All Primary care articles – Page 288
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Public health must move in 'corridors of power'
The voice of public health must become less 'fragmented', according to new Faculty of Public Health president Professor Alan Maryon Davis.
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New group to co-ordinate specialisms
A new national body will be set up by the Department of Health to co-ordinate the commissioning of specialist paediatric and orthopaedic services.
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Noel Plumridge on the non-exec conundrum
'How can one challenge yet remain part of the team? That's the non-executive dilemma'
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DoH should contract out tariff-setting, says report
The Department of Health should look at 'contracting out' elements of the tariff-setting process, according to a hard-hitting report commissioned by ministers.
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Conservatives want GPs to control funds
The Conservative Party has proposed handing control of NHS budgets to GPs and replacing waiting targets with measurements of improvements in health outcomes.
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Potential conflicts investigated
The Department of Health is 'constantly' checking for conflicts of interests arising for firms such as McKinsey hired to give the government advice, MPs heard last week.
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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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The Fall Guys: staff safety is a major concern
Violence against NHS staff is still at unacceptable levels, with incidents often unreported and perpetrators uncharged. Emma Dent reports
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Ombudsman points to failed leadership over complaints
Leadership and management failures are evident in many of the complaints against the NHS handled by the parliamentary ombudsman.
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Learn from complaints, trusts told
Concerns about GP clinical treatment and care surrounding hospital deaths are the recurring themes of thousands of complaints sent to the Healthcare Commission.
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Drug manufacturer to complain over 'disgraceful' NICE secrecy
The manufacturer of an Alzheimer's drug has made a formal complaint to the NHS ombudsman accusing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of secrecy for refusing to make public the mathematical model it used in the decision to restrict use of the drug.
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Private companies to join support framework
The Department of Health is set to announce next week the list of private companies that have won a place on the government's national framework for procuring external support for commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Local health community Demonstrators
The NHS Integrated Service Improvement Programme is working with strategic health authorities to support the change agenda.
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HSJ Knowledge
New system for processing commissioning data sets
The NHS-Wide Clearing Service was decommissioned on 31 December 2006. The secondary uses service is now the single NHS wide system for processing commissioning data sets.
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Noel Plumridge on questioning commissioning
As HSJreaders will be aware, the Department of Health is keen to improve standards of commissioning in the NHS.Much has been written in recent months about demand-management techniques (or rationing, as we used to call it) being the route to financial happiness. About the ...
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Tender rules loosened for commissioners
Practice-based commissioners will not have go out to open tender 'in many cases' when switching where they send patients, the government's guidance on commissioning was expected to rule today.
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Competing commissioners ruled out
The government has no plans to introduce competition between NHS commissioners, the prime minister's health adviser told the NHS Alliance conference.
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Service 'collapse' warning
The clinical director of a sexual health service has warned that it is on the brink of collapse because of spending cuts.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinicians under the spotlight
Tackling performance problems is rarely easy, but there is experienced support to call on. Dr Rosemary Field explains
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Surgical spirit soars in defence of the clinician
Royal College of Surgeons president Bernie Ribeiro is on a mission to stand up for education and to set up a national audit of clinical outcomes to convince commissioners of ISTCS' shortcomings