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Operating framework: concerns over missed targets
The operating framework 2007-08 identifies some concerns about NHS targets - in particular, missed mental health targets and risks around the 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
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Operating framework: PCTs to assess services
All primary care trusts will have to conduct a service review programme next year to examine the services they commission.
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NHS and politics inseparable, says PM adviser
An NHS independent of politics and politicians is 'a chimera' and risks undermining its tax-funded base, Professor Paul Corrigan, health adviser to the prime minister, told a King's Fund debate last week.
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Every GP practice to get kitemark rating
Every GP surgery is to be rated from next year under a kitemark scheme backed by the Department of Health.
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GP star-rating talks called off over fears of misuse
Any system of 'star-ratings' for GPs now looks unlikely after the Royal College of GPs broke off talks with the government over the proposals.
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DoH opts out of traffic light rating for PCTs
The Department of Health has decided not to give primary care trusts an overall traffic-light rating at the end of fitness for purpose assessments.
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Test strip price cut is 'step back' in diabetes care
People with diabetes could suffer if the Department of Health goes ahead with planned cuts in the prices for glucose testing strips, an industry body has warned.
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Central procurement to fill GP gaps
The government is to take control of the majority of procurements for GP services in 30 under-doctored areas in England, HSJ has learned.
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DoH invites private bids for PCT management
Scores of private consultancy and insurance firms are vying to win a place on a list of companies government-sanctioned to manage commissioning for primary care trusts.
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Audit Commission and NAO calls for debt bail-outs
Ministers should reconsider their decision not to bail out trusts with historic deficits, a report by the Audit Commission and National Audit Office has recommended.
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Demand management 'not a panacea'
The NHS risks 'pinning too much' on the financial gains of demand management, a leading voice in primary care has warned.
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Some trusts will stay in red, MPs warn
Some NHS trusts will never get back into financial balance, one of the government's turnaround advisers has admitted.
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Chair quits over private power
A primary care trust chair has resigned in protest at the increasing role of the private sector in the NHS. Rochdale PCT chair Debbie Abrahams spoke to HSJ after her announcement at a public demonstration in Manchester.
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LIFT eight times more expensive, MPs told
Primary care trusts are paying up to eight times as much per patient for GP surgeries built by local improvement finance trusts, a report from the Commons public accounts committee has found.
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Global fall in measles deaths
Deaths from measles have fallen by 60 per cent worldwide since 1999, according to the World Health Organisation.The fall in deaths from 873,000 in 1999 to 345,000 in 2005 beats the United Nations goal to halve measles-related mortality rates and is largely thanks to a 75 per cent decline in ...
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Special report: PCT futures
In December, HSJran the PCT Futures conference in London, bringing together a wide range of speakers from government, primary care and the independent sector. In this special report we examine some of the main themes to emerge, from the complex arguments around splitting commissioning ...
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Stephen Thornton on independent information for better healthcare
'Without good information on the quality of healthcare at a systems level - issues such as access, effectiveness and safety - there are no clear sign posts for policy makers, clinicians and managers about where and how to make improvements.'
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Getting involved improves your health
New research shows that social participation is just as important for improving the health of older people as medical intervention.
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Health networks for children and young people
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has released a report calling for health services for children and young people to be delivered within networks of care.