All Policy articles – Page 163
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NewsEarly breast cancer diagnosis could save 1,000 lives
A total of 957 deaths from advanced breast cancer could be avoided each year in England if its early diagnosis rates matched those in Norway and Sweden, research has shown.
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NewsSummary care record 'faces wicked problems'
The summary care record programme has delivered little benefit, is behind schedule and still faces significant barriers to success, a comprehensive independent evaluation has found.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on NHS pay and pensions
The extra £6bn of spending cutbacks in 2010-11 announced by George Osborne in May appears to have had only a marginal impact on NHS spending, but is unlikely to be true of June’s emergency budget for 2011-12. It’s going to hurt in the months and years ahead.
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CommentMichael White on NHS reorganisation
I am very fond of my regular GPs. But Dr A treats the NHS’s budget cautiously, as if it was his own life savings, while Dr B is usually quite happy to fork out on my behalf.
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NewsUK lagging on health efficiency efforts
The NHS is less efficient than other similar healthcare systems around the world, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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SupplementsIncreasing NHS efficiency: it's time to get tough
Enforcing savings while raising quality is not easy - but that is the challenge
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Comment'Don't doubt the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform'
It would be wise not to underestimate the government’s commitment to radical NHS reform.
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NewsDorrell chairs health committee
Former health secretary Stephen Dorrell has been elected chair of the Commons health committee.
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NewsNHS facing brain drain as leaders look for exit
Nearly a third of managers are considering leaving the NHS, and a disproportionately large number of them are senior leaders or have highly valued skills, according to HSJ’s biggest ever survey.
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NewsScottish health boards tap into public spirit
Following the first direct elections of members of the public to Scottish health boards last week, Don Redding asks if England’s primary care trusts could soon follow suit
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NewsOperating framework to pave way for abolition of targets
A revised NHS operating framework is expected to immediately relax a number of Labour’s flagship targets - and pave the way for their subsequent abolition.
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NewsNHS staff vetting plans to be scaled back
Home secretary, Theresa May, has promised to scale back “draconian” plans for vetting people working with children and vulnerable adults to bring in more “common sense”.
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NewsRevised operating framework to pave way for abolition of waiting targets
A revised NHS operating framework due to be issued by the Department of Health next week will set out a timetable to abolish several NHS waiting time targets by 2011.
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NewsNHS budget 'should not be protected'
NHS spending should not escape the impending budget cuts that will affect the rest of the public sector, a think tank has said.
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NewsDorrell elected health committee chair
Stephen Dorrell has been elected chair of the Commons health select committee in the first ever election for the post.
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NewsA&E waiting time targets face axe
The government has pledged to scrap the four-hour waiting time target at accident and emergency departments.
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NewsPCTs to lose responsibility for GPs
Primary care trusts will have their responsibilities radically stripped back under plans being developed by health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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CommentPredictions on the new government's next moves
The future of the largest departmental budget and the second biggest area of government spending after welfare initially boiled down to just 30 words in the government’s initial coalition agreement.
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SupplementsHealthcare IT: is there a future for the NHS IT programme?
One of the most ambitious IT projects in the world, Connecting for Health has been hit by delay and criticism. Does it still have a future?
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