All Policy articles – Page 246
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Media Watch: GP opening hours
Doctors were in the spotlight this week, after the British Medical Association advised GPs to accept a new contract that means practices will open for longer.
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Welsh epilepsy plan first of its kind
Pressure is mounting to address failures in epilepsy care across the UK after the launch of a groundbreaking plan in Wales.
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Training cuts could stifle talking therapy
A government pledge to make 'talking therapies' more available is being jeopardised by higher education funding cuts, training providers have claimed.
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PCTs 'would gain power by a constitution'
An NHS constitution would address the 'woefully inadequate' relationship between commissioners and patients, shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has claimed.
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Sophie Christie on the Lucentis drug controversy
The latest media celebration of how terrible the NHS is gathers pace. The press has been reporting that people are going blind because they are being refused a drug (as opposed to going blind because they have a degenerative disease). Yet the fourth estate seems to be missing a far ...
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Primary care leaders call GP resistance 'unhelpful'
Primary care leaders have joined the argument over extended hours after GPs warned they may refuse to take part in local audits on opening times.
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Mayor flags up his blueprint for the future of London's health
Preventable inequalities in health are unacceptable in a leading world city and have huge economic and social consequences, according to London mayor Ken Livingstone.
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Monitor blocks Unison court move on private patient income
Monitor has attempted to block Unison's judicial review by launching a three-month consultation into its interpretation of the foundation trust private patient income cap.
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The BMA is standing between patients and a better service
Not content with grossly misrepresenting the government's position on opening hours, the British Medical Association has now resorted to sabotage to block modernisation of our primary care services.
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Care 'top-up' ban may face day in court
A leading solicitor has warned that the government's ban on NHS patients 'topping up' their care will end up before the courts.
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Auditor finds PbR has 'questionable' impact on efficiency
Payment by results has had a 'questionable' impact on driving up efficiency in the NHS, the Audit Commission has concluded.
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All or nothing: patients are told no to private top-ups
Patients who choose to buy drugs that the NHS will not fund are being told they will have to pay for all their treatment - not just that part. Should trusts relent and offer mix-and-match packages of care, or would that mean a two-tier service? Alison Moore reports
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GPs in impossible position - BMA
GPs have accepted an option from the Department of Health that will see practices open for a further 30 minutes a week for each 1,000 registered patients.But they feel they have been put in an impossible position, the BMA has said. All GPs will be balloted on the move later ...
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NHS reform is stalled, think tank claims
The government is in denial about the stalled progress of NHS reforms on the ground, think tank Reform has claimed.
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Green light ISTCs, government urged
The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to green light more independent sector treatment centres.
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National IT programme: log in to the future
From robot surgeons to a comprehensive database and picture archive, electronic systems are the way forward, says Sir Jonathan Michael of BT Health. He believes security will be high and personalised care enhanced. Rebecca Norris reports
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Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important
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Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important
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Hilary Thomas on
One of my enduring impressions of the NHS is that of mythology. Not the classical Greek type representing animal/human chimaeras but perhaps equally contradictory.There are a number of platitudes which people love to cite: “free at the point of delivery”, “the GP as gatekeeper”, and first prize has to go ...
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Hilary Thomas on challenging NHS rhetoric
One of my enduring impressions of the NHS is that of mythology. Not the classical Greek type representing animal/human chimaeras but perhaps equally contradictory. There are a number of platitudes which people love to cite: “free at the point of delivery”, “the GP as gatekeeper”, and first prize has to ...