All Government/DH policy articles – Page 116
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NewsFrancis report's publication date is revealed
Robert Francis QC has revealed his report on the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will be published on 6 February.
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NewsFailed NHS managers could face blacklisting
Ministers are considering creating a “blacklist” of NHS managers who preside over failure and would be prevented from working in the health service again, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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HSJ KnowledgeBasic decision making around CCG delegation
Examining the delegation options and risks open to CCGs
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HSJ KnowledgeWhere next for independent treatment centres?
ISTCS are here to stay – even if as part of a takeover
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HSJ KnowledgeChief executives are running scared
Culture of fear must be wiped out so leaders aren’t scared to take risks
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CommentHealth and health services: the next 20 years
The winning Finnamore F20 essay on the future of healthcare
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NewsNew IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
The NHS Commissioning Board’s plans to develop national policies for new treatments after just five individual funding requests could stifle innovation, it has been warned.
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NewsCommissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
The national standardisation of specialised services could prompt a wave of reconfiguration and destabilise smaller trusts, it has been claimed.
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NewsOfsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
The group asked to look into Ofsted-style ratings in health and social care may set out a long term “road map” for the introduction of a system, but believes a comparison with the schools’ regulator is “too simple”.
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CommentFree from the dead hand of Connecting for Health
“We need to link the technology to see the benefits people want”
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Local Healthwatch 'bound and gagged'
Local branches of the new “consumer champion” for health and social care will be left “bound and gagged” by government regulations restricting their campaigning activity, it has been claimed.
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NewsCameron demands extension of friends and family test
The prime minister has given his backing to plans to roll out the friends and family test to primary care, as part of a package of measures to be unveiled today to improve the quality of services.
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NewsPatient voice 'lost' in rush to specialised commissioning
A “ridiculously short” timeframe for consultation on plans for the future design of specialised services including rare cancers and neurosurgery has left insufficient time for meaningful patient engagement, patient groups have claimed.
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NewsNHS Direct chief to stand down
The chief executive of NHS Direct has announced he will step down next year.
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NewsMinister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
Funding for mental health services needs to change to remove an “institutional bias” in the NHS, health minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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NewsConfusion surrounds councils' public health budgets
Councils face fresh confusion over their public health budgets, after the Department of Health cast doubt on a claim by the Department for Communities & Local Government that the funding would rise from £2.2bn to £2.6bn.
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NewsCommissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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CCGs will choose own improvement areas for quality payment
Clinical commissioning groups will be able to choose some of their own targets for the “quality premium” pay for performance scheme, the NHS Commissioning Board’s first planning guidance reveals.
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NewsRoutine NHS services should be available seven days a week
Routine NHS services should be available seven days a week the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.