All Policy articles – Page 249
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Royal colleges call for more input from doctors at Department of Health
A medical 'vacuum' is being created at the heart of the Department of Health by the exclusion of doctors from key decision making, doctors' leaders have warned.
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DH breakdown still shows up unallocated millions
A breakdown of NHS allocations for 2008-09 provided to HSJ by the Department of Health continues to suggest that a significant amount of resources are not yet allocated.
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Jon Restell on big picture partnerships
In the winter months I need some little fantasies to spice up my working life. Let me share with you just one of many.
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Generic drugs could save PCTs £200m
Primary care trusts should do more to encourage GPs to prescribe cheaper generic drugs, the public accounts committee has said.
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Frank Burns on IT policy in the NHS
Anyone interested in how high-profile national policy is developed will have enjoyed the revelation, on Radio 4’s Wiring the NHS programme, that in 2002 then NHS IT director Sir John Pattison was given only 10 minutes to pitch the creation of the national IT programme to prime minister Tony Blair. ...
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Hospital beds - dispelling myths
Throughout the NHS's history, politicians have been under pressure to protest against proposed hospital closures. But having more beds is not always better. In fact, too many hospital beds can lead to imbalances in overall health service provision and damage the quality of services, argues Richard Banyard
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NHS in crisis, says Lib Dem leader
The NHS is one of the most unequal health services in the world, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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Will community treatment orders work?
Compulsory treatment orders are on their way but critics claim there is a worrying lack of evidence that they can help 'revolving door' patients, writes Mark Gould
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Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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Age-appropriate mental healthcare - making strides
Services for children and teenagers have long been neglected but extra funds - and a drive to keep these users off adult wards - are positive steps, says Mark Gould
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Kremlin correction
The doctored image of Richmond House in your mighty organ includes domes from St Basil's Cathedral, not the Kremlin, says Niall Smith
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NHS constitution dangerous, warns King's Fund
The proposed NHS constitution could provide real benefits, but there could be dangers if it is not thought through with care, warns a report published today by the King's Fund.
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Action needed to curb drug waste
The parliamentary public accounts committee has today called for more efficient management to make the NHS primary care drugs bill more affordable without affecting patient care.In the 10 years to 2006, the number of primary care prescriptions dispensed rose from 485 million to 752 million, while the primary care drugs ...
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Government trumpets health research excellence
The NHS is well on the way to becoming a centre for world class health research, according to a progress report from the National Institute for Health Research published today.
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Media Watch: organ donors
Prime minister Gordon Brown's Damascene conversion to presumed organ consent was, naturally, a hot topic for the press.
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Lib Dem leader outlines plans for the health service
The new leader of the Liberal Democrats has outlined his party's proposals for all patients to be given a set of 'entitlements' to treatment, based on their condition.
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Royal Marsden's cool heads and smart systems
In the wake of the west London fire, Ingrid Torjesen looks at how the hospital coped and whether emergency planning has moved on since 7/7
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Questions over infection control funds
The NHS Confederation has questioned Department of Health claims that its infection control strategy is being supported by £270m of new money.
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Unions call for rethink on pay index measure
NHS managers should receive a pay rise at least equal to the retail price index, Managers in Partnership told the NHS pay review body this week.