All Government/DH policy articles – Page 132
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NewsDH figures showing private sector disadvantage 'almost certainly' wrong - Monitor
Department of Health figures showing NHS providers enjoy a significant advantage over the private sector are “incomplete” and may hide a net disadvantage to the NHS, Monitor has said.
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CommentYour Humble Servant: health mogul
‘Family doctor to health mogul? It’s what my patients want for me’
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NewsDH to drop workforce section in slim down
The Department of Health’s workforce directorate could disappear as part of a restructure designed to slim down the department.
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NewsGP services face scrutiny under competition system
Community services provided by GPs worth nearly £400m will have to go through a competition approval process as part of the transition to consortium commissioning, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPrimary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
Commissioners have ignored the Department of Health’s plea to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on fertility treatment.
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NewsFair funding change 'threatens' poorer areas
Changes to the formula used to determine fair funding allocations to primary care trusts constitute a “threat” to tackling health inequalities, inner city PCTs are being told.
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NewsCalls to reject health ombudsman reappointment
Campaigners are calling on MSPs to reject the reappointment of the man in charge of investigating complaints into public services in Scotland.
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NewsAdviser says he was sacked for therapy views
A government mental health adviser has said he was sacked after raising concerns about the £400m committed by the government to extend talking therapies.
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NewsCommissioning firms to help shape support landscape
Private companies are being invited to a series of NHS events to help design commissioning support arrangements which will apply after primary care trusts are abolished.
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NewsHealth visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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NewsPCT overspending sparks fresh efficiency fears
Twenty-five primary care trusts have overspent their 2010-11 budgets by a total of £145m so far this financial year, an HSJ investigation has found.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the DH's fistful of figures
The Department of Health’s intent to maintain “grip” on NHS performance during 2011-12 is plain in the technical guidance to the NHS operating framework, issued in late January.
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LeaderIs a narrative for complex health reform impossible?
Two snapshots from a day in the life of one A Lansley, health secretary.
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NewsJust one in five DH staff say change is managed well
Only one in five Department of Health employees believe change is managed well, according to staff survey results.
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NewsThree per cent of public health funds could go to Mayor
The Mayor of London could take three percent of the money allocated to councils for public health in the capital.
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CommentMichael White: opposition's political artillery fire rings hollow
A barrage of political artillery fire preceded Monday’s Commons second reading of the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsGovernment launches £400m talk therapy strategy
Access to taking therapies will be extended to an extra million people the government’s mental health strategy was expected to say.
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NewsLive interview to discuss cancer strategy on HSJ TV
Experts are to discuss the Department of Health’s updated cancer plan live online.
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News£400m pledged for mental health services
The government is to channel an extra £400m into mental health provision in a bid to put it on an equal footing with physical health, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.
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NewsThousands of jobs to go as leading R&D centre announces closure
The government’s ambition for the UK and the NHS to lead the world in encouraging pharmaceutical innovation was dealt a blow with the announcement that a leading research and development facility is to close.