All Policy articles – Page 239
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HSJ Partners
Vin McLoughlin on how Darzi can improve patient care
If the NHS is to improve the quality of care it provides, its leaders need to work in partnership with patients to give them the information and skills to understand how to best manage their condition.
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Comment
Neil Goodwin on preparing your team for Darzi
Meeting the expectations of Lord Darzi's review will require leadership, vision and team-building skills.
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HSJ Knowledge
Polyclinics, polycautious
The King's Fund has scrutinised the dream of polyclinics and urges planners to be cautious. By Candace Imison and colleagues
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News
Top ups put vulnerable patients at risk, Confed hears
Vulnerable patients risk being exploited and health inequalities widened if rules on topping up NHS services are relaxed, a panel of experts has warned delegates at the NHS Confederation conference.
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News
Lansley outlines Conservatives' plans for NHS
A future Conservative government would state the outcomes it wanted the NHS to achieve, but would largely leave NHS managers and clinicians to decide how that was delivered, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley told the NHS Confederation conference on Friday.
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News
Tories consult on NHS top ups
The Conservatives have started their own consultation on top-up payments for NHS care in the light of a government review.
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News
PCTs not ready to regulate choice, says Darzi adviser
Primary care trusts are not yet up to the job of policing choice under integrated healthcare models, a senior health adviser has warned delegates at the NHS Confederation conference.
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News
Mark Britnell announces changes to commissioning framework
The time it takes to use the framework for procuring external support for commissioners is to be slashed under plans unveiled at the NHS Confederation conference.
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News
Sustainability is key to NHS success, Confed hears
Patient experience will only improve if the NHS can sustain the gains from delivery of the 18-week referral to treatment target, delegates at the NHS Confederation conference have been told.
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Comment
Sandy Watson on local and national objectives
A new partnership framework has allowed Scotland to set clear objectives and measurement criteria for local authorities, giving the public a clearer idea of what to expect from their health services.
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News
Wales offers support for chronic pain sufferers
The Welsh Assembly today unveiled plans aimed at improving services for the thousands of people in Wales who suffer chronic pain from conditions such as arthritis and back problems.
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News
BMA delivers anti-polyclinic petition to No 10
The British Medical Association stepped up its opposition to polyclinics last week, when GPs delivered a 1.2-million-signature petition to 10 Downing Street and passed a series of no-confidence votes in the government and health minister Lord Darzi.
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News
Don't alienate private sector, warns panel
Ministers must spell out the future direction of NHS reform or risk losing the interest of the private sector, an influential panel has warned.
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News
Annual health check: PCTs let standards fall
Less than a quarter of primary care trusts believe their services have met all government quality standards.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on community tariff appeal
'The biggest black box in the NHS' was how my fellow columnist Simon Stevens last month described the £10bn or more spent by English PCTs on district nursing, therapies and other mainstream community healthcare.
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News
Confed appeals for mental health champion
The government should appoint a ministerial champion for mental health and well-being to sit in the cabinet, the NHS Confederation is urging.
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News
DH backs down on care record consent
The Department of Health is considering making it easier for patients to opt out of the electronic care record service, officials told a Commons committee this week.
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News
DH will tackle rift between senior managers and staff
Improving strained relationships between trust senior managers and staff is to become a top priority for the Department of Health.
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Leader
BMA campaign trades on fear and ignorance
One has to admire the British Medical Association. Getting people to campaign against health service closures is easy, but it takes a particular talent to get the public to campaign against service openings.
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News
Regions braced for change as plans put Darzi's vision on map
The strategic health authorities have set out their stalls but is there anything new in the proposals and are they likely to make regional variations in care inevitable? Alison Moore investigates