All Policy articles – Page 203
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News
Panel warns of European working time directive's risks
Growing concerns about NHS staffing could lead to service change plans neglecting accessibility and safety, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has warned.
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Leader
Drive down NHS costs, raise quality: just a normal day at the office
While Alistair Darling's speech in the Commons on Monday barely mentioned the NHS, the small print of the chancellor's pre-Budget report spells the end of the era of rapid funding growth and big surpluses.
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Comment
Complex public health problems need social innovation
The North West has made great strides in improving services but with complex problems persisting it will also take a process of social innovation to find creative solutions
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News
Social enterprise given three year shield from competition
New social enterprises in the health sector will be offered uncontested contracts for up to three years.
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Comment
Michael White on the NHS budget
I don't think I heard the word 'NHS' more than once during the chancellor's emergency budget - for that is what it was - on Monday.
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News
Top-up implications will take years to become visible
The full consequences of Mike Richards' review of top-ups will only become apparent over the coming years. Managers and clinicians are scratching their heads trying to solve the problem of 'separation of care' between private and NHS patients.
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News
NHS braced for worst of Alistair Darling's £5bn spending cuts
The NHS must prepare for a substantial cut in planned funding from the year after next.Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report set out plans to cut £5bn from government spending plans for 2010-11 - and the NHS is the largest of 12 areas that could be hit.
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News
Social care funding split could lead to schemes based on age
Health chiefs are considering splitting social care funding into separate schemes for people of working age and those in retirement.
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News
Failings in end of life care waste £100m every year
Failings in the commissioning and provision of end of life care services are costing the NHS more than £100m every year.A damning National Audit Office report has found massive service variations, with a difference of more than £1,500 per death between the highest and lowest spending primary care trusts.
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Comment
Paul Stanton on steering the NHS through financial crisis
The credit crunch and the consequent financial turmoil it has unleashed is a global phenomenon. For those who govern NHS organisations, whether as commissioners or providers, the mantra 'think global, act local' has never been more pertinent.
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News
Chancellor unveils plans for NHS cost savings
Primary care trusts will be asked to contribute to an extra £5bn of annual public sector efficiency savings by 2010-11, today's pre-Budget report saysThe report also says an extra £100m in capital funds will be spent upgrading up to 600 GP practices into 'training practices' as part of chancellor Alistair ...
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News
Help announced to get people fit for work
Sick notes could be replaced by 'fit notes' and fit for work schemes launched for people who have been off work due to sickness, under proposals announced by health secretary Alan Johnson and work and pensions secretary James Purnell.
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News
DH reports mixed results on patient experience
The Department of Health has made mixed progress against a commitment to improve patient experience between 2005 and 2008.
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Comment
Andrew Jones on healthcare in a recession
We might not officially be in recession, but few would doubt the inevitability of a second quarter of negative growth being confirmed by the Office for National Statistics.
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HSJ Knowledge
Is cancer campaigning skewing health priorities?
It is a disease that grips both public and media attention and has become a dominant force in health policy as a result. But is vociferous campaigning over cancer care skewing priorities, asks Emma Dent
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News
New social enterprises to be offered uncontested contracts
New social enterprises in the health sector will be offered uncontested contracts for up to three years.
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News
Department of Health appoints deputy chief nursing officer
David Foster has been appointed as deputy chief nursing officer at the Department of Health.
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Comment
Griffiths report could have freed NHS from politics
The Griffiths report could have created the utopian ideal of an NHS buffered from political meddling, but it was not to be.
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Comment
Keith Pearson on the NHS constitution consultation
Sitting as a member of the NHS constitutional advisory forum for the past four months, I found myself among an august body of people, all with a passion to drive forward one of the most significant developments in NHS history.
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News
Scotland slashes diagnostic waiting times
The Scottish NHS has slashed diagnostic waiting times but must now ensure that services are as efficient as possible.