All Health Bill 2011 articles – Page 13
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NewsReforms causing 'continued chaos' to frontline services - BMA
The government’s reforms of the NHS “continue to cause chaos” on the ground, doctors leaders said today.
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HSJ Local
Diagnostics, adult hearing, and podiatry to be opened to competition across Manchester
STRUCTURE: Podiatry, diagnostics and adult hearing services will be opened up to competition from any qualified provider by the primary care trust NHS Manchester in 2012, according to a new “AQP map” published by the Department of Health.
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Comment'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
The NHS Commissioning Board will have control over specialised commissioning from April 2013. It is a very real opportunity to bring about dramatic improvements in clinical quality, and speed up the adoption of innovation across the NHS, says John Murray.
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CommentSouth West shouts about its success as handover looms
No one could accuse NHS South West’s 133-page handover document, published last week, of being anything less than exhaustive.
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HSJ Local
Cumbria PCT to open up diagnostics and continence services to competition
STRUCTURE: Diagnostics, adult hearing and continence services will be opened up to competition from any qualified provider by the primary care trust in 2012, according to a new “AQP map” published by the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
Podiatry and adult hearing services to be opened to competition in Merseyside
STRUCTURE: Podiatry, musculoskeletal and adult hearing services will be opened up to competition from any qualified provider by NHS Liverpool in 2012, according to a new “AQP map” published by the Department of Health.
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NewsFlory plans CCG finance chief 'accreditation' process
It will be “very, very difficult” to find chief financial officers for all of the 200-plus clinical commissioning groups that will take over NHS commissioning from 2013, David Flory has warned.
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NewsMinisters seek talks with GP bodies over quality premium
Ministers are to enter fresh talks with GP representatives over the controversial “quality premium” payments for clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsImperial to take on national patient safety role
A leading London acute trust is to take on responsibility for collecting information on patient safety incidents at NHS trusts when the National Patient Safety Agency is wound up next year.
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NewsPrice competition fears over provider penalties
New rules requiring NHS commissioners to penalise healthcare providers that “cherry pick” easier cases will be difficult to enforce and will encourage price competition, experts have warned.
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NewsReforms will cost £3.4bn - Burnham
The coalition government’s reforms of the NHS will cost nearly £3.4bn, Labour’s shadow health secretary has claimed.
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NewsBMA declares full opposition to reforms
Doctors’ leaders have declared all-out opposition to the government’s NHS shake-up amid claims they will give too much influence to the private sector.
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Comment'This is the kind of disruptive innovation the NHS needs'
The US integrated healthcare system Kaiser Permanente is an example of ‘innovative disruption’ in all its joined-up glory. The King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham highlights some of the benefits a similar system could give the NHS.
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NewsUniting HealthWatch with CQC a 'mistake', says advisory group
The decision to make HealthWatch England part of the Care Quality Commission is a “mistake”, according to a group advising on the proposals.
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NewsExclusive: DH and Monitor in 'power battle' over running of regulator
A “power battle” is underway between the Department of Health and Monitor over the extent to which the regulator needs to be split in two to avoid conflicts of interest, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeSetting out the principles for integrated care
Patient Voices policy director Don Redding outlines some principles that should guide commissioners, regulators and professional groups in integrating health and social care services.
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Blogs
If the NHS is doing well, why is it changing?
A recent Commonwealth Fund survey saw respondents praise the NHS. So are the reforms aimed at addressing the right problems?
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CommentProtecting the public from public health professionals
The statutory regulation of public health specialists is a little known and rarely discussed issue, but it needs close scrutiny to improve the protection patients receive against professionals whose practice could cause loss of life, says Lindsey Davies.
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NewsMonitor to keep financial risk register for every licensed provider
Monitor will operate a financial risk register of every organisation it licenses to provide NHS services, it has revealed.
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NewsBill delay threat as government consults on reform risk register
The health secretary has been forced to consult across government on whether to publish the risk register for the NHS reform “transition”, as ordered by the Information Commissioner, ministers have confirmed.