All Government/DH policy articles – Page 90
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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.
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CommentEnd Game: The healthy way to smash through
‘Disruptive Women in Healthcare’ take aim at NHS’s career glass ceiling
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CommentAnalysis: England's summer waiting list initiative fails
The government push to clear the backlog hasn’t worked
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry set for another delay
An investigation into maternal deaths and failings at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust looks set to be delayed for the second time.
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NewsClegg wants £500m mental health investment
The Liberal Democrats would seek to invest an additional £500m a year in mental health services if they formed part of another government, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLib Dems reveal mental health funding boost and waiting targets
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg will today announce £120m investment in mental health services and the introduction of waiting time targets for the sector.
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CommentLib Dems join the pre-election bidding war but will voters listen?
Both major parties’ pledges are implausible
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NewsNew bailout conditions for struggling trusts outlined
The government plans to attach new conditions to bailouts for financially struggling trusts, a health minister has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Ombudsman seeks new powers to investigate NHS
A new public services ombudsman should be established with powers to probe the decisions of clinical commissioning groups and councils, the Parliamentary Health Services Ombudsman has said.
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CommentIrrational UKIP appeal puts pressure on the mainstream parties' NHS pledges
Voters are wary of the various NHS pledges
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NewsCameron promises weekend access and 'named GP'
The prime minister will today promise a Conservative government would give everyone access to a GP seven days a week by 2020, while announcing all patients will have a ‘named GP’ from April next year.
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News'Francis effect' stalls as nurse numbers fall
The rapid increase in registered nurses employed in the NHS has stopped, with numbers now falling for the first time this year
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NewsUnison to strike on turnout of just 16 per cent
The NHS Confederation has questioned the legitimacy of next month’s planned NHS strike after it emerged that just 16 per cent of Unison members took part in the vote.
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CommentConservatives will only meet Labour's NHS pledge halfway
The Tories are under pressure to respond
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SupplementsFat chances: Leadership survey results
HSJ’s leadership survey suggests the NHS has not been cut to the bone
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CommentLocal issues need local solutions, not another top-down restructure
Clinical commissioning is key
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HSJ KnowledgeHarmonise culture and leadership: The formula for successful hospital chains
Avoiding the pitfalls of establishing chains, according to a Swiss health chief executive
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NewsDH weighs into baby death probe
The Department of Health has begun brokering talks between NHS England and the Care Quality Commission in a bid to close the “gap” in the care complaints regime revealed by an HSJ investigation.