All Policy articles – Page 230
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Unions call for caution on direct elections move
Unions have called on the Scottish government not to divert money from frontline care by introducing direct elections to NHS boards.
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Lansley slams Darzi's 'bureaucratic' regional roles
Greater influence proposed for strategic health authorities has raised fears about regionalising the NHS.
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HSJ talks to Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi
While the past 10 years of NHS reform were designed to increase capacity, the next task is to increase quality and personalisation and give more power to clinicians and patients. Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi explain their plans to Richard Vize
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Gordon Brown pledges to free and empower staff
The prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to 'back to the hilt' NHS staff when they want to improve services.
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Nigel Edwards on Darzi's big ideas
The 'once in a generation' billing given to health minister Lord Darzi's review, published this week, might have caused some alarm after so much change in the last few years.
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DH behind in Olympic planning race
Senior managers have attacked the Department of Health for failing to face the health and safety challenges of the 2012 Olympic games.
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HSJ KnowledgeA glance towards the next 60 years of the NHS
Looking back over the past 60 years reminds us of some familiar debates in the NHS: concerns about financial sustainability, wastefulness, and rationing of resources are all familiar issues today.
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Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
Up to £1bn - or 3 per cent - of annual hospital trust income will be contingent on meeting service quality requirements by 2010-11.
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Life expectancy tool helps address local inequalities
A life expectancy intervention tool is now available to help all local planners make informed decisions, writes Andy Cowper.
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Collaborative approach to cancer inequalities
A national initiative is encouraging patients to present themselves earlier when they display symptoms they might otherwise ignore.
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The authority on inequality studies
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
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DH celebrates anniversary of smoking ban
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.
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Consultation on vascular check programme
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.
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More work needed to boost organ donation - BMA
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.
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EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care
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.
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Instant reactions to the Darzi review
Organisations respond to Lord Darzi's review of the health service
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Darzi speak: the new jargon
Health minister Lord Darzi's report introduces some new acronyms and jargon. Here's a brief guide
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Darzi rules out statutory regulation for managers
Lord Darzi has ruled out developing a regulatory body equivalent to the General Medical Council for managers.
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Darzi outlines draft NHS constitution
Lord Darzi today set out the seven principles that underlie the NHS - along with the rights and responsibilities that accompany them.
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Darzi turns up heat on clinical leadership and training
Health minister Lord Darzi has put clinical leadership at the centre of his next stage review.