All Government/DH policy articles – Page 83
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NewsPatients to be told CQC ratings to encourage 'informed' hospital choice
Patients will be told the Care Quality Commission rating and waiting times for their local hospitals when making appointments through a new electronic booking system to encourage ‘truly informed’ patient choice, the health secretary has said.
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LeaderHunt battles his 'inner Stalin' to deliver the NHS’s 'reformation moment'
Determined to make his mark
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HSJ LocalImmigration officers at London trust for patient charging pilot
FINANCE: The Home Office has sent immigration officers into a London trust to help administrative staff identify foreign patients who could be charged for treatment.
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NewsCouncils 'running out of time' to prepare for public health cuts
Councils are ‘running out of time’ to make the £200m of in-year cuts to public health budgets announced by the chancellor last month, HSJ’s sister title Local Government Chronicle has been told.
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NewsCrisp: Mental health beds shortage actually a discharge crisis
A perceived crisis in the availability of mental health beds is actually caused by delayed patient discharges, according to an inquiry chaired by Lord Crisp.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs need to ‘radically evolve to have a future’
Clinical commissioning groups would need to ‘radically evolve’ to be sustainable once new care models are developed, according to a report commissioned by the Nuffield Trust.
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NewsLords approve devolution bill 'wrecking' amendment
The government has suffered a blow to its insistence on places adopting directly elected mayors in return for substantial devolution deals.
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NewsExclusive: Providers expected to use unofficial NICE staffing guidance
NHS providers may have to increase the number of nurses in emergency departments after regulators and the Department of Health suggested trusts need to consider new safe staffing evidence from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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CommentBudget: If pay restraint doesn't hold, the £22bn efficiency savings will be tough
The immediate future looks grim
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NewsExclusive: Devolved authorities could 'share' NHS functions
Combined authorities could ‘jointly’ hold NHS powers, instead of them being removed from government or health service bodies entirely, under government devolution plans, HSJ has learned.
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SupplementsTop chief executives roundtable: The new, post-election era brings new questions
The first of three panel discussions
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NewsExclusive: Prior 'not at all against' procurement 'Sunshine Act'
The minister for NHS productivity has revealed that the government may legislate to ensure the relationship between doctors and medical device suppliers is above board.
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NewsBudget: Four more years of public sector pay restraint
Chancellor George Osborne has announced four further years of public sector pay restraint, in a surprise move as part of today’s summer Budget.
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NewsExclusive: Plan to combine regulators and safety in single 'new body'
Many of the functions of Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are expected to be brought together in a single ‘new body’, which would also take on new patient safety and improvement work, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNICE director: NHS England 'didn't like answer' on safe staffing
A senior figure at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suggested NHS England scrapped its work on safe staffing guidance because it ‘didn’t like the answer to the question’.
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NewsConcerns NHS England safe staffing guide for mental health 'lacks rigour'
Experts have criticised NHS England’s latest safe staffing guidance on mental health inpatient care, raising concerns that the model used ‘lacks rigour’.
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NewsExclusive: 'Candour' law may change after legal threat
The government is considering changing the duty of candour law just three months after it came into effect, following a threat of judicial review by a patient charity, HSJ can reveal.