All Policy articles – Page 109
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CommentA procurement punch-up
There are signs of a battle behind the scenes over the DH’s new strategy
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NewsTelehealth awareness drive is failing survey reveals
An annual survey to establish the level of public awareness of telehealth has revealed nine out of 10 adults have never heard of it.
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CommentHow the NHS can chip away at 18 week waits
Three steps for the government to improve waiting times further
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to manage excess treatment costs
Looking at a new funding model for excess treatment costs
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NewsAvoid long contract lock-ins says Obamacare IT chief
Trusts should be wary of committing to multimillion-pound contracts with orthodox electronic patient record systems offered by existing market leading IT vendors, Barack Obama’s top health technology official has warned.
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LeaderSustainable pensions are undermined by Treasury plans
The Treasury’s plans for NHS pensions would, in effect, cut the service’s budget. The government should explain why it is prepared to risk the place of NHS pensions “at the heart of the reward package for staff”
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NewsExclusive: Dalton reveals he is not applying for NHS England job
Former NHS Commissioning Board chief operating officer Ian Dalton has ruled himself out of contention for the NHS England chief executive’s job.
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CommentFour nations means one huge wasted opportunity
What happens with four countries in a ‘national’ health service?
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CommentWhat makes a successful regulatory body?
Securing success and fuelling failure in the drive to improve healthcare
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News
Property transfer could expose NHS to hefty tax bill
The Department of Health’s decision to transfer a £3.6bn portfolio of NHS properties to a private company may have exposed the health service to a hefty VAT bill, HSJ has learned.
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CommentMichael White: social care reform is a slow crawl
The government’s plans have finally reached another milestone
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CommentForget structures, reorganise the incentives
The US provides a model for rapid service change
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NewsLabour's 'whole person care' commission seeks input from service
The independent commission created by Labour to make recommendations for delivering “whole person care” has begun an open consultation.
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NewsBaumann: NHS needs 'heroic' savings to pay for integration fund
Government plans to create a £3.8bn pooled fund for health and social care commissioning will take the level of savings needed by the health service in 2015-16 to at least 6 or 7 per cent, NHS England’s chief financial officer has warned.
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CommentWhy the NHS debate needs an independent voice
An ‘Institute for Health Studies’ could add transparency and trust to arguments
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CommentWhen is a trust failure not a failure?
The ambiguity over FTs’ insolvency has consequences for mergers
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NewsMcCarthy: Mandate update will impose 'additional burden' on NHS
Government plans to “refresh” its mandate to NHS England will impose an unfunded “additional burden” on the health service, NHS England’s policy director has warned.
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BlogsWe cannot let the NHS slip backwards
The NHS has come a long way in the last couple of decades − to keep gaining ground we need a national debate on the kind of NHS we want to see