All Policy articles – Page 140
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News'Medical tourism' warning over government cuts
The number of patients travelling abroad for medical treatment could rise significantly due to government cuts, a new report has suggested.
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NewsHealthWatch faces further delays
The establishment of HealthWatch England may be further delayed due to the parliamentary timetable.
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NewsExclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'
The Health Bill is likely to be amended to clarify responsibility for data security, the chair of the national information governance board has told HSJ.
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Comment'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'
Looking back to the healthcare revolutions that helped transform practices in the past identifies the strength of ambition and passion that is needed to rescue modern day elderly care. But most importantly, it shows it is achievable, argues Mark Goldman.
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News'Accelerated' demise of IT scheme needs clarity for involved businesses
IT professionals have called for clarity after the government announced an “acceleration” in the dismantling of the national IT scheme.
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Commissioning support costs for CCGs emerging with variations
Indications have emerged of planned expenditure on commissioning support. London primary care trusts are predicting costs of £16 per head of population – £5 more than their counterparts in Coventry and Warwickshire, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFinancial challenge facing NHS is 'unprecedented' - Farrar
The “unprecedented financial challenge” facing the NHS that may force service cuts and reductions in the numbers of hospital beds, the NHS Confederation chief executive has said.
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NewsBusinesses call for Osborne to dip into health budget if economy worsens
An influential business lobby group is calling for the Treasury to consider “dismantling” the ring fence protecting health spending if the economy has not improved “significantly” by the 2012 Budget.
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NewsExclusive: DH QIPP team takes over information strategy
The long-awaited NHS information strategy has been taken out the Department of Health’s informatics directorate, and is instead being led by the team responsible for the quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme.
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NewsTransfer of public health services to councils in doubt
Many local authorities are not ready to take on public health budgets and responsibility from primary care trusts, according to research exclusively shared with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle.
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NewsLondon 2012 sports medic pledge likely to fall short
An expansion in specialist sports medics proposed as part of London’s 2012 Olympic bid is likely to be missed by a huge margin, according to a report.
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NewsEmergency services commissioning needs clarity, committee warns
MPs have called for clarity about who will be responsible for commissioning ambulance services amid concerns that urgent and emergency services could become fragmented.
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NewsDH social enterprise scheme draws just three bids
There have been just three expressions of interest to set up social enterprises under the Department of Health’s “right to provide” scheme, none of which have been approved.
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NewsHealth reforms 'a strategic mistake'
Ministers have promised further changes could be made to the government’s controversial health reforms as the plans were branded a “huge strategic mistake” by a senior Liberal Democrat.
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NewsNon-GPs must get exec roles, says top Lib Dem
Clinical commissioning groups should be required to have a nurse and doctor with secondary care experience involved in executive decision making roles rather than on a governing board, Baroness Shirley Williams has said.
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NewsDH launches 'engagement exercise' on social care policy
The government has embarked on a major consultation designed to involve patients, providers and professionals in re-designing social care.
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Practice 'federations' frustrated by reform - Gerada
Moves to create groups of GP practices which can share and expand services have been frustrated by the commissioning reforms, Clare Gerada said.
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NewsHealth and Wellbeing Boards 'should drive integration'
Health and wellbeing boards should include the integration of commissioning in their “key success criteria”, according to a new guide published by the Good Governance Institute.
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NewsClinical commissioners need 'bold' approach, report claims
New clinical commissioning groups within the NHS must change the system and “deliver results”, a report by an expert group has claimed.
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NewsCQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.