All Government/DH policy articles – Page 158
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News
Andy Burnham defends NHS targets
The health secretary has defended the government’s targets for the NHS in the wake of failings at several hospitals.
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Mike O'Brien defends Care Quality Commission
The government has defended the Care Quality Commission after a report found a raft of underperforming hospitals and high death rates.
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Mike O’Brien paints ‘shame’ profiles
Health minister Mike O’Brien has described the types of NHS managers who will be named and shamed for introducing “slash and burn” cuts.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on incentives for doctors vs incentives for patients
Stop the presses for some shock news. British GPs are happy. At least relatively speaking.
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GP spending role debated
Practice based commissioning should be replaced by consortia with “real” budgets but comprising clinicians from both primary and secondary care, according to a think tank report.
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DH and unions thrash out deal on transfer of NHS staff pensions
The Department of Health and unions are close to a deal on allowing NHS employees who transfer to the private sector to keep their NHS pension, HSJ has been told.
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NHS constitution: report says staff need more enthusiasm
The NHS constitution suffers from a “vision gap” and is having less impact than strategic health authorities think, according to research commissioned by the Department of Health.
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Comment
Beyond practice based commissioning
Practice based commissioning may not quite be a “corpse not for resuscitation” but it’s pretty clear the policy has had limited success in engaging clinicians in decisions about how NHS money is spent across the country.
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Charities warn Andy Burnham of preferred provider fears
Health secretary Andy Burnham has been warned he is risking the future stability of the voluntary sector by abandoning the “any willing provider” model.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to make choose and book a success
An online toolkit is available to back up the ambitions of primary care trusts and hospitals for making choose and book and the 18 weeks promise successful
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Comment
Jon Restell: NHS managers on the ropes
Everyone I talk to assumes that managers in the health service must be sweating.
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NHS planners told to be more green
Managers need to “think beyond the inside of the building” when planning the design and location of services, according to the government’s adviser on architecture and design.
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Could a swine flu surge see a slump in targets?
A sustained outbreak of swine flu will put any region’s critical care services under pressure and a pandemic could have national consequences on workforce and resources. Will normal targets survive the winter unscathed? Alison Moore reports
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One in five PCTs overspent as SHAs predict cash freeze
There has been a significant deterioration in the NHS’s finances, with more than a fifth of primary care trusts reporting overspending.
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Comment
Liz Kendall on urgent care efficiency
More hospital admissions could be avoided if people needing emergency and urgent care were managed differently rather than just being taken to A&E
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Queen's Speech outlines personal care plans
Plans to offer free personal care to the 280,000 people with the “highest needs” were outlined as part of the Queen’s Speech today.
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on motivating NHS managers
The latest annual health check ratings raise some important and difficult questions. It is time to think again about performance management.
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Comment
David Nicholson: ride the wave of NHS innovation
Linking quality and productivity via innovation to produce efficiency gains is the most important long term challenge facing the NHS, and it needs action at all levels
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Sir Ian Kennedy champions ‘fearless’ NHS regulator
Former Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has accused MPs of “shooting the messenger” in a Commons health committee report on patient safety.
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Managers’ anger at O'Brien's name and shame threat
Managers have reacted with anger and confusion to a threat by health minister Mike O’Brien to “name and shame” those who slash budgets and services in response to the public sector funding squeeze.