All Policy articles – Page 102
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NewsExclusive: NMC to get new legal powers to re-open cases after Mid Staffs
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to be granted new powers by the government to allow it to re-open closed fitness to practise cases, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCommission moots payment for NHS care
Panel led by senior economist aims to challenge distinction between NHS and social care funding
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NewsInformation Centre urged DH to intervene in Care.data last year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre urged the Department of Health in December to intervene in NHS England plans to publicise the controversial Care.data project, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGPs in NHS 111 call centres would be a 'big mistake'
Mandating GPs in NHS 111 call centres as part of the revised specification for the service would be a “big mistake”, potential providers have told HSJ.
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CommentProtecting the public purse: how independent will future public spending audits be?
The demise of the Audit Commission
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CommentGood luck with the new job, Simon. Here's your to-do list…
Experts outline the biggest issues facing the new NHS England chief
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NewsMPs fear for free NHS, survey shows
Politicians have expressed concern that a free NHS may be unsustainable if challenges facing the health service are not addressed.
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NewsLabour lord calls for NHS patient 'membership charge'
A former Labour health minister has called for British citizens to pay a £10 per month “NHS membership charge”, as part of a suite of proposed reforms intended to prevent the health service “starving the rest of the public sector of resources”.
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NewsNicholson rates NHS England five out of 10
Outgoing NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson has rated his organisation just five out of 10.
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NewsMPs: Monitor ‘must not be an obstacle to change’
Acute services in the NHS in England are facing a year of particular financial pressure in 2015-16, when changes to funding arrangements will see £2bn transferred to community health and social care provision, a parliamentary report has warned.
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NewsCall for cash to tackle NHS fraud
More money should be set aside for tackling fraud in the NHS, a leading figure has said, as new figures showed that scams are costing the health service an estimated £5bn a year.
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NewsUpdated: DH forecasts tightest financial year end since 2006
The Treasury has revealed that the Department of Health is forecasting a zero underspend on its revenue budget for 2013-14, in what one expert said was a sign of how “finances are deteriorating very quickly across the NHS”.
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NewsNHS staff in budget day pay protest
Health workers will stage Budget day protests today against the government’s “insulting” pay offer.
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NewsLabour: Nearly 4,000 NHS managers made redundant rehired
Almost 4,000 NHS staff who have been made redundant in the last four years have since been re-employed by the health service, according to figures released to the Labour Party.
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CommentKeep the primary care estate at the centre of reform
Estate strategy is a catalyst for service improvement
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NewsHunt told to address IT skills gap in NHS management
Jeremy Hunt has been told he must urgently address an IT skills deficit in the NHS leadership community if his ambition for a paperless NHS by 2018 is to have credibility and momentum.
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CommentDavid Bennett: 'Adapt or face the consequences'
It’s time for a wider discussion on how the NHS can transform care
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CommentMichael White: The cross-party assault on Hunt's clause 119
We might call it the ‘Lewisham amendment’
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CommentA bland euphemism which hides a dangerous lack of planning
Clause 119 shows recognition of real risk
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CommentTo legislate or educate? That is the public health question
Legislation must be reinforced by awareness