All Choice articles – Page 3
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HSJ LocalBedford MSK referrals dip after contract switch
Bedford Hospital Trust has seen musculoskeletal referrals drop by around 30 per cent in the first quarter since the service was restructured under a prime vendor contract, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMinority of patients are offered choice of provider, say Monitor and NHS England
Less than 40 per cent of patients are offered a choice of provider when referred by their GP for an outpatient appointment, according to a survey report published today by NHS England and Monitor.
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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HSJ KnowledgeAre patients being heard? The friends and family test reviewed
Study highlights issues with the validity and data
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SupplementsClinicians in contact home and away
Technology can support UK’s growing number of older people
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HSJ PartnersMore patient choice only works with more information
Improve patient choice in adult hearing services
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NewsNHS England planning new choice and competition research
NHS England is planning to conduct new research on choice and competition in the NHS, according to the organisation’s latest business plan.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers in dark over choice rules as deadline nears
The government has failed to issue guidance on the operation of a new legal right of choice for mental health patients, ahead of it coming into force next week.
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NewsGP choice pilots appealed to 'minority'
Commuters are most likely to take advantage of a new scheme that will allow patients to register at any doctor’s surgery, a study has suggested.
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NHS England accuses Monitor of "unpicking" choice and competition framework
A disagreement between NHS England and Monitor appears to be delaying the release of resources to help commissioners navigate choice and competition issues in the NHS, recent board papers reveal.
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NewsDH paid additional £25m to Capita for Choices website
The Department of Health paid outsourcing giant Capita £108m to run the NHS Choices website, including £25m in additional charges, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCompetition guidance stalls amid lack of evidence of benefit to patients
NHS England has delayed the publication of its choice and competition framework amid a “paucity of evidence” of the benefit to patients.
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NewsNHS Choices use of friends and family scores 'misleading', say trusts
NHS Choices has been accused of “misleading” and “confusing” patients in its presentation of the results of the friends and family test.
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NewsCrisp calls for patients to receive 'more power'
Patients should be given greater power over their care, including the ability to own their medical records and representation at every level of NHS management, Sir David Nicholson’s predecessor has said.
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CommentTesco and Starbucks have little to teach the NHS
Why are we so keen to tell the NHS it can learn from the high street?
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NewsRCS hails 'watershed' publication of surgeon performance data
Giving patients access to information about how well their surgeons perform is a “watershed” moment for surgery, leading doctors have said.
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CommentWhy specialist hospitals aren't like Hilton hotels
The limitations of using the ‘friends and family’ test in emergency care
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NewsDH releases Health Act competition rules
The government has published details of how competition and procurement rules will operate under the Health Bill.
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HSJ KnowledgeDelivering choice in mental health
Why extending the right of choice to mental health service users needs careful handling to be effective