All Policy articles – Page 233
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NHS Confederation responds to Darzi report
Commenting on a report outlining the principles behind junior health minister Lord Darzi's vision for the health service, NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards said: 'This new guidance is very welcome in sharing good practice and helping reassure the public about what they can expect.'
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Darzi report reveals service change plans
Lord Darzi has pledged to put clinicians at the centre of local decisions to change health services.
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Study on early abortions in non-hospital settings
The Department of Health has published the results of a pilot study on early medical abortions in non-hospital settings.
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DH slammed for poor leadership on Modernising Medical Careers
The health select committee's report on Modernising Medical Careers has blamed the programme's problems on leadership weaknesses within the Department of Health.
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UK behind on stroke care - Health Foundation
The UK lags behind other developed nations in stroke care and England is a long way from meeting its own targets, according to a report by the Health Foundation.The charity's report, to be published on Monday, includes data on performance, best practice and cost implications. It shows the UK achieved ...
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Perfect union: why partnerships must seek local public opinion
The health service has a long history of joint working. To build on this, it must recognise local need as a bigger priority than targets and keep decision makers close to communities
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Michael White on NICE decisions
Did you hear Ian Gibson, left wing MP for Norwich North, giving Gordon Brown a piece of his mind in the wake of Labour's disastrous performance in the local elections?
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Darzi review: PCTs told reforms must save lives
Junior health minister Lord Darzi is to tell primary care trusts they can reconfigure local services only where they can prove it will save lives or improve health outcomes.
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Norman Lamb critical of 'opaque' DH leadership
The Liberal Democrats' health spokesman has criticised the 'complete lack of transparency' around Department of Health decisions.
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Community services tariff opens way to private provision
The Department of Health is to develop a tariff for community services - paving the way for foundation trusts and the private sector to offer services until now provided by primary care trusts.
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Olympics sport medicine centre may not be built
A national sports medicine centre at the heart of plans for a lasting health legacy from the 2012 Olympics may never be built, HSJ has learned.
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Channing Wheeler's plans for market end rumours of commercial break
Reports of the demise of private sector involvement in the NHS last year were premature, as Department of Health commercial director Channing Wheeler is developing the tools to allow local managers to turn the service into a market. He talks to Sally Gainsbury
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Darzi polyclinic proposals branded 'pie in the sky'
Lord Darzi’s London blueprint has been described as ‘pie in the sky’ after a three-month consultation.
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Barbara Young to chair Care Quality Commission
The proposed chair of the new super-regulator has been welcomed as an 'inspirational' leader. Baroness Barbara Young, currently the Environment Agency chief executive, has been named as the Department of Health's preferred candidate to chair the shadow Care Quality Commission.
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Social enterprise investment fund enters round two
The Department of Health has opened the second round of bidding through its social enterprise investment fund.
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Londoners back polyclinics, survey shows
The majority of GP practices in London should become part of a polyclinic, either physically based in one or networked with one, say 51 per cent of respondents to the largest-ever consultation on health services in the capital.
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Move to strengthen GP services
The Department of Health has announced that 12 new GP practices will be set up in some of the more under-served areas of England.
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A case for integrated mental healthcare
A patient's experience is not fragmented, discontinuous and segregated so why is their treatment? Samantha Allen and Heather Hurford argue for integrated care
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Mental health history: taking over the asylum
In our latest feature marking the NHS’s 60th anniversary, Mark Gould charts the journey from Victorian asylums to the national service framework and recent backward steps
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Information on HPV vaccine
A letter has been sent to NHS managers providing information about the human papillomavirus vaccine.