All Policy articles – Page 227

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Collaborative approach to cancer inequalities

    2008-07-02T13:54:19Z

    A national initiative is encouraging patients to present themselves earlier when they display symptoms they might otherwise ignore.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    The authority on inequality studies

    2008-07-02T13:31:21Z

    Professor Sir Michael Marmot's work with the World Health Organisation and on post-Acheson research puts him at the forefront of modern thinking on health inequalities. Andy Cowper spoke to him

  • News

    DH celebrates anniversary of smoking ban

    2008-07-02T11:17:00Z

    More people are trying to quit smoking, the air in pubs and bars is cleaner and rates of compliance with smoke-free laws is high, according to the Department of Health report published to mark the first anniversary of the smoking ban.

  • News

    Consultation on vascular check programme

    2008-07-02T11:09:00Z

    The Department of Health is consulting on the modelling undertaken by its analysts, which shows its proposed programme of vascular checks for patients aged 40-74 is likely to be very cost-effective and result in significant health improvements.

  • News

    More work needed to boost organ donation - BMA

    2008-07-02T11:05:00Z

    Doctors today called on the government to do more to increase organ donation in the light of a report that shows the UK lags behind other European countries.

  • News

    EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care

    2008-07-02T09:00:00Z

    The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week.

  • News

    Instant reactions to the Darzi review

    2008-06-30T17:28:00Z

    Organisations respond to Lord Darzi's review of the health service

  • News

    Darzi speak: the new jargon

    2008-06-30T17:09:00Z

    Health minister Lord Darzi's report introduces some new acronyms and jargon. Here's a brief guide

  • News

    Darzi rules out statutory regulation for managers

    2008-06-30T16:56:00Z

    Lord Darzi has ruled out developing a regulatory body equivalent to the General Medical Council for managers.

  • News

    Darzi outlines draft NHS constitution

    2008-06-30T15:30:00Z

    Lord Darzi today set out the seven principles that underlie the NHS - along with the rights and responsibilities that accompany them.

  • News

    Darzi turns up heat on clinical leadership and training

    2008-06-30T15:30:00Z

    Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review.

  • News

    Darzi launches 10-year vision for the NHS

    2008-06-30T15:30:00Z

    Health minister Lord Darzi has set out his vision for an NHS focused on quality of services, where patients' wishes come first and nurses and doctors have the freedom to offer the safest and most effective treatment.

  • News

    Darzi review due at 3.30pm

    2008-06-30T12:40:00Z

    The next stage review of the NHS is due to be announced by health minister Lord Darzi and health secretary Alan Johnson at 3.30 this afternoon. See www.hsj.co.uk for breaking news on the review from 3.30.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Keith Pearson on valuing the NHS

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    The Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya once said of her homeland: 'For us, the best time is always yesterday.' As we prepare for the 60th anniversary of the NHS, I look around and worry that too many people believe this is as true of the NHS today as Russia in 1990. ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Young people's sexual health

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    While the GP practice seems an obvious place for improving uptake of sexual health screening, funding issues are slowing progress, says Caroline White

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Healthy future for the NHS

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    The biggest challenge for the NHS in its seventh decade is to build a health contract with citizens that prompts many more to keep themselves well, says the consultancy Tribal

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS60: All roads lead to IT

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    BT is dedicated to a future where information technology works for healthcare on all fronts, says Lyn Whitfield

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS60: Flash outfit

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    The light pulsing on top of a modern NHS emergency vehicle signals a mobile unit packed with staff expertise and impressive technology, says Airwave’s David Sangster

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS60: Job adverts over the years

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    Emma Dent on six decades of job adverts in HSJ - and how they have been a barometer of policy

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS60: 'It was the toughest two years of my life'

    2008-06-30T09:00:00Z

    Being in the top job at the Department of Health means overseeing the biggest political football of all. Peter Davies and Daloni Carlisle hear six former health secretaries' memories