All Government/DH policy articles – Page 94
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plan to withhold incremental pay rises
One in three NHS organisations intend to tame their salary bills by withholding pay increments from staff, a survey of senior HR managers indicates.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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NewsNMC presses government ahead of Queen's Speech
The nursing regulator has urged the government to introduce a bill to transform healthcare regulation in the Queen’s speech this week.
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CommentIf I was a politician I'd watch Simon Stevens like a hawk
The new chief is different from his predecessor
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NewsSimon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
Stevens uses first major interview to warn that “deep seated structural problems” will require parts of the NHS to “completely reinvent what we mean by a hospital”.
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NewsReview of 'overdefined' specialised services underway
Responsibility for commissioning some specialised services, such as chemotherapy and renal dialysis, could be handed to clinical commissioning groups as part of an NHS England review.
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NewsHunt: Safety and technology are key to surviving squeeze
The NHS can withstand the financial squeeze it faces during the next parliamentary term by adopting new technologies and making care safer, the health secretary has claimed.
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CommentAlan Johnson: Dementia strategy needs to transcend party politics
Let’s have a new vision to tackle this major health issue
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NewsNHS England shakes up top team as junior directors leave
The NHS England top team is to be shaken up amid a string of departures of less senior directors from the organisation.
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Comment'There's no discrepancy in the A&E data, it's just not true'
We must question the credibility of the College of Emergency Medicine study
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NewsMental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.
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NewsMental health rising as reason for helping homeless
Mental health has become an increasingly significant reason for housing homeless people, an analysis of figures recorded by councils show.
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NewsNHS to keep health visitor funding until after general election
More than £650m a year of public health funding will be withheld from local authorities until after next year’s general election, it has emerged.
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CommentNICE nursing ratios hit the target but miss the point
Safe staffing and good care involve more than just crude nurse ratios
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NewsNICE staffing guidance warns of harm risk in nursing ratio
Hospitals employing staff ratios of more than eight patients per nurse on a “regular basis” can increase the risk of harm in adult hospital wards, draft government-backed guidelines show.
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NewsMid Essex seeks TDA rescue deal
Mid Essex Hospital Trust will seek to broker a financial rescue package with the NHS Trust Development Authority next month to put it on a sustainable financial footing.