All Government/DH policy articles – Page 83
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Unions announce second strike
The NHS is to face a second day of strike action as unions continue their dispute with the government over NHS pay
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CommentAnalysis: Still reasons to be sceptical about the better care fund
There are limits to its ability to save money
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NewsPriory Group sets sights on community contracts
A major private provider of mental healthcare beds in the UK is planning a significant expansion into the sector’s community services market
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CommentFour hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year
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NewsEmployers issue warning to doctors over contract talks
NHS Employers has threatened to close the medical consultant contract to new doctors or those changing jobs following last week’s breakdown in pay negotiations with the BMA
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CommentNigel Edwards: Patience is a virtue the forward view needs
Organic, locally tailored approaches are needed
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SupplementsRoundtable: Where should Care.data go from here?
Winning public trust is essential to making the project a success
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NewsWaiting lists for some specialties up a third
Workforce shortages have resulted in waiting lists for some NHS specialties swelling by almost a third over the past four years.
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CommentPolitical pressure is on in this age of entitlement
There’s a frenzied bidding war for a shrinking pot
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NewsHealth Education England launches student assessment tool
Universities offering healthcare courses will be required to assess the values of every potential student in face to face interviews after a Health Education England study found almost one in three were not doing so.
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NewsExclusive: Deputy prime minister puts faith in winter funding
Nick Clegg is pushing for next year’s NHS budget to be topped up with enough winter pressures funding to leave the service in a ‘healthy state’ for the next government
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NewsCollege president warns against clustering in mental health
Parts of the mental health service could be destabilised by the ‘cluster’ payment system proposed for the sector, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Acute trusts told to abandon 'fortress' mentality
Hospitals that blinker themselves to the potential of working with mental health providers will usher in their ‘own financial demise’, the NHS England official overseeing the service has warned
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News'Brave' new patient safety drive launched
England’s new patient safety drive to halve avoidable harm will not follow the usual “paternal” NHS approach to driving improvements, the director of the Sign up Safety campaign has said
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NewsMedical contract negotiations collapse
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers suddenly collapsed last night
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire health services to receive £250m as Mid Staffs dissolved
More than £250m is to be invested in the Staffordshire health economy as part of proposals to dissolve the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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CommentWhat price is a pay rise when we count the cost of Ebola?
Ignoring the strikers could still prove costly
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CommentNew targets could lead to longer waits in mental health
Improve access to psychological therapies could get worse
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NewsFurther priorities for mental health waiting times revealed
Mental health trusts could be asked to hit a suite of new waiting time targets by 2020 at a cost of more than £130m a year.
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NewsReturned drug money should not fund waiting list drive
The billions of pounds due to be clawed back from pharma firms under a new NHS pricing deal should not be diverted to help hospitals cut waiting lists, the head of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry has urged.