All Government/DH policy articles – Page 184
-
CommentAngela Greatley on community mental health treatment
Supervised community treatment was one of the most controversial aspects of the 2007 Mental Health Act. The new powers were introduced in November 2008, since which time some 1,200 requests for second opinions to ratify such orders have already been made.
-
News
Economic downturn forces many PCTs to rewrite funding forecasts
Primary care trusts are having to redraft their five year strategic plans because of out of date assumptions about funding in 2011-12.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Working Hours: two ways to reduce junior doctors' hours
Two different trusts have focused on ways of working within specialties as the route to compliance on junior doctors’ hours
-
HSJ KnowledgeWorking Hours: NHS organisations on track to meet working time directive
Most NHS organisations are on track to have their staff working an average of no more than 48 hours a week by 1 August
-
HSJ Knowledge
Working Hours: top tips to meet the working time directive
Here is a collation of invaluable tips from experts on achieving the European working time directive
-
HSJ Knowledge
Working Hours: how to work less without compromising training
Rethinking its emergency service enabled Homerton University Hospital foundation trust to maintain junior doctors’ training time while achieving compliance on hours
-
HSJ Knowledge
Working Hours: communication and teamwork generate results
It was communication and collaboration that put Alder Hey Children’s foundation trust on track for EWTD compliance
-
News
Commissioner's office monitors NHS information disclosure
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun monitoring NHS organisations for compliance with the model publication scheme, which came into effect on 1 January under the Freedom of Information Act. Public authorities must ensure people can easily identify the types of information that will be routinely disclosed.
-
CommentStephen Eames on patients driving change
Delivering radical reform in public services was the government’s battle cry in last month’s white paper Working Together - Public Services on Your Side. Given the parlous state of the country’s finances, the message will be exactly the same from any future government.
-
News
Fears grow over capital for NHS schemes
There are growing concerns about the availability of capital funding for NHS schemes.
-
LeaderNHS commissioners hold the secret to thriving beyond the recession
With even the chancellor having to admit his forecast was woefully wide of the mark, the NHS could be forgiven for basing its financial planning on sunny spells rather than torrential rain.
-
Comment
Richard Lewis and Matthew Bell on healthcare market stimulation
Commissioners will have to sharpen their understanding of healthcare markets and see carefully managed competition as a tool that works for the benefit of patients
-
News
Strategic health authority advice to PCTs when planning for 2011-12
HSJ contacted the following primary care trusts to ask them what advice their strategic health authorities had given them regarding planning for 2011-12.
-
News
Diagnostic test waiting times fall sharply
Diagnostic waits have fallen sharply over the last month, Department of Health statistics show.
-
NewsCare Quality Commission defends Cynthia Bower
The Care Quality Commission has defended the appointment of its chief executive Cynthia Bower after the Conservatives called for an independent inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire foundation trust scandal.
-
News
MPs launch inquiry into cancer treatment inequality
MPs are to launch an inquiry into “postcode lotteries” in cancer treatment.
-
NewsCare Quality Commission names trusts registered with conditions
Four foundation trusts and six primary care trusts are among the 21 organisations that have failed to assure the new regulator they are meeting infection control standards.
-
News
New staff vetting regulations delayed
The government is to delay the introduction of new safeguarding regulations for 11 million staff working with vulnerable adults and children.
-
News
NICE to review GP quality incentives
The Department of Health announced yesterday that it will be handing responsibility for reviewing clinical indicators included in the GP quality and outcome framework to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
-
News
DH rewrites top-ups guidance
The Department of Health has rewritten its guidance on co-payments following fears of increased bureaucracy for primary care trusts and hospitals.