All articles by Helen Crump – Page 6
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NHS sets itself difficult targets for greener future
The health service is to set itself up as a trailblazer for public sector sustainability. Ambitious goals ranging from tough carbon-cutting targets to making staff walk and cycle are outlined in the NHS's first carbon reduction strategy, launched on Tuesday by chief executive David Nicholson.
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PCT strategy plans expose the distance to world class
Concerns have been raised over two out of three primary care trusts' strategic plans, the first scores for world class commissioning reveal.
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PCTs told to be innovative with personal budgets
The Department of Health is calling on primary care trusts to put forward proposals for controversial personal budget pilots.
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NHS sets itself tough targets for green future
The health service is to set itself up as a trailblazer for public sector sustainability.
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Media Watch: social marketing
The NHS is in the middle of a social marketing drive the like of which has never been seen before.
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NHS Confederation slates inequality duty
Government plans to make it a duty for the health service to tackle inequalities will result in meaningless bureaucracy, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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Low carbon NHS commissioning is the green ideal
Home working, green travel and low carbon commissioning are set to feature in the NHS's first ever carbon reduction strategy.
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Managers call for GP commissioning reforms
NHS managers are showing signs of breaking with government policy by calling for a complete overhaul of practice based commissioning.
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Personal health budgets may spark tension between services
Personal health budgets for patients to spend as they wish will radically change commissioners' roles, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ talks to care services minister Phil Hope
Care services minister Phil Hope promises his personal experience of the health service as a Hodgkin’s patient will mean service users are at the heart of his policies. Helen Crump finds out what’s on his to-do list. Plus, watch an exclusive video interview with Mr Hope
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Trusts told to prioritise C difficile targets
Trusts have been told to prioritise protecting patients from C difficile over other strategic goals in new Department of Health guidance on controlling infection rates.
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Surgical safety checklist promises to cut deaths by a third
Trusts have been told to use a new safety checklist after a global trial saw surgical deaths and complications cut by a third.
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Choose and book glitches lose trusts income
Hospitals are losing income because they are failing to get to grips with the Department of Health's choose and book system.
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Department steps up push for separate PCT provider arms
The Department of Health has turned up the heat under primary care trusts following concerns over the quality of their plans to separate their provider arms.
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NICE backs changes to end of life drugs policy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to proceed with controversial plans to broaden access to drugs for terminally ill people.
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GPs warn against localising quality framework
GPs have claimed allowing primary care trusts to draw up their own indicators under the quality and outcomes framework would result in a postcode lottery for patients and damage work on health inequalities.
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Hamish Meldrum denies hypocrisy over polyclinic contract
The chairman of the British Medical Association has defended himself against charges of hypocrisy after a consortium including his practice won the contract to deliver one of the GP-led health centres the association has campaigned vociferously against.Hamish Meldrum said his practice had taken the step to protect itself from threats ...
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Graduates clamour for NHS management roles
The credit crunch has led to a massive increase in the number of graduates applying to become NHS managers, the NHS Institute has said.
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Health and social care commissioner for London named
Former NHS Wales chief executive Ann Lloyd is to be health and social care commissioner for London, the Appointments Commission has announced.
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New guidance on pharmaceutical needs assessments
NHS Employers has launched guidance for primary care trusts on how to develop pharmaceutical needs assessments in line with world class commissioning.