All Government/DH policy articles – Page 91
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NewsLamb proposes new laws to empower health and wellbeing boards
New laws should be introduced in the next parliament to give health and wellbeing boards extra powers including the ability to independently hold budgets, Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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CommentWill Miliband's 'save the NHS' rhetoric match Labour's modest tax proposals?
Voters care about remedies
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LeaderThe results of English devolution could be profound for the NHS
It is unclear how but the impact will be huge
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NewsExclusive poll: Public approval for government's NHS handling grows
The past three months have seen a strengthening of public approval for the government’s treatment of the NHS, an exclusive HSJ/FTI Consulting poll has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeTransforming services: is the feeling toward social enterprises mutual?
Overcome the obstacles
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NewsNHS faces strike action after Unison poll
The NHS could be hit by strike action as soon as next month after a majority of Unison members voted in favour of industrial action over pay.
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NewsLabour insists scrapping NHS competition would not require major upheaval
A legal adviser to the Labour Party has rejected claims it would have to ‘dismantle’ the commissioner-provider split in order to remove the effect of EU procurement rules on the NHS.
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CommentDe-industrialised Britain is the biggest loser of open trade
Debate over the US/EU partnership
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NewsMental health wait times 'too long'
Almost one in six mental health patients are attempting suicide as they face ‘unacceptably long’ waits for help, experts have warned.
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NewsA&E and elective performance stalls
Accident and emergency department performance has deteriorated in recent weeks while planned activity failed to increase in July, according to new data.
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NewsNaylor: The current government did not understand the NHS
The chief executive of one of England’s most high profile trusts has said the government did not understand the NHS when it came to power, and that recent health service reforms have created ‘a bureaucratic monster’.
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NewsMPs back legal move to enable 'super CCGs'
MPs have approved a motion to give clinical commissioning groups greater flexibility and control in the way that they work to commission healthcare services for their communities.
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LeaderTensions grow as NHS reaches make or break month for waits
More time must be spent on primary care
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NewsUpdated: Troubled trust reveals huge waiting list
A huge, previously unreported waiting list of more than 90,000 patients has been revealed by one of England’s most troubled trusts. It comes amid an intense national drive to tackle politically sensitive waiting targets.
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CommentNHS finances might be tight, but it's time to give more to mental health
Making tough decisions
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NewsDoctors to contest ministerial seats in 2015 election
Aggrieved doctors are planning to stand against the prime minister and the health secretary at the next general election.
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NewsCSU independence plan put on hold
NHS England has paused a project that would enable its commissioning support units to become independent in just over two years.