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NHS Confederation consults on private sector membership
Private providers, not-for-profit health companies, and voluntary organisations could become full members of the NHS Confederation, if existing members support new proposals to bring the independent sector on board.
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Confederation hits out at regulation overhaul
The Healthcare Commission's plans for the annual healthcheck ratings are 'bordering on performance management', the NHS Confederation has warned.
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One-quarter opposed to independent Confed membership
A quarter of NHS Confederation members are opposed to including independent providers of NHS services in its core membership, a consultation has revealed.
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Meet the HSJ team at the Confed conference
HSJ will be covering all the news from this year's NHS Confederation's annual conference, from the moment it opens next Wednesday.
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Report condemns 'information overload'
Trust boards are drowning in 'Amazonian' levels of useless information, the latest Intelligent Board report from Dr Foster has found.
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Operating framework: concerns over missed targets
The operating framework 2007-08 identifies some concerns about NHS targets - in particular, missed mental health targets and risks around the 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
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Monitor concern over foundation progress
Less than half of acute and mental health trusts are likely to reach foundation status by 2008, regulator Monitor has said.
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DoH concedes defeat on secret NHSU report
The Department of Health has lost a lengthy battle to block the publication of a report into the axed NHS University.
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Learn from complaints, trusts told
Concerns about GP clinical treatment and care surrounding hospital deaths are the recurring themes of thousands of complaints sent to the Healthcare Commission.
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Ombudsman points to failed leadership over complaints
Leadership and management failures are evident in many of the complaints against the NHS handled by the parliamentary ombudsman.
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Drug manufacturer to complain over 'disgraceful' NICE secrecy
The manufacturer of an Alzheimer's drug has made a formal complaint to the NHS ombudsman accusing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of secrecy for refusing to make public the mathematical model it used in the decision to restrict use of the drug.
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Private companies to join support framework
The Department of Health is set to announce next week the list of private companies that have won a place on the government's national framework for procuring external support for commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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Scrutiny committee overruled in Herts
A health scrutiny committee has complained to the health secretary after a mental health ward was closed despite its objections.
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Noel Plumridge on questioning commissioning
As HSJreaders will be aware, the Department of Health is keen to improve standards of commissioning in the NHS.Much has been written in recent months about demand-management techniques (or rationing, as we used to call it) being the route to financial happiness. About the ...
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Tender rules loosened for commissioners
Practice-based commissioners will not have go out to open tender 'in many cases' when switching where they send patients, the government's guidance on commissioning was expected to rule today.
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Competing commissioners ruled out
The government has no plans to introduce competition between NHS commissioners, the prime minister's health adviser told the NHS Alliance conference.
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Commission orders trusts to provide proof of non-discrimination policies
A hospital trust and a primary care trust have been served with legal notices giving them 28 days to prove they do not discriminate against disabled patients or staff.
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Healthcare Commission takes a hard line on hospital infection
The Healthcare Commission is to clamp down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
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Health Commission Wales under threat
A major question-mark has been placed over the future of Health Commission Wales - the agency dealing with highly specialised services - after it was slammed by the Welsh Assembly's audit committee.
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Too few trusts collect good safety data, says Dr Foster
Better patient safety data needs to be collected as a matter of urgency because 'the NHS currently lacks measures of patient safety that allow national and local comparisons', Dr Foster Intelligence has warned.