All articles by Dave West – Page 75
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NewsCriticism launched at ‘armchair audit’ idea
Concerns have been raised about the abolition of the Audit Commission by the chair of the government’s independent ethics advisory body, the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
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NewsFTs call for lighter control
Foundation trusts are in conflict with Monitor over the future regulation of their financial planning and governance.
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NewsIT shake-up leaves key components unaltered
A shake-up of NHS IT announced by the government has left key elements of the national programme for IT unchanged.
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NewsWhite paper leads to shake up in top posts at SHAs
UPDATED: Department of Health announces managers who will lead the transition implementing the white paper.
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BMA advice suggests 100 commissioning groups for England
The BMA GP Committee has published guidance for GPs on forming commissioning consortia.
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NewsGovernment announces major NHS IT shakeup
The government has announced significant changes to the National Programme for IT, which it says will give more choice and flexibility to NHS organisations.
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NewsWarning over scale of task of replacing PCTs
The true scale of the task which will be picked up by GPs, local authorities, the national commissioning board and other agencies following the abolition of primary care trusts is being significantly underestimated.
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NewsPCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
With GP consortia on course to take over commissioning, a report seen by HSJ shows PCTs have been preparing the ground well by getting to grips with the fundamentals of local priority setting. Dave West explains
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NewsEmergency admissions bypassing GP referrals
The government may be over-estimating the ability of GPs to control emergency admissions.
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NewsNo accord on mortality measures
A nationally agreed hospital-wide mortality indicator will not to be in place before the publication of this year’s Dr Foster Hospital Guide, it has been confirmed.
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NewsMPs question Pickles on shock Audit Commission abolition
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has claimed his surprise announcement of the abolition of the Audit Commission, during the Parliamentary recess, was necessary.
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NewsAudit Commission seeks independent role
The Audit Commission has appointed a managing director to lead its transition to an independent audit practice.
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NewsDH puts Monitor chief job on ice
The government’s civil service recruitment freeze is delaying Monitor from recruiting a new chief executive, despite urgent calls for “strong leadership” at the regulator, which is set to be given sweeping new powers.
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NewsFoundation trust chief calls for state support
Foundation trusts will still need state backing for private loans, according to a chief executive who lost £464m in government funding for a hospital scheme.
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Blogs
'The health secretary is publishing dodgy figures in the name of transparency'
Two of Andrew Lansley’s big summer announcements have irked some in the NHS for a number of reasons, and they were both information publications of sorts.
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NewsClinical coding improving, says Audit Commission
The accuracy of hospital trusts’ clinical coding has improved significantly in the past three years, but remains very poor at some organisations, according to the Audit Commission.
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NewsLansley attacks 'damage morale and independence'
Ministers have been accused of undermining NHS managers’ independence and morale with public attacks on their work.
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NewsMonitor set local authority concerns aside
Monitor has declined to act on local authority concerns about major foundation trust service change on at least two occasions in the last year, it has emerged.
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NewsCare trust plus chief executive quits for hospital
The chief executive of North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus is leaving the organisation after 10 years.
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NewsDoctors want leadership roles, poll for HSJ suggests
Most doctors believe the service they work in would be best managed by other doctors, but a lack of time and obstruction from managers is preventing that from happening, according to a poll for HSJ.