All Government/DH policy articles – Page 135
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NewsDoctor warns over mental health care 'vacuum'
There is a “massive problem” of depleting numbers of mental health doctors, a leading psychiatrist has warned.
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NewsHalf of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care
Patient care is set to get worse in the next few years, according to nearly half of NHS staff surveyed in a government poll.
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NewsParliament to approve regulations on dissolving failing consortia
New regulations will be introduced on the NHS Commissioning Board’s powers to intervene and even dissolve failing clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsLansley: 'We want to take people with us'
Concessions in the NHS reforms were made under pressure from the medical professions, health secretary Andrew Lansley admitted in a speech to GPs yesterday.
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CommentThe government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
The government is in a tough spot at the moment, but it can be eased if it heeds the lessons of the NHS Plan era, argues House of Lords independent member Nigel Crisp.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat happens if the Health and Social Care Bill is scrapped?
In an era of health service reform that has been punctuated with queries of “what next?” it’s worth considering how the health service landscape would look if, as some are speculating, the Health and Social Care Bill is actually scrapped, says Beachcroft public law partner Stephen Hocking.
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NewsGP-private healthcare link raises conflict of interest concerns
The government’s reforms have raised fears about the risk of financial conflicts of interest after a survey suggested that large numbers of the doctors on new commissioning boards will have links with private healthcare companies.
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NewsCameron backs Lansley's handling of reforms
Prime minister David Cameron has endorsed his health secretary Andrew Lansley as they announced major changes to the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsGovernment accepts 'core' Future Forum proposals
The government has accepted most of the NHS Future Forum’s recommendations, including watering down Monitor’s role on competition and scrapping the foundation trust deadline.
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NewsCameron: parts of Health Bill to be recommitted
“Parts” of the Health Bill will be sent back to committee stage of the Commons, the government is to say imminently.
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NewsFuture Forum: government should stop 'slagging off' managers
The government should stop “slagging off” managers and urgently establish the NHS Commissioning Board to give them more certainty, the NHS Future Forum has said.
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NewsConsortia should have governing bodies, says Future Forum
The Health Bill should be amended to require commissioning consortia to have “a governing body that meets in public”, the NHS Future Forum has said.
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NewsFuture Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia
The health secretary must remain “ultimately” accountable for the NHS, Monitor’s proposed role in promoting competition should be “diluted” and consortia must have a governing body that meets in public, the Future Forum has recommended.
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NewsCameron and Clegg set for backbench showdown over reform
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are preparing for a showdown with disgruntled backbenchers over changes to the proposed NHS reforms, amid complaints they have been “playing politics” over the package.
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NewsCrucial report on NHS reforms released today
Recommendations on how best to amend the government’s reform plans for the NHS are to be unveiled later today.
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NewsHealth Bill could be sent back to MP committee
The proposed health service reforms could be sent back to a committee of MPs, a senior government minister has confirmed.
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Comment'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'
The hostile opposition towards private involvement in NHS provision is growing ever louder. But politics is getting in the way of policy, and the private sector is not the villain in NHS reform, argues NHS Partners Network director David Worskett.
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NewsPublic Health England 'will not be trusted' as part of the DH
Leading public health experts have called for Public Health England to be independent of the Department of Health in order to maintain public confidence.
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NewsCameron handling of NHS a 'catalogue of broken promises' - Healey
David Cameron was accused of breaking his promises on the NHS as he announced changes to the controversial package of reforms.
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NewsMonitor duty to support integration of care
Monitor will be given a new duty to consider integration within the NHS and with social care, as part of the government’s changes to the Health Bill.