All Policy articles – Page 154
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NewsClock change 'would improve nation's health'
The health and wellbeing of the nation would “vastly” improve if the clocks did not go back this weekend, experts have said.
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NewsGPs 'outraged' at central commissioning of maternity services
GPs say it is “outrageous” that maternity services will be commissioned centrally and not by local consortia.
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NewsCommissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab
Three charities have developed an online support tool for GP consortia to commission neurological services.
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NewsNo evidence GP consortia will be better than PCTs
Primary care trusts should be allowed to “merge or demerge” into more successful commissioning organisations , rather than being swept away and replaced by smaller GP consortia, a think tank has said.
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NewsCRB vetting cost £70m last year
Health and social care sectors spent almost £70 million vetting their staff last year, figures show.
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NewsDH considers national pay increment freeze
The Department of Health is to examine introducing a national freeze in annual pay increments affecting more than a million NHS staff.
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NewsPublic health plans must deal with mental health, say psychiatrists
Mental health must be “at the heart” of the upcoming public health white paper, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.
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NewsConsortia management allowance will be in operating framework, says Nicholson
The government hopes to reveal the value of the GP consortia management allowance in the operating framework in December, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
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NewsSlow down will 'strangle' reforms, warns NAPC
Any slowing of the white paper reforms risks “strangling the life out of them”, the chair of the National Association of Primary Care has warned.
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Comment‘Part of “Waiting for Osborne” consisted of Lansley reassuring voters he has GP support’
At a conference the other day I heard an entrepreneurial medic giving a glowing account of a GP led consortium and all the wonderful Lansley style things it is doing for its patients in the South. Oh brave new world!
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NewsTrusts must offer choice of consultant led team from April
The government will publish a wealth of “unpolished” data on clinical performance to help deliver its promise to give elective patients choice of which consultant led team will provide their care.
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NewsNHS London makes appointment to first set of merged PCTs
NHS London has finalised the new management structure for the first of its merged primary care trusts.
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NewsMinimal funding increase for NHS in spending review
NHS funding will increase by just 0.1 per cent above inflation from next year onwards, the chancellor has confirmed - the minimum required to meet the government’s “real terms increase” pledge.
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LeaderWe need NHS managers to tackle the first financial crisis since 1987
Today the government’s spending review will be announced and the implications for the NHS will start to become clear.
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NewsMake-up of DH revealed
The government has released details of the make-up of all departments, including organisation maps and pay details.
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NewsBMA should 'rethink' private sector opposition
Doctors leaders should not block private sector involvement in healthcare provision, the body representing independent providers has said.
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NewsVetting and barring scheme judgement awaited
The High Court has “reserved judgement” on a judicial review of staff vetting procedures, following a two day hearing.
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NewsJudge rejects union call for white paper judicial review
Unison has lost its High Court bid to force the government to consult more widely and thoroughly on proposed changes to the health service.
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NewsQuango cuts confirmed
The government has confirmed that 30 of the Department of Health’s arm’s-length bodies will be abolished.
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NHS management history: milestones
Important moments in NHS management history. Source: the King’s Fund