All articles by Dave West – Page 44
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NewsConfederation and FTN fill top posts
The two main NHS organisation representative bodies have announced senior appointments today.
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NewsMonitor suggests changing primary care payment
The health sector regulator has suggested primary care payment mechanisms and commissioning responsibilities should be reorganised, to improve contracting of walk-in centres.
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NewsExclusive: DH warned on barriers to migrants accessing care
An internal Department of Health report on health inequalities warned about barriers to migrants accessing care, only a month before the government announced it would extend charges for them, it has emerged.
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NewsPrimary care contracting faces cuts and possible outsourcing
NHS England’s primary care contract managers will be reorganised and reduced by September next year, with the services potentially being outsourced.
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NewsCCGs and NHS England report growing budget shortfalls
The number of clinical commissioning groups expecting to record a deficit at the end of this year has nearly tripled to 24, while NHS England is also expecting to overspend its own budgets by £93m.
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NewsHSJ commission to tackle "the major issue affecting NHS performance"
HSJ has launched a commission to investigate and help improve the hospital care of frail older people.
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NewsGovernment's candidate to be Monitor chair withdraws application
Dominic Dodd, the preferred candidate of the government to be chair of Monitor, has withdrawn his application after the Commons health committee refused to back him.
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NewsHunt criticises 'unacceptable and unjustified' NHS salaries
The health secretary has raised concern about senior manager pay and may impose a limit on the number of arm’s-length body staff earning more than £100,000.
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HSJ Local
Homeless hospital discharge scheme piloted in London
A scheme to support homeless people as they are discharged from hospital will be run across two London boroughs this winter.
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NewsIndividual responsibility has been neglected, says NHS England director
Individuals’ responsibility for their own health and use of the NHS has been underemphasised and should be made more visible by NHS England, the organisation’s patient experience director has told HSJ.
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NewsNew NHS England chief executive named
Simon Stevens, the former health adviser to Tony Blair, has been appointed NHS England’s new chief executive, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAnalysis: Simon Stevens in the UK and abroad
Simon Stevens is best known in England as a proponent of key New Labour health policies, but his focus in the US in recent years has been quite different.
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NewsMonitor asked to consider hostility to new GP providers
New primary care providers are being stifled by GP commissioner hostility, and the inability of existing practices to sell their businesses, the health sector regulator has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Mark Britnell rules himself out of NHS England chief race
Mark Britnell, who has been considered one of the leading contenders to become the next NHS England chief executive, has said he has not applied for the role.
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NewsJeremy Hunt predicts 'extremely difficult' winter
The health secretary has predicted this winter will be as “difficult” for the health service as last, when many patients waited for long periods in accident and emergency units.
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CommentNew approach to enforcing rules and incentives would be a jolt
The NHS can follow the US’s lead on payment system
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NewsBennett promises flexible Monitor
The Monitor chief executive has emphasised the need for its regulation to be flexible to respond to new types of provider, and to the need for change in the NHS.
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NewsCQC will 'campaign for more GPs and longer consultations'
The Care Quality Commission will “campaign” for longer consultations and greater increases in the GP workforce, its professional adviser on primary care has said.
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NewsPoliticians challenged to back service change ahead of election
Politicians and political parties will be put on the spot in the run-up to the 2015 general election to support major changes in the health service, under a plan developed by the NHS Confederation.
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NewsHospitals 'face £2bn cuts and financial cliff edge' - Nicholson
Hospital funding is set to be cut by £2bn as the NHS faces a potential “financial cliff edge”, NHS England’s chief executive has said.