All Government/DH policy articles – Page 169
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HSJ KnowledgeTotal Place: why working together boosts independence
Offender management in Luton and Central Bedfordshire is cumbersome and costly. In the second article in our series on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how the NHS, local government and agencies are using the scheme to tackle this
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NewsDH dismisses own advisory panel's claims on procurement and competition as 'anecdote'
The Department of Health has dismissed as “anecdote” a report from its own cooperation and competition panel that warned a “significant number” of NHS commissioners were at risk of legal challenge because they were not following procurement rules.
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NewsSHAs plan staff cuts of up to 10pc
Strategic health authorities are actively exploring cutting local NHS workforces by up to 10 per cent in order to make the £15bn-£20bn savings required by 2014.
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CommentThomas Hughes-Hallett on a better place to die
Despite significant improvements in recent years, care of the dying is too often a lower priority than saving lives.
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NewsMany commissioners breach NHS competition rules
The NHS cooperation and competition panel has warned that a “significant number” of commissioners have left their procurement process open to challenge.
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NewsBill Moyes calls for DH unit to tackle ‘lethargic’ non-FTs
The outgoing executive chair of Monitor spent his last days in post urging the Department of Health to establish a new body to tackle “lethargic” trusts that have still not applied for foundation status.
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NewsBill Moyes takes pride in rocking the foundations
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes leaves the foundation trust regulator this week with no regrets about his stormy journey, as he tells Sally Gainsbury in his final interview
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NewsSHAs return to topslicing budgets
Strategic health authorities are introducing stringent financial rules and mandatory topslicing in a bid to keep the NHS in balance next financial year.
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NewsManagers face professional regulation and tighter vetting
Managers would be regulated for the first time under a proposal being developed by the Department of Health in the wake of safety fears sparked by hospital scandals.
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Foundation seeks pay rise below Agenda for Change rate
The only foundation trust outside the national pay framework has made its first real attempt to break away from national pay rates.
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NewsProvider arms given timetable to vertically integrate
Most primary care trust provider arms will be expected to integrate with acute or mental health trusts by the end of March 2011, HSJ has learned.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsCare UK chief hits out at renewal process as ITC contracts expire
The process for renewing contracts for the first independent treatment centres has been described as a “pig’s ear” by the chief executive of the largest independent provider in that sector.
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CommentCan healthcare spending thaw icy economies?
Health spending represents great value both as a short term economic stimulus and for its long term economic benefits.
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NewsCancer care plans could cut costs
Primary care trusts could make significant cost savings by adopting a more personalised approach to the follow-up care of cancer patients, national clinical director for cancer Professor Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsDH delays student funds shake-up
The Department of Health has decided to delay implementation of proposals to shake up doctor and nurse training funding for at least another year.
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NewsFour nations research reignites row over targets
A report comparing the healthcare systems within the UK has reignited the political row over targets.
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NewsFour countries’ pulses beat to different tunes
The devolved nations of the NHS are showing striking contrasts in productivity and performance, with Scotland’s policy paths in particular appearing to have led its services into a much less healthy state than England’s. Alison Moore reports
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NewsSwine flu preparations cost £1bn
The government spent more than £1bn in preparation for a flu pandemic, it has been disclosed.
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NewsDepartment of Health defends NHS energy contracts
The Department of Health has defended NHS organisations that have signed cut-price energy contracts that allow gas supplies to be cut off with minimal warning.