All Policy articles – Page 88
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CommentKelsey: Urgent action on a digital NHS is a moral imperative
The online revolution hasn’t reached the NHS
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HSJ LocalLondon trust defies government pay agreement
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has defied a government pay agreement and awarded its senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower paid staff.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Assembly shut down
The NHS Commissioning Assembly is to be closed down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDrug pricing deal change 'cuts NHS England's ability to provide care'
NHS England faces a ‘direct cut’ in its ability to provide care to patients as a result of a change to the deal that caps the price the government pays for branded medicines, a senior health economist has said.
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NewsOutside scrutiny has become ‘unforgiving’, warns longest serving NHS chief
The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, who has just marked 50 years in the service, says regulation and unreasonable expectations are making senior leaders’ roles more difficult than at any other point in his career.
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NewsExclusive: CSU procurements paused amid uncertainty over costs
At least two procurements for commissioning support services have been paused, HSJ has learned. This comes amid uncertainty over how stranded costs will be paid for if a commissioning support unit loses a contract.
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NewsBacklash expected over cancer drugs delisting
Talks are under way to identify high profile treatments to be removed from the cancer drugs fund in the coming months, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS must manage the unmet mental health needs in prison
Meeting the human rights of mentally ill inmates
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NewsDH to clip major hospitals’ power to veto tariff
The Department of Health has moved to drastically curb the power of NHS hospitals to veto unpopular proposals for the pricing of NHS services.
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NewsTrusts will be allowed to breach agency spending cap
NHS trusts will be allowed to breach a proposed cap on agency spending if they need to ensure wards are safely staffed, Monitor has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Employers lobbies Home Office over immigration rules
Nurses recruited from outside the EU are having their visa applications to work in the NHS rejected and new immigration rules are prompting some NHS nurses to resign, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister intervened in NHS England drug decisions
The prime minister intervened in NHS England’s consideration of funding for drugs to treat several rare conditions with a letter to its chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWe need clarity around how competition law will affect new care models
The integration agenda
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NewsMorecambe Bay inquiry chair to review English maternity services
Kirkup to review maternity services
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NewsNICE makes U-turn over publishing safe staffing guidance
Plans to publish safe nurse staffing guidance for emergency departments have been abandoned in a U-turn by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsHigh Court rules against regulator in pharma transparency case
A High Court judge has concluded that the Health Research Authority acted unlawfully in applying new transparency rules on pharmaceutical companies carrying out clinical trials.
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CommentWhat Hunt failed to mention in his 25 year vision
He needs to get real about seven day services
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NewsNHS England director: 'Budget constraint' to blame for hepatitis C drug delays
Delays to the introduction of groundbreaking, cost effective hepatitis C drugs have occurred because of ‘budget constraint’, NHS England’s specialised commissioning director has indicated.