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NewsAvoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director
Co-operation and competition panel director Andrew Taylor has revealed some of the basic mistakes primary care trusts have made when tendering out services.
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HSJ KnowledgeDavid Nicholson on NHS challenges
David Nicholson talks about the challenges ahead of the NHS including improving quality and reducing costs while fostering good working relationships.
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HSJ KnowledgeAlastair Campbell on the stigma of mental health
Alastair Campbell talks about the stigma and discrimination attached to mental health and how the NHS must lead the way in improving conditions for patients
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NewsPlan for cuts, David Nicholson warns NHS Confed conference
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned the NHS must plan for real terms cuts, despite protestations from the government and the Conservative opposition that they would continue to give it real terms increases. Read on for video interviews with David Nicholson and managers attending the NHS Confederation conference 2009 ...
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NewsTake on more risk to increase share of health market, private companies told
Private companies must take on more risk if they want to gain a bigger share of the primary and community care market.
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NewsAndy Burnham refuses to match Conservative promises on spending
New health secretary Andy Burnham has refused to match or better his political shadow’s pledge to give the NHS “real terms” funding increases from 2011-12.
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NewsAndy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS
Health secretary Andy Burnham has said prevention of ill health will be a major plank of health policy on his watch.
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NewsBurnham backs review of private patient income cap
Health secretary Andy Burnham has backed a review of the limit on foundation trusts’ income from private patients.
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NewsCampaign to tackle NHS pension 'myths'
NHS Employers is launching a “myth busting” campaign to prevent a backlash from resentful private sector employees struggling in the recession.
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NewsNHS staffing levels 'to remain static'
Funding shortfalls and cutbacks mean NHS staffing levels will likely remain static at best over the next five years, experts have said.
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NewsPCTs find there are no shortcuts to freedom
Pursuing the rewards for world class commissioning unveiled by the Department of Health this week looks likely to prove a test of every PCT’s whole operational strategy. Helen Crump reports
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LeaderTime is short but the chance to make a difference is real
New health secretary Andy Burnham’s second stint in the Department of Health is, like the first, defined by financial crisis.
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NewsConcerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
NHS contracts with private providers could fall foul of EU competition rules if they allow excessive profits, a briefing paper from the NHS Confederation warns.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on caveats for consolidating mental health spending
A question for commissioners: what is the “right” proportion of your annual funding to spend on mental health?
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NewsPCTs call for tariff and GP contract reforms
Radical reworking of the payment by results tariff and the GP contract is needed to make the savings required in the financial downturn, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsNHS survival may depend on a ‘series of big changes’
The NHS may not survive unless dramatic action is taken to manage investment cuts, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsFT chair slates ‘barking mad’ duplication
Trusts should be able to show regulators a “yellow card” if they duplicate information requests, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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NewsManagement consultant costs to be laid bare
The daily rates of a management consultants employed by NHS organisations could soon be published.
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NewsAndy Burnham: don't sideline NHS quality
Raising the quality of services is the best way to improve productivity as NHS spending is cut, and this should not be a time of “gloom”, the new health secretary has told HSJ.
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NewsFormer DH adviser warns NHS funding shortfall could run to billions
A former senior policy adviser at the Department of Health has warned the NHS could face a financial shortfall of billions of pounds in as little as four years.