All Government/DH policy articles – Page 84
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Doctors to contest ministerial seats in 2015 election
Aggrieved doctors are planning to stand against the prime minister and the health secretary at the next general election.
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CSU independence plan put on hold
NHS England has paused a project that would enable its commissioning support units to become independent in just over two years.
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Labour health expert calls for immediate debate on health and care funding
The expert who authored Ed Miliband’s health and social care plan has called on politicians to immediately begin a public debate on the future of funding for the services.
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Morecambe Bay inquiry has investigated more than 200 deaths
More than 200 deaths of mothers and babies at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have been investigated by an independent inquiry.
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Bid to curb parking fees will be ignored, ministers told
Some hospitals will put ‘two fingers up’ to fresh attempts to end ‘excessive’ car parking charges, ministers were warned during a parliamentary debate.
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NHS will not be excluded from US trade deal
A controversial proposed trade treaty between Europe and the US will not negatively impact the NHS or give US health companies new ways of legally challenging health service procurement processes, a government minister has insisted.
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Public health budgets given extra protection
Councils’ public health plans will have to be signed off by directors of the services under a tougher new checking regime aimed at preserving the £2.6bn budget for health purposes.
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Comment
Cancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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Government 'not trusted' over NHS
More than two out of five people do not trust the government to protect the NHS, according to a study.
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Comment
Parking charges add insult to life threatening injury
Public resentment is real, especially when some hospitals don’t charge
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Supplements
A new angle on public involvement
People power is at the heart of campaign group 38 Degrees
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Progress on choice of provider has stalled, figures show
The proportion of patients who said they were offered a choice of provider on referral has slightly fallen since 2010, despite a coalition’s commitment to oversee an increase.
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Comment
Protecting urgent patients not covered by targets is easier said than done
It isn’t happening consistently
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NHS complaints records available
Investigations into ‘devastating’ failures by public services that have led to patient deaths, suffering and financial hardship have been published today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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Comment
An NHS tax could be the necessary catalyst to kick start innovation
It could play a significant and immediate role
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Use NHS land to build affordable housing
New homes can improve public health and NHS coffers
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Can we trust police when it comes to patient data and confidentiality?
They want access to confidential GP medical records
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Labour slams 'too full' hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care are being left at the doors of accident and emergency in ambulances because hospitals are too full, Labour has said.