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Inquiry into manslaughter case criticises care
An independent inquiry into the treatment of a paranoid schizophrenic with delusions about prominent politicians and the royal family has criticised mental health services.
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Confed appeals for mental health champion
The government should appoint a ministerial champion for mental health and well-being to sit in the cabinet, the NHS Confederation is urging.
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Staff fearful as mental health trust replaces board members
A 'brutal culling' of board members at a mental health trust has left staff fearing for their jobs.
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Top-up review set to question core NHS principles
The 'founding principles of the NHS' are to be revisited after the government launched a review of the ban preventing patients making 'top-up' payments for drugs.
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Foundation failures upset Monitor
An increasing number of applications for foundation trust status are being turned down first time round because they are not up to scratch, it has emerged.
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Neonatal unit failures spark calls for action
A failure to meet demand for neo-natal services has prompted calls for greater performance management and changes to commissioning.
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Annual health check: PCTs let standards fall
Less than a quarter of primary care trusts believe their services have met all government quality standards.
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Tougher indicators aim at fairer comparisons
Annual performance ratings are being beefed up for some NHS sectors to make fairer comparisons possible across the service.
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Data is essential for judging success
Last week's Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission report provides a welcome opportunity to take stock of the progress the government is making with its reforms of the NHS in England.
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Primary care leaders needed
The joint Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission report on the progress of reform highlights issues such as commissioning not driving movement of care from hospitals, and wide variation in implementation of reform nationally.
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Choice and competition are not local reality
The important review by the Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission should lead to better recognition of the huge difficulties facing reform. There are very few people in the NHS who see choice and competition as key policies for improving services.
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Alternatives to sacking managers
Regarding managers facing the axe at failing trusts, franchising has been tried before in the NHS, but what might work better is a more selective approach.
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Improving care for older people
I read Nicky Hayes and Jonathan Webster's article 'Give old people a seat at the modernisation table', having just given a presentation at the Royal College of Physicians on 'the role of the nurse in musculoskeletal services - care for the older person'.
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Look to Europe to improve healthcare
Professor Le Grand's assertion in your piece 'Just a Pawn in the Game' that despite being badly served under politicians, the NHS 'would have been worse under any other way of doing it' does not stand up to international scrutiny.
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Corporate manslaughter legislation
In response to 'Academics slam two-tier legislation', the duty of care we owe patients detained under the Mental Health Act should afford them more protection under the law than the rest of the population, not less.
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DH backs down on care record consent
The Department of Health is considering making it easier for patients to opt out of the electronic care record service, officials told a Commons committee this week.
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DH will tackle rift between senior managers and staff
Improving strained relationships between trust senior managers and staff is to become a top priority for the Department of Health.
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Don't alienate private sector, warns panel
Ministers must spell out the future direction of NHS reform or risk losing the interest of the private sector, an influential panel has warned.
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Alan Johnson tells Confed: champion quality
Health secretary Alan Johnson has told managers they must be 'the champions of quality'.Speaking at the NHS Confederation conference, Mr Johnson said the 'overwhelming emphasis' of health minister Lord Darzi's next stage review would be on quality.
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Confed votes Nye Bevan biggest NHS hero
Nye Bevan has been voted the biggest 'NHS hero' by attendees at the NHS Confederation's most-attended conference yet.