All Policy articles – Page 211
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News
Care vs security in mental health services
Excitable media coverage means the public is in fear of mental health service users. Should a very low level of security be accepted or should the emphasis shift towards public safety? By Charlotte Santry
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News
Bruce Keogh outlines quality comparisons plan
Plans to expose bad care and poor patient safety are to be taken forward with a consultation on the first NHS quality framework.
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Leader
Tory blueprint is light on detail as Lansley prepares for power
As the party conference season draws to a close, it is the similarities rather than the contrasts between the two main parties which shine through.
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HSJ Knowledge
SUS-sing out the way to better data
The Secondary User Service is a vital conduit of NHS data. NHS Information Centre chief executive Tim Straughan tells Andy Cowper how his organisation is setting its sights on improving SUS and eliminating some historical problems.
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News
Andrew Lansley pledges to double the count of single rooms
The Conservatives have pledged to almost double the proportion of single rooms in NHS hospitals within the first term of a Conservative government.
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News
Q&A: Andrew Lansley on the single-room promise
HSJ asks Andrew Lansley about his pledge to give every patient access to a single room in five years.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Institute's burning ambitions at end of the beginning
For three years the NHS Institute has been improving services by helping trusts innovate. Now, says its chief executive, it relishes the challenge of expanding its role without diluting its benefits.
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News
Adult mental health spend stays patchy
NHS spending on adult mental health services increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms last year to £5.5bn, but is still unequal between regions.
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News
London puts short-term health targets above inequalities
NHS London is deferring work on health inequalities to focus on improving commissioning and delivering Lord Darzi's vision.
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Comment
Andy McKeon on the good news about NHS finances
Finance managers in the NHS, do not adjust your sets. Yes, the picture really is much brighter than it used to be.
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News
Wales announces radical NHS reforms
Wales' eight acute trusts and 22 local health boards will be replaced with seven unified primary and secondary care organisations under a reform programme that scraps the internal market.
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News
Scotland next to review NHS top-ups
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has today pledged to review Scottish policy on topping up NHS care with private payments.
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Comment
Frank Burns on improving the patient experience
At the heart of Lord Darzi's next stage review is a commitment to deliver a step change in the quality of service provided to patients.
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News
UK government launches global health strategy
A strategy setting out how the UK government will work with the World Health Organisation and EU to improve world health has been launched.The strategy identifies health security, strong and fair health systems, more effective international health organisations, freer and fairer trade and stronger use of evidence as areas for ...
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News
No single mental health service for Wales
A separate organisation for Welsh mental health services will not be formed, Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has said.
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News
Welsh group to report on NHS funding for non-approved drugs
An expert group set up by the Welsh health minister to look at funding drugs on the NHS that have not been approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to report in the new year, it has been announced.
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Comment
Peter Reader on medical revalidation
As a GP, it seems to me that I have been waiting for a significant chunk of my active medical career for revalidation to finally happen, and I am not that fresh off the starting blocks.
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Supplements
Magic touch: the revolution in information sharing
For the next stage of healthcare improvement, better and more timely use of information is not just important, it is vital.
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Comment
Richard Gleave on healthcare innovation
Innovation is one of the nine themes identified by High Quality Care for All that run through the regional visions of how to improve health and healthcare in England.
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent