All Commissioning articles – Page 262
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Councillors to join PCT boards
Primary care trusts might be told to have local authority councillors on their boards, health minister Ben Bradshaw told delegates.
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Ambulance trusts worry commissioners will neglect specialist service
Emergency chiefs fear commissioners will balk at paying for an ambitious plan to allow specialist paramedics into the heart of major incidents, including terrorist attacks.
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Appeal against Alzheimer's drug decision
Pharmaceutical companies are appealing a High Court judgement that upheld the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's decision to restrict the use of anti-dementia medicines for NHS patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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DoH names 14 firms that will support PCTs
Fourteen private firms have been appointed by the Department of Health to help primary care trusts commission services, HSJ can reveal.
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Darzi report stresses equality and access
Health secretary Alan Johnson says he is confident GPs can be persuaded to provide the additional services proposed in Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, published this morning.But he made clear that the private sector would also be a part of moves to set up 150 new walk-in centres and ...
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New powers to protect vulnerable people in Wales
New powers to protect the legal rights of vulnerable adults in Wales have been launched by health minister Edwina Hart.
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Provider services: get up to speed on quality
Stockport primary care trust has pioneered a model for assuring quality of provider services. Rebekah Cresswell explains
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Palliative care: 'a good death is part of life'
The hospice movement has made major advances in end-of-life care but more change is needed. With a government advisory group due to report, Mark Gould looks at the issues
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Framework reveals high standards in primary care, says BMA
Latest figures for the quality and outcomes famework published today show GP teams in England have achieved 95.5 per cent of the points available.
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
Public 'juries' in 10 cities linked up live last week to kick off a huge consultation to help decide nothing less than the NHS's future. And the prime minister put in a suprise appearance. Helen Mooney reports
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BUPA to help with commissioning at Hillingdon primary care trust
Hillingdon primary care trust has confirmed BUPA as the company that will help it commission services under the Department of Health's external commissioner list.
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Commissioning reforms were 'right thing at the wrong time', admits Britnell
Trusts were asked too early to move care out of hospitals into the community, the Department of Health's director-general of commissioning has said.
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Communication disabilities neglected
NHS managers lack the skills needed to identify and commission services for people with communication disabilities, according to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
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Health hotel: exploring inequalities
At the 'Access to all areas' event speakers will address the uneven picture of public health, and ask why - despite some progress - gaps are still widening. Helen Mooney reports
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Dave Lee on Darzi's tour
'Mental health has occasionally painted itself as the eternal Cinderella, with the result that some commissioners feel obliged to treat it accordingly'
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With choice comes responsibility
Patient choice is here to stay. But more needs to be learned about who wants it and why, say Martin Roland and Marianna Fotaki
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HART teams
Emergency chiefs fear commissioners will balk at paying for an ambitious plan to allow specialist paramedics into the heart of major incidents including terrorist attacks. Commissioners have questioned how running costs for Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) will be funded, HSJ has learned. The scheme will see specialist teams set ...
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Recalling the offer of choice
The government revealed the results of its£11million GP access survey last month and promised ‘immediate action’ to rectify the areas of underperformance, particularly the poorer access reported by patients in poorer areas; ‘improvement teams’ are being dispatched.Another part of the access survey concerned patient choice. The survey asked patients whether ...
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Born under a bad sign
Perinatal depression is gaining a higher profile, with a drive to increase awareness and provide wider access to specialist provision. Emma Dent reports
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Private sector 'jaded' over contracts
The private sector is growing increasingly concerned that the government will row back on its plans to use independent healthcare providers to expand its NHS choice programme.