All Choice articles – Page 4
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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CommentWhy the friends and family test won't work
The test will overload NHS leaders with more meaningless data
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HSJ KnowledgeTrusts lose ground in online marketing race
Providers are missing opportunities to promote themselves
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CommentA fair deal for older people
One of the clearest signs of medical and social progress in the post-NHS era is the leap in life expectancy
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CommentReaders' letters – 25 October 2012
Bexley Council responds to our claim that social care in the borough is ‘failing’; and how a service has made it easier for patients to get repeat prescriptions
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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CommentFace the facts on closures
If we don’t share performance information with the public, it is hard to avoid “cuts” branding
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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CommentThe information revolution
Putting most statistics we hold in the NHS into the public domain will unquestionably drive change
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NewsGPs urged to improve patient choice
Bigger catchment areas are needed to give people more choice when it comes to choosing a GP practice in Scotland, according to a think-tank.
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HSJ KnowledgeAvoid budgetary stretch marks
A huge strain will be on CCGs to make their money work harder
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HSJ KnowledgeHow patients could benefit from top-up payments
Top-up payments are a clinically and economically viable way of increasing choice and allowing the NHS to reshape services, say Mo Girach and Ryan Irwin.
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LeaderStability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
Commissioning board is singing a different tune on CSSs.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow voluntary organisations can demonstrate their value
Local voluntary organisations bring value to healthcare – but now they need to demonstrate how, says Lisa Weaks.
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News
Health insurer Benenden makes bid for NHS co-payment role
Mutual health insurance society Benenden Healthcare has voted to open its membership to the general public, in anticipation that shrinking NHS budgets will drive increased demand for individual “top up” payments for care.
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Comment'The secrecy of information in the NHS is absurd'
The information strategy is high on aspiration, but short on direction.
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NewsMilburn: 'tragedy' reform policies making enemy of private sector
The government’s reforms “have made the private sector less acceptable in the NHS”, former labour health secretary Alan Milburn has told HSJ.
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NewsLegal right to choice would give providers 'confidence', says Cabinet Office
A top civil servant has argued that government moves to make choice in health services a statutory right would give more confidence to innovative provider organisations.
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Blogs
Are we wasting money on care that patients don’t want?
Getting patients invovled in the choosing of their services could produce big efficiencies and help the NHS provide services patients really need.