All Policy articles – Page 105
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NewsDoctors 'know best' on resources
Doctors are the best judges of when public resources should be used for patient care, a leading medic has declared.
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NewsExclusive: New Monitor strategy to ‘turbo charge’ change
The huge uncertainties facing NHS providers mean Monitor will have to focus less on “the numbers” in trusts’ financial plans and more on their capability to deal with change, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
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NewsNew NHS England chief 'more sympathetic' to competition, says Bennett
Monitor’s chief executive has told HSJ it will be easier for the regulator to assuage commissioners’ concerns about NHS competition rules now that Sir David Nicholson is no longer in charge of NHS England.
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HSJ PartnersThe impact of new CQC powers on providers
The regulator will gain new enforcement powers
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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.