All Health Bill 2011 articles – Page 24
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CommentMichael White: bill opposition proving more than just yellow-bellied
Perhaps I underestimated Liberal Democrat determination to amend the bill (only one bill in this column) or push it under a bus.
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Comment'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
Competition on everything including price is not only the most practical solution to the growing pressures facing the NHS, it is also virtually inevitable, according to the chief executive of the UK’s largest private healthcare provider.
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NewsHead of UK's biggest private provider 'more excited than ever' about NHS reforms
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition in the NHS, and insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals.
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NHS Wiltshire plans early transfer of public health to local council
WORKFORCE: Public health staff at NHS Wiltshire are to be consulted on transfering to the local authority under plans for Wiltshire Council to become an early adopter of government proposals to integrate public health into local government.
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NewsBlood service looks set to remain in house
The head of the NHS blood service has expressed optimism it will escape part-privatisation amid suggestions the government is worried about the public backlash against private involvement in public services.
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NewsGovernment must remove barriers to integrated care, warns King's Fund
Barriers to more integrated care must be overcome if the NHS is to rise to its challenges, the King’s Fund has written in its official response to the Health Bill’s “pause”.
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NewsNHS incident reporting system to receive £3.7m injection
Health minister Simon Burns has promised an extra £3.7m to develop the incident reporting and safety alert service currently run by the soon to be defunct National Patient Safety Agency.
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Surrey consortium petitions Lansley over handover legal hurdles
COMMERCIAL: A commissioning consortium last week pulled health secretary Andrew Lansley into its struggle to take on commissioning powers from primary care trust NHS Surrey.
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NewsPrivate provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
Private healthcare chief executives have remained confident their firms will profit from NHS reform even as political controversy has stalled the Health Bill, a survey shows.
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CommentYour humble servant: can you hear me, Andrew Lansley?
From being everywhere to suddenly being nowhere, your humble servant goes in search of the health secretary.
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Worcestershire PCT chair criticises 'amateurs' driving reforms
WORKFORCE: NHS Worcestershire’s chairman has written a scathing critique of the reforms, saying they are an “unholy mess” and that “amateurs” are dismantling the NHS.
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NewsNHS is undermanaged not overmanaged, finds major report
A major study has called for the government to “rethink” cuts to administration and management after finding no substantive evidence that the NHS is over-managed.
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Lincolnshire PCT 'pauses' its board
STRUCTURE: NHS Lincolnshire has cancelled its May board meeting because of the “pause” taken by the government in the introduction of the Health Bill.
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NewsMonitor chair sets out case for competition
Monitor’s chair has set out a passionate case for increasing competition, choice and local autonomy in order to improve productivity and patient care.
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NewsClinical networks to respond to competition fears
Clinical networks could be given a more prominent role to address fears that greater NHS competition will lead to service fragmentation and greater variations in standards of care.
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NewsGovernment public health response held until July
A government response to the public health white paper consultation will not be published until July, Department of Health officials have told MPs.
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General healthcare boss backs price competition
The head of the UK’s largest private healthcare group has insisted he does want to compete on price with NHS hospitals, and it would be “madness” to prohibit price competition.
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NewsPCT clusters may survive as reform pressure builds
A continued existence beyond 2013 for primary care trust clusters looked increasingly likely this week, as the health secretary’s NHS reforms came under huge political pressure.
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NewsConsortia leads back health reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for reform of the NHS won strong backing today from a group of GPs who hope to be granted new powers to commission treatment for their patients.
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CommentMark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
A sophisticated discussion on how – and how much – the health service should be funded is badly needed to avoid undoing two decades worth of progress.