All Policy articles – Page 201
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News
Peer lays amendment to remove private patient income cap
An amendment laid to the Health Bill on Friday will completely remove the private patient income cap for foundation trusts, if MPs pass it.The amendment was developed by the Foundation Trust Network and comes as Unison prepares to challenge in court foundation trust regulator Monitor’s ‘too permissive’ interpretation of the ...
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Comment
Andy McKeon on the economics of better care
Understanding how money works and spending wisely is essential for people working in the NHS. The evidence suggests that when money is spent well, the quality of services provided to patients is correspondingly high.
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HSJ Knowledge
Added values: improving learning disabilities services
People with learning disabilities are entitled to the same high quality healthcare as other patients, but serious cases of abuse and neglect suggest the NHS is far from meeting its obligations. Kaye McIntosh reports on the work now under way to turn this around
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Community
Media Watch: maternity services
The Conservatives have been keeping up the pressure over maternity services - with stories in both broadsheets and tabloids saying the NHS has been forced to turn away women in labour.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: Guantanamo on Thames
‘Most of the trusts were flashing red with down arrows and the SHA had created what looked like a share price for each, all of them tanking’
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Comment
Jon Restell on taking notice of European health directives
All my life I have failed to show any serious interest in the workings of the European Union.
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News
Public health: a slim chance of healthier lives
The Change4Life initiative to combat child obesity is the latest in a long history of public strategies and, says Niall Dickson, success will rely on it grabbing public imagination
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Foundation trusts call for private patient income flexibility
The Foundation Trust Network has called for a public debate on changing the law to allow foundations to take on more private patient work.
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NHS trusts and commissioners at odds over tariff benefits
Hospital trusts and commissioners are disputing the impact of the new payment by results tariff on their income.
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Little sympathy for trusts struggling with A&E targets
Hospital trusts are expected to inform the regional NHS almost immediately of problems in accident and emergency departments.
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News
20 trusts set to miss foundation trust deadline
More than 20 hospital and mental health trusts have been warned they are entering an ‘end game’ because they will not be ready to become foundation trusts before December 2010.Those unable to meet the government’s deadline face either radical restructuring or becoming part of a ‘shopping list’ for existing foundation ...
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality information assurance: an understanding of governance, risk and compliance
Lord Darzi’s review and world class commissioning promise to bring positive changes to patient experience and drive up the quality of services. However, the sharing of information these agendas promote demands that quality information assurance is now a top priority in your trust.
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Scottish health minister Shona Robison takes on new brief
Scottish health minister Shona Robison is to take on responsibility for sport, following a reshuffle of the Scottish parliament.
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Modest rise in GP extended hours
There has been a modest increase in the number of GP practices offering extended opening hours, monthly figures show.
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News
NHS top-up policy needs more scrutiny - RCN
The Royal College of Nursing is calling on strategic health authorities to step up scrutiny of top-up payments to ensure the new government policy 'does not result in a two tier NHS'.
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HSJ Knowledge
The homeless and health
Initiatives to wrestle with the health consequences of homelessness are deprived of a coherent national strategy, say campaigners. Mark Gould hears the growing calls for the NHS to take the lead
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News
Council wins grant to investigate inequalities
A council has won a national grant to undertake a five-month inquiry into inequalities in primary care funding, following an HSJ exposé last year.
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Comment
Sophia Christie on healthcare's false economy
Just in case we thought Keynesian economics might protect us from the credit crunch, Nick Timmins of the Financial Times used his keynote presentation at an anniversary event for world class commissioning to demonstrate that we will be highly unlikely to enjoy growth reaching 3 per cent by 2011.
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News
Dementia strategy will pose workforce challenges
Managers have welcomed long awaited government plans to transform dementia services but want more details on how they will be staffed and assessed.
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News
Huge bill looms for patient choice information
The health service faces a bill of millions for reminding patients of their legal right to choose their own secondary care provider under the terms of the NHS constitution.