All Policy articles – Page 86
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NewsHunt speech: Health secretary sets out '25 year vision'
Jeremy Hunt has promised ‘more transparency in return for fewer targets’ in a major speech setting out his vision for the direction of the NHS over the next 25 years today.
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NewsLords approve devolution bill 'wrecking' amendment
The government has suffered a blow to its insistence on places adopting directly elected mayors in return for substantial devolution deals.
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CommentKirkup: Morecambe Bay will happen again if underlying causes aren't eradicated
It’s an opportunity to improve
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NewsExclusive: Providers expected to use unofficial NICE staffing guidance
NHS providers may have to increase the number of nurses in emergency departments after regulators and the Department of Health suggested trusts need to consider new safe staffing evidence from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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CommentBudget: If pay restraint doesn't hold, the £22bn efficiency savings will be tough
The immediate future looks grim
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NewsExclusive: Devolved authorities could 'share' NHS functions
Combined authorities could ‘jointly’ hold NHS powers, instead of them being removed from government or health service bodies entirely, under government devolution plans, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBig week at HSJ celebrating excellent leadership and safe care
This is a week packed full of events at HSJ as we announce the winners of the Patient Safety Awards, and name this year’s Clinical Leaders, Best Places to Work, and our inaugural Patient Leaders.
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NewsNHS England hits back at highly critical Care.data report
NHS England has hit back the assertion by an independent watchdog that delivery of the controversial Care.data patient record sharing initiative has been dogged by ‘unresolvable problems’.
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NewsHealth secretary could overturn devolved decisions
Decisions made under Greater Manchester’s proposed devolved health and social care system could be overturned by the health secretary if they think the decisions are “wrong”, a minister has indicated.
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NewsCommunities secretary explains barriers to devolution deals
No devolution deal will be signed off unless local enterprise partnerships are ‘at the heart’ of proposals, communities secretary Greg Clark has warned.
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NewsPHE chief questions £200m public health cut
Public Health England’s chief executive has reportedly questioned whether the Treasury’s demand for a £200m in year cut to public health budgets was a ‘thoughtful’ decision.
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NewsLamb: £22bn NHS efficiency savings ‘virtually impossible’
The plan for £22bn efficiency savings outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View are ‘virtually impossible’ to achieve, a former health minister has said.
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SupplementsMedicine optimisation can cut the costs of long term conditions
The most effective use of medicines
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NewsCall to extend hepatitis C drugs access after £190m funding boost
A charity has called for NHS England to allow all hepatitis C patients to access new treatments. It comes after the arm’s length body announced a much delayed commissioning policy for cirrhosis.