All Policy articles – Page 259

  • News

    DoH is tackling bureaucracy, progress report claims

    2007-12-11T15:19:17Z

    The Department of Health has published a progress report on efforts to reduce the burden of regulation on NHS and social care services.

  • News

    Health policy lags behind NHS priorities, says report

    2007-12-11T14:52:41Z

    Health policy is 'tackling yesterday's problems' and failing to keep up with key priorities such as improving treatment for people with long-term conditions, says a report published today.

  • News

    Scotland aims to improve dementia diagnosis

    2007-12-10T11:25:16Z

    Targets for early diagnosis of dementia, guidance on supporting people with substance misuse and mental health problems, and a mental health collaborative to drive change around targets have been announced in Scotland.

  • News

    NHS money to go on social care

    2007-12-10T11:19:22Z

    People receiving social care are to be given control of their own budgets. NHS money will be allocated to councils to spend on social care services to keep people out of hospital.The programme, Putting People First, was set up with the support of six government departments and health and social ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Secure care: improving life in locked wards

    2007-12-10T09:00:00Z

    The latest specifications for housing patients in medium secure care clarify the rules and include welcome proposals to improve life in locked wards. Rebecca Norris reports

  • News

    GP abortion trials begin

    2007-12-06T10:39:35Z

    Trials have begun to test whether early abortions could be carried out safely in GP surgeries in England.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    First wave ISTCs: what do we know?

    2007-12-06T09:00:21Z

    Four years after the first wave of independent sector treatment centres, the Department of Health has provided data on their performance. Unfortunately, this is almost useless in answering questions about their impact on waiting times.

  • Comment

    Simon Stevens on the science of incentives

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    During the coffee break at a seminar I once attended, I let slip that I thought two of my fellow panellists seemed 'quite switched on'. 'Yes,' a delegate replied, 'they've both got a Nobel Prize'. Umm, amazing powers of insight, Stevens.

  • News

    Figures underpinning Darzi's London review 'dodgy'

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    Questions have been raised over the 1.4bn annual savings identified in junior health minister Lord Darzi’s blueprint for healthcare in London.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Personalised healthcare: put the customer in control

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    Evidence demonstrates that customising services is effective - patient outcomes are improved and the provider gets better value for money. Angela Coulter and Don Redding argue for a personal health service

  • News

    Home care push for cancer patients

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    Cancer patients will spend less time in hospital and more will be treated at home or by community services under a five-year vision to improve cancer care.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: cancer strategy

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    The furore over party funding squeezed most health coverage out last week, but it made a return to the headlines as the government briefed newspapers on its new cancer strategy.

  • News

    Stroke victims will get immediate brain scan

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    Stroke victims will get a brain scan within an hour under a new 10-year government strategy to improve survival rates.

  • News

    Plunging waiting times reopen dispute over clinical benefits

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    The government's focus on cutting waiting lists can lead to resources being drained away from treatments for those in the greatest medical need, academics have claimed.This week the Healthcare Commission praised NHS organisations for 'genuinely dramatic' improvements in waiting times. But research from the Royal Society of Ophthalmologists has found ...

  • News

    Mental health advocacy services delayed six months

    2007-12-06T09:00:00Z

    Advocacy services for mental health patients subject to community treatment orders are not expected to be introduced until six months after the orders are brought in.

  • News

    Learning disabilities consultation launched

    2007-12-05T10:10:09Z

    A consultation on learning disability policy has been launched by the Department of Health.

  • News

    Stroke strategy calls for quicker MRIs

    2007-12-05T10:05:21Z

    The government today announced its 10-year strategy for stroke services.The £105m package includes plans to spend £12m on a public awareness campaign.

  • Comment

    Building sustainability in the NHS estate

    2007-12-05T09:00:00Z

    Lorraine Brayford argues that sustainability should be a priority in healthcare design and recognises those already working to deliver sustainable healthcare buildings for the future

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Transforming lives with psychological therapies

    2007-12-04T09:00:00Z

    A Department of Health programme that is making evidence-based psychological therapies more widely available than ever before means thousands of people and their families are having their lives transformed. Evidence shows the programme can reduce GP consultations and acute care activity, alleviating pressure when the NHS is working hard to ...

  • News

    Healthcare Commission slams learning disabilities care

    2007-12-03T11:05:38Z

    Services for people with learning disabilities provide poor care, with safety and quality not up to modern standards in even the best services, according to a report by the Healthcare Commission.The report says that although staff were committed to services, service users were often deprived of their human rights and ...