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NewsLord Hutton calls for end to final salary pensions
Public sector final salary pension schemes should eventually be scrapped and staff contributions should increase in the short term, according to an independent commission led by Lord Hutton.
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NewsBig income drop likely for children’s hospitals
Specialist children’s hospitals could see a significant drop in their income under changes to the national tariff.
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NewsGP consortium pioneer says PCTs are vital safety net
Handing commissioning control to clinicians but maintaining primary care trusts to support them would be the “dream ticket”, rather than abolition, according to a chief executive pioneering the idea.
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NewsKing's Fund warns about 'scale and pace' of reforms
The government must reconsider the “speed and scale” of its white paper reforms, the King’s Fund has warned.
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LeaderThe coalition’s honeymoon is in danger of being called off
Momentum is a priceless asset in public sector reform. New governments tend to have momentum - commonly called “the honeymoon period.”
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LeaderYour idea could redefine the health service
What is the big idea that will guide and inform the development of the NHS throughout the next decade?
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NewsThousands of hospital ward transfers are unnecessary
Hundreds of thousands of patients are moved between hospital wards with no clinical justification, risking the spread of infection.
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NewsPCT functions 'need clarification'
The Primary Care Trust Network has urged the Department of Health to quickly sort out which PCT statutory functions can be stopped in order to reduce pressure on managers during the transition to GP consortia.
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Community nurses have 'serious concerns' about GP commissioning
The move to GP commissioning could exclude other clinicians from decision making while increased competition in the NHS will lead to cost cutting, reductions in quality and greater inequalities, according to the Queen’s Nursing Institute.
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NewsKey NHS providers face loans limits
Providers running health and social care services deemed “essential” will have their borrowings capped and will not be able to use the assets involved in those services as security in loans.
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NewsNHS budget ringfence 'irresponsible'
It would be “irresponsible” to promise the NHS’s budget can be ringfenced, Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has said.
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NewsOut of hours performance variation to be made public
Primary care trusts are to be named and shamed for the first time on the performance of their out of hours provider.
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NewsThorny NHS reform issues unresolved
A Department of Health document on the proposed strengthening of the NHS provider market, seen by HSJ, sheds further light on the reforms’ far reaching and sensitive consequences.
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NewsStaff safety warning over cuts
Public sector workers could be put at risk of injury or illness because of the government’s spending cuts, safety experts have warned.
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NewsConsortia may boost GP data
GP consortia would have more incentive to collect data on patient comorbidities, the Nuffield Trust suggests.
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NewsNHS managers hit back at reforms
The reforms to the NHS are “too fast and furious”, Managers in Partnership has warned.
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NewsLansley gives PCTs more cash but defends their abolition
Primary care trusts will be given £70m to spend on care to keep discharged patients out of hospital, health secretary Andrew Lansley announced at the Tory Party conference on Tuesday.
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NewsMental health costs 'soar to £105bn'
The economic costs associated with poor mental health have increased from £28bn to £105.2bn a year, according to research.
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NewsMilton rejects claim that NHS reforms are 'weak link' in government policy
Health minister Anne Milton was forced to defend Tory health policies yesterday after they were labelled the “weak link” in government reform plans during a Conservative Party conference debate.
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News£70m pledged to post-discharge care
Patients should receive a “seamless service” when they leave hospital, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said, as he announced £70m funding for helping people settle at home.