All Government/DH policy articles – Page 99
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Almost 900 consultants receive excellence awards
Almost 900 medical consultants in England and Wales have been awarded clinical excellence awards for 2012, it has been announced.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor chief executive says it would be 'mad' to force unnecessary tendering
The chief executive of healthcare sector regulator Monitor has rejected claims that controversial new competition regulations could lead to a sharp increase in competitive tendering for NHS services.
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CommentWill the government’s response to Francis improve care?
More inspection may not improve quality
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NewsExclusive: Hospital leaders say 'chief inspector' role won't work
73 per cent of hospital chief executives believe the government’s proposed overhaul of regulation and inspection will be ineffective
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NewsScheme to bar failed NHS managers will affect “miniscule numbers”
NHS managers guilty of “gross misconduct” will be prevented from moving to new jobs within the health service, the government’s response to the Francis report has proposed.
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LeaderGPs dodge the spotlight of scrutiny as hospitals face full glare
The government brings back old ideas
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NewsMore hitches for NHS 111 launch
GP out-of-hours providers have been drafted in to handle calls which were due to be received by the new NHS 111 service across the North West and West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly 50 trusts 'have no independent future'
Nearly 50 NHS trusts are likely to face merger or franchised management as they are unable to gain foundation status in their current form, HSJ has learned.
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CommentOfsted-style ratings can only work with conditions
Hospitals are too complex for a simple ratings system
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NewsExclusive: Employers warn against new laws post Francis
Creating new laws with the threat of criminal sanctions in the NHS would be the wrong response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, according to NHS Employers.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 21 March 2013
Concern that NHS staff feel they have to comment anonymously online, and a reader makes a recommendation
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NewsBan on gagging clauses is 'smoke and mirrors'
High level announcements about restrictions on the use of confidentiality clauses have “limited significance” but may help to clarify their effect for staff, lawyers have told HSJ.
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CommentCompetition isn't always the best option
We must be carfeul with how NHS competition is used
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HSJ KnowledgeTrust will underpin change in the new NHS
Managers and staff need to be open with each other
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NewsExclusive: Nicholson forced to correct evidence to MPs over Gary Walker
Sir David Nicholson has been forced to write to MPs to correct comments he gave in relation to sacked hospital chief executive during evidence to the Commons public accounts committee, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGary Walker says he was threatened and removed from job
Former hospital chief executive Gary Walker has told MPs he was threatened and removed from his job in a row with then health authority boss Dame Barbara Hakin.
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NewsExclusive: Gary Walker did tell Nicholson he was a whistleblower
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker did seek to be treated as a whistleblower when he approached Sir David Nicholson with patient safety concerns, a document seen by HSJ reveals.
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NewsNHS pay rise could result in 'radical' savings plans
The government’s decision to give NHS staff a one per cent pay rise could push NHS providers to seek further cuts in terms and conditions, HSJ has been told.