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HSJ talks to Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi
While the past 10 years of NHS reform were designed to increase capacity, the next task is to increase quality and personalisation and give more power to clinicians and patients. Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi explain their plans to Richard Vize
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Governors and governance
We welcome Monitor's report on its survey of foundation trust governors and agree there is still some way to go in making governance as effective as it needs to be.
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Proper incentives for clinicians
At Imperial College Healthcare trust we have been looking at how we might develop the idea of rewarding performance and achievement.
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Polyclinic debate
How depressing to read HSJ's leader which claims the British Medical Association's campaign trades on fear and ignorance.
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Universal service
The rules that have generated the present set of stories about people being refused cancer treatment do not apply to patients.
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Darzi bowls us a googly
Lord Darzi's final report is a welcome boost for quality of care but fails to address the quality of those key local NHS responsibilities that lie beyond healthcare settings.
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Make it count for mental health
Lord Darzi has set out a far-reaching vision for the health service. Giving people who use health services for long periods control of their own budgets can revolutionise healthcare in this country.
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Darzi and patient power
There is no doubt Lord Darzi is a distinguished surgeon, respected and trusted by professional colleagues. And this is at once the strength and weakness of his final report.
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PCT-backed integrated care pilots to go ahead
Lord Darzi's primary and community care strategy, due today, will push for integrated services and new rights for primary care trust provider staff.
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Managers put faith in Darzi's clinical vision
Managers believe Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS, where quality is financially rewarded and commissioning is the lynchpin of the service, is achievable within the next 10 years.
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Managers called on to heed maternity standards
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has called on NHS commissioners and managers to follow a comprehensive set of maternity standards in their service and workforce planning.
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DH celebrates anniversary of smoking ban
More people are trying to quit smoking, the air in pubs and bars is cleaner and rates of compliance with smoke-free laws is high, according to the Department of Health report published to mark the first anniversary of the smoking ban.
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Consultation on vascular check programme
The Department of Health is consulting on the modelling undertaken by its analysts, which shows its proposed programme of vascular checks for patients aged 40-74 is likely to be very cost-effective and result in significant health improvements.
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More work needed to boost organ donation - BMA
Doctors today called on the government to do more to increase organ donation in the light of a report that shows the UK lags behind other European countries.
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£100m for new health facilities in Wales
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart today announced a £100m investment in new buildings and equipment to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS.
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Dental patients should register, says committee
MPs on the health select committee have called for a return to a registration scheme for dental patients.The move would help ensure more effective dental care, said the committee, which published the findings from its inquiry into dental services today.
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EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care
The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week.
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Healthy Futures programme appoints director
A senior nurse and former patients' champion for accident and emergency services has been appointed as the new programme director for the Healthy Futures North East reconfiguration programme.
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Research into childhood strokes
A research programme that investigates childhood strokes has been launched.