All Government/DH policy articles – Page 73
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NewsUpdated: NHS agency controls unveiled, but price cap pushed back
Price caps on the hourly rate the NHS can pay agency nurses may not take effect until December, after regulators received more than 100 responses to a consultation on the controversial plans.
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LeaderMinisters take high risk bets on debt, pay restraint and reform
This summer has been anything but quiet
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NewsThousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel out of area for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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NewsExclusive: PHSO refuses to investigate baby death at heart of ‘regulatory gap’ claims
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has refused to investigate the death of a baby at the centre of claims of a ‘regulatory gap’ between national bodies preventing them looking into historic complaints.
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NewsDurkin: IPSIS will give patients ‘effective answers’
The new independent body to look into clinical incidents in the NHS will improve the quality of investigations and provide families with ‘effective answers’, NHS England patient safety director Dr Mike Durkin has said.
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NewsTreasury says some workers could be denied 1pc pay rise
Unions reacted with anger today after the Treasury warned there should be ‘no expectation’ that every worker will receive a pay rise in line with the 1 per cent ceiling George Osborne set for public sector pay.
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NewsThousands of mental health patients still detained in police cells
Almost 4,000 people detained under the Mental Health Act are still being forced to stay in police cells rather than a hospital, despite a 54 per cent fall over the last three years.
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NewsNHS staff to face new sanctions under ‘Sunshine rule’
NHS staff who fail to disclose payments and hospitality received from drug suppliers and medical device makers will be sanctioned under new regulation, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsPublic health cuts 'short sighted, short term and unwarranted'
Cutting public health budgets by £200m is ‘short sighted, short term and unwarranted”, according to the Local Government Association and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers.
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CommentBold tariff reform can transform NHS service delivery
Agree multi-year prices to shift the focus
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NewsNHS England expects £150m rise in mental health spending
NHS England expects commissioners to spend at least £150m more in cash terms on mental health services this financial year. However, the Department of Health has admitted it will fall £107m short of its promised £250m target for investment this year in children’s mental health services.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS must manage the unmet mental health needs in prison
Meeting the human rights of mentally ill inmates
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NewsExecutive Summary: The government's first 100 days
HSJ’s Executive Summary looks back at the key events and policy interventions since 8 May.
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Exclusive: Hunt's GP 'scorecard' plan could be dropped
The government may not introduce a ‘scorecard’ for GP practice performance, as Jeremy Hunt has previously proposed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrusts will be allowed to breach agency spending cap
NHS trusts will be allowed to breach a proposed cap on agency spending if they need to ensure wards are safely staffed, Monitor has said.
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NewsRevealed: DH makes £185m early raid on capital budget
The Department of Health has already taken £185m from its capital budget to prop up its revenue spending for 2015-16, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Employers lobbies Home Office over immigration rules
Nurses recruited from outside the EU are having their visa applications to work in the NHS rejected and new immigration rules are prompting some NHS nurses to resign, HSJ has been told.
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NewsBMA outlines 'three major issues’ over contract changes
The British Medical Association has set out its main concerns over the proposed changes to medical contracts being sought by the government and NHS Employers.
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CommentWhat the Labour leader candidates will say about the NHS
Leadership elections are fast approaching