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CommentAnti-racist policies are urgently needed to prevent unwarranted outcomes in care
Adebusuyi Adeyemi suggests that a new regulatory regime is required to limit healthcare systems from reproducing unjustified variation in health outcomes for different ethnicities
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NewsHow health secretary’s new powers over the NHS will work
The Health and Social Care Bill, laid before Parliament on Tuesday, sets out how the health secretary could intervene in a wide range of NHS decisions and functions.
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NewsTreasury demands ICSs achieve financial balance for first time
The government has included a new requirement around the financial performance of integrated care systems in its key demands of the NHS for 2021-22.
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CommentThe Lansley reforms succeeded in unintended ways
Half a decade on, Nick Timmins assesses the impact of the Lansley reforms and the first five years of NHS England
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NewsNHS mandate confirms flagship waiting targets on hold
The government’s instructions for the NHS in 2018-19 confirm that flagship waiting time targets for planned and emergency care remain on hold.
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CommentSafety or targets? The government's choice on routine waiting times
NHS England’s priorities point to a patient safety approach on waiting times. But will the government override them in pursuit of targets?
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NewsGP recruitment hits record level
A record number of doctors have signed up to train as GPs, Health Education England has said.
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NewsNHS mandate months late after tensions with government
The annual NHS mandate is being published months later than usual, following disagreement between the government and NHS England over the service’s progress and accountability.
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CommentHow will services access the new Sustainability and Transformation Fund?
The Sustainability and Transformation Fund bears closer scrutiny and comes with a sting in the tail
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NewsNHS mandate: Government demands progress in 'transformation areas'
The government has set out its priorities for the NHS during this parliament, including designating areas of the country as “transformation areas”. NHS England will have to begin publishing new clinical commissioning group assessment ratings.
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NewsDH consults on three year budgets for CCGs
Ministers are consulting on proposals to give commissioners budgets of at least three years to enable longer term planning.
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NewsExclusive: Mental health providers in dark over choice rules as deadline nears
The government has failed to issue guidance on the operation of a new legal right of choice for mental health patients, ahead of it coming into force next week.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Minister intervenes in funding row
The care services minister has warned NHS England he may intervene to ask it to reconsider funding decisions if they undermine the government’s commitment to parity of esteem for mental health.
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LeaderService leaders face a scrap to identify a coherent vision
The NHS is far from free of political interference
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NewsRefreshed mandate 'less like political shopping list'
The government has published its refreshed mandate for NHS England, apparently withdrawing or watering down a number of commitments following a struggle between the two organisations.
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NewsNHS England's mandate delayed amid 'struggle' over contents
Publication of the government’s mandate to NHS England has been delayed after the organisation’s chair revealed a “struggle” had been taking place to ensure the document did not become a government “shopping list”.
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CommentA brave NHS can make self-management possible
Empowering patients and their carers to make decisions
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Leader‘Esteem gap’ between mental and physical health remains
Access to services is going backwards while demand rises
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NewsCharities oppose government's mandate plans
The umbrella group for health and care charities has criticised the government for attempting an extensive overhaul of its mandate to the health service, as NHS England pressures ministers to change their plans.