As part of the restructuring of the health service, the NHS Commissioning Board (CB) will have national responsibility for healthcare in secure environments. These include: 120 prisons 16 Secure Children’s Homes 4 Secure Training Centres 12 Immigration Removal Centres Police Custody … Continue reading →
The NHS Commissioning Board has published a complete list of Commissioning Support Units (CSUs). CSUs will support medical staff running CCGs whilst they acquire the business skills necessary to work independently as commissioners. The list is now final after the … Continue reading →
Types of student loans If you took out a student loan while taking a university or college course that began before September 1998, you will have been given a loan known as a ‘mortgage style’ or ‘fixed-term’ loan. (Loans taken … Continue reading →
Enfield, Barnet and Hillingdon PCT’s are the least likely primary care trusts to refer patients diagnosed with depression for therapy, a study has found. The findings comes in a report published by the London Civic Forum who compared how many … Continue reading →
Journalism.co.uk have pulled together a list of tips from me on working with health data. It’s the third part in a series which has so far included: How the BMJ approaches investigative reporting How open data can be used to … Continue reading →
We’re opening up our database of £4m of spending based on FOI request responses from 100 local councils and police authorities. As we reported last week, the responses contain some interesting budget decisions – from a specific staff position in … Continue reading →
NHS Employers, the health service’s human resources group, has published advice to managers encouraging staff use of social media. The publication acknowledges the pressures on human resources staff to control negative online coverage – but concludes that an “active and … Continue reading →
Cross-posted from CCG Latest News: Find out about your local commissioning group by looking at this Map of CCG’s in England. If you have information about a CCG’s budget, chairman or website then please feel free to leave it … Continue reading →