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For our latest investigation into clinical commissioning (help still needed!) we’ve put together a starting list of 20 feeds to follow developments surrounding Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) – and we’ve put them together into one convenient bundle which you can follow with one click here (Google account needed). Can you suggest others?
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This year a collection of new groups will be given responsibility for £60bn of public health spending in England: Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
With over 200 of these groups and very few health journalists in the UK there’s an opportunity for student journalists and concerned citizens to play a key role in understanding what CCGs do – and scrutinising their activities.
There are a number of potential avenues to explore, from concerns about potential conflicts of interest in the new arrangements, to issues of accountability, whistleblowing, and efficiency.
In partnership with a number of news organisations and universities, we’re building a network of journalists, students and citizens to start pulling together information, exchanging tips and leads, and pursuing questions in the public interest.
If you want to get involved, contact me on paul@helpmeinvestigate.com or add your name via the form here.
*image from the BBC
Here are the health-related links that have caught our eyes between July 12th and September 19th:
The walk-in centre is in the constituency of Labour MP for Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield. He said he was “shocked” at the discovery, adding: “The walk-in centre is breaking the fundamental principle of the NHS – that treatment should be free at the point of use.
Here are the health-related links that have caught our eyes between June 20th and July 11th:
These are my links for May 21st through June:
The presentations made at the ‘Press for Health’ SHOES conference in Sandwell last week are now online.
Of particular use to those wanting to follow and investigate health issues was Dr Lucy Reynolds’s economic analysis of the NHS reforms, embedded below:
These are my links for May 17th through May 21st:
DCMS and Sport England wish to consult with users and other interested parties on proposals to change the way sport is measured in the Taking Part and Active People surveys.
Last time I told you about the overarching trends in the Donor Register; the fact its growth has flatlined, that women outnumber men, the best represented region is Scotland and most people join via the DVLA. In this post I thought I might tell you about the less obvious and harder-to-detect trends, which came to light via judicious use of pivot tables.
These are my links for May 16th through May 17th:
