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Patients warn of clinical metrics bias
Efforts to win doctors' support for measuring quality should not be at the expense of involving patients, the Department of Health has been warned.
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NHS braced for worst of Alistair Darling's £5bn spending cuts
The NHS must prepare for a substantial cut in planned funding from the year after next.Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report set out plans to cut £5bn from government spending plans for 2010-11 - and the NHS is the largest of 12 areas that could be hit.
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Top-up implications will take years to become visible
The full consequences of Mike Richards' review of top-ups will only become apparent over the coming years. Managers and clinicians are scratching their heads trying to solve the problem of 'separation of care' between private and NHS patients.
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Treasury is sending out mixed messages
Have we not been hearing that there is a need to stimulate the economy by encouraging people on lower to middle incomes to spend more?
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HSJ50 list highlights inequalities
Your list of the 50 most influential people is notable for the low proportion of women: only seven out of 50.
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Working all hours means you're in the wrong job
I read Jenny Rogers' article with interest. If someone is working 60, 70 or 80 hours a week, takes work on holiday, works while eating and works at weekends, they are neither driven, ambitious, talented nor hard working. They're simply in the wrong job!
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Healthcare quality measures that cannot be fudged
So new quality measures are in the offing. What about scrapping some of the old ones? Eighteen weeks has created an army of non-jobs, making up the rules, inspecting compliance and finding creative ways to get round them. Yet it is good to treat people soon and know how well ...
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Measuring healthcare quality
What a relief the Department of Health is not trying to second guess which quality measures have to be collected and reported.
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Warning that cuts will come as recession pushes up demand
Cuts to the planned NHS allocation for 2010-11 will come at a time of increased demand for health services caused by the ill effects of recession, managers are warning.
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NHS procurement criticised for 'dysfuntional behavior'
The lack of an understood and agreed strategy has caused confusion, duplication and 'dysfunctional behaviour' in the NHS's procurement efforts, says the Office of Government Commerce.
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NHS property swap - from PCT to PPP
Plans to transfer billions of pounds of PCT property to public-private partnerships are one of the chancellor's initiatives to increase efficiency.
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Quality accounts: pressure on to pick a winning combination
In 18 months, trusts will have to produce their first quality accounts, based on a selection from hundreds of indicators. Dave West asks how trusts should choose their criteria, and how to act on what they find
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Person based allocations could help tackle health inequalities
Department of Health officials are drawing up a system to target health inequality funding towards the most deprived individuals in primary care trusts' areas, health secretary Alan Johnson has revealed.
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Panel warns of European working time directive's risks
Growing concerns about NHS staffing could lead to service change plans neglecting accessibility and safety, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has warned.
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Healthcare Commission under fire after hygiene report
A row has erupted between the NHS Confederation and the Healthcare Commission, with the regulator accused of 'talking down' trusts in its latest report on the hygiene code.
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South East Coast flows new funds into diversity networking
NHS South East Coast is spending 200,000 on equality and diversity networks in every trust following a damning review into barriers faced by the region’s black and minority ethnic staff.
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Social care funding split could lead to schemes based on age
Health chiefs are considering splitting social care funding into separate schemes for people of working age and those in retirement.
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Failings in end of life care waste £100m every year
Failings in the commissioning and provision of end of life care services are costing the NHS more than £100m every year.A damning National Audit Office report has found massive service variations, with a difference of more than £1,500 per death between the highest and lowest spending primary care trusts.
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Chancellor unveils plans for NHS cost savings
Primary care trusts will be asked to contribute to an extra £5bn of annual public sector efficiency savings by 2010-11, today's pre-Budget report saysThe report also says an extra £100m in capital funds will be spent upgrading up to 600 GP practices into 'training practices' as part of chancellor Alistair ...