 July 2010
Primary care trusts have an invaluable contribution to make in the move to clinical commissioning, says the NHS Alliance. Full release attached. |
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