All NHS Confederation articles – Page 39
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NewsNHS Employers names director
NHS Employers has named its new director after months without a permanent head.
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HSJ KnowledgeSafe liaisons for patients in need of psychiatric help
An assessment team based in a general hospital can make all the difference to a patient’s care where there are mental health issues to consider. Jennifer Taylor reports
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Act now to prevent blood clots becoming the 'next MRSA', warns NHS Confederation
Trust boards must act to stop deadly blood clots becoming “the next MRSA” in the eyes of patients and the media, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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NewsNHS Confederation warns primary care trusts to tender with caution
Commissioners will need to be robust about which services they put out to tender, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NHS Confederation outlines principles for fair car parking fees
A cancer charity has slammed the NHS Confederation’s position on hospital car parking fees as “morally wrong”.
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Steve Barnett aims to marshal NHS Confederation's network power
Ten months ago no one expected Steve Barnett to permanently replace Gill Morgan as chief executive of the NHS Confederation.
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NHS Confederation names new chief executive
Acting NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett has been given the post permanently.The confederation has been searching for a new chief executive since last May when Gill Morgan left to become permanent secretary to the Welsh Assembly.
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NHS Confederation backtracks over SHA claims
The NHS Confederation has been forced to clarify its position on strategic health authorities after one of its senior policy managers last week called for a major rethink of their role under a new regulatory regime.
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NHS Confederation slates inequality duty
Government plans to make it a duty for the health service to tackle inequalities will result in meaningless bureaucracy, the NHS Confederation is warning.
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NHS Confederation debates its future
The NHS Confederation has renewed its hunt for a chief executive in light of findings from a strategic review of the organisation.
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NHS Confederation: stop dithering or start shedding members
More than 10 months after Gill Morgan quit as NHS Confederation chief executive, it has failed to appoint a successor.
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NHS Confederation and Macmillan to work on perceptions of exception panels
Cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support and the NHS Confederation are in discussions about joint work to improve public confidence in primary care trust exception committee decisions.
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NHS Confederation delays chief executive interviews
The NHS Confederation has delayed interviews for the post of chief executive after candidates dropped out at the last minute.
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Facilities consortium splits from Confederation
The NHS Confederation has decided to separate off its specialised facilities support company, the Healthcare Facilities Consortium.
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NHS Confederation calls for debate on top ups
The NHS Confederation has called for a debate on whether patients who use private treatment should be excluded from NHS care.
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Compassion missing in healthcare - NHS Confederation
Care and compassion in healthcare are being put under strain by its increasing sophistication, a debate paper from the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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NHS Confederation responds to Darzi report
Commenting on a report outlining the principles behind junior health minister Lord Darzi's vision for the health service, NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards said: 'This new guidance is very welcome in sharing good practice and helping reassure the public about what they can expect.'
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NHS Confederation calls for calm in polyclinic debate
A report published by the NHS Confederation today looks at why the polyclinic model has caused so much controversy and calls for common sense in the debate.
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Urgent improvement not needed, Confederation says
Surveys show that patients are generally very happy with the NHS services they receive and 'urgent improvement' is not needed, according to the NHS Confederation.
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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.