All Government/DH policy articles – Page 136
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NewsLib Dem MPs oppose health reforms
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have piled pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley’s NHS shake-up plans by backing a Commons motion urging caution against how the reforms are implemented.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly diagnosis will accelerate the delivery of better cancer care
GPs’ ability to refer patients directly for diagnostic tests will support timely treatment or reassurance as part of the strategy to deliver better cancer care, says doctors.net.uk medical director Dr Tim Ringrose.
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NewsReforms 'will turn clock back to the 1930s'
Plans to reform the NHS could return healthcare provision to the days of the 1930s and ’40s, one of Britain’s leading doctors have warned.
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Comment'There are no winners while there is 'them and us' tribalism in the NHS'
“Them and us”. All too often an off-hand remark and the death knell of a beautiful conversation, usually with the word “tariff” thrown in.
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CommentEffective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time
The chief executive of a troubled NHS trust recently remarked to me: “The problem was, we thought we worked for the regulators, not for our patients.”
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Comment'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
The grand old health secretary risks getting the new consortia stuck on the hill, unless a change in strategy to push them higher up the slope of success is attempted.
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NewsFirst ambulance trusts achieve FT status
South East Coast and South West ambulance services have become the first ambulance trusts to achieve foundation status.
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HSJ Local
Bournemouth and Poole to lose chief exec in clustering arrangements
WORKFORCE: NHS Bournemouth and Poole’s acting chief executive has announced she will stand down at the end of March.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall PCT engages with public on NHS reform
STRUCTURE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have organised a series of 11 public meetings to discuss the effect of NHS reform on local service configuration.
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HSJ Knowledge'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
At a recent senior company team meeting, I was discussing the changes envisaged in the Health and Social Care Bill and raised the notion about writing this article and calling it “any willing price”.
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HSJ Local
Funding fears for teenage pregnancy services in South Birmingham amid PCT "red risk"
PERFORMANCE: Young people in south Birmingham are not being referred to services aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, even though conception rates are running at 41 per cent above target.
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NewsPublic health directors warned of cool welcome
Not all public health directors and their teams will be welcomed by local authorities, the Local Government Association has warned.
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CommentAndrew Dillon: the new mission for NICE
The white paper Liberating the NHS and the Health Bill currently going through Parliament describe a radically new architecture for the NHS together with a new, outcomes based approach to driving improvements in care.
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NewsNHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
NHS Direct has renewed its ambition to become a foundation trust and is pinning its future viability on becoming a “major provider” of the NHS 111 urgent care service.
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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NewsUnions' fury at PM privatisation plans
The prime minister has been accused of trying to take the UK back to the “divisive” years of the 1980s after suggesting that all public services could be opened up to private companies.
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NewsMinisters warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
Seven areas with high levels of health and social care integration have formally warned the government that its “inflexible” approach to NHS reform will force them to dismantle their current arrangements.
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NewsCameron unveils privatisation drive
Almost all public services could be opened up to private companies under plans being put forward by prime minister David Cameron.
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NewsReforms will break up NHS - Healey
The health reforms being pushed through by the government will lead to the break-up of the NHS, Labour has warned.
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CommentCompetition can work, but only with the right tactics
“Competition in health care should be tactical not ideological”. This was the main message from the “Competition versus integration in the NHS” debate organised by the Cambridge Health Network and the King’s Fund