All Health white paper articles – Page 18
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NewsMonitor and CQC to run 'joint licence' from April 2012
Monitor will become an economic regulator of all health and social care providers from April 2012, Andrew Lansley’s white paper confirms.
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NewsPatients to be given choice of GP and consultant
Patients will be given a choice of GP practice, consultant-led team and treatment, the white paper promises.
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NewsWhite paper: DH unit will force foundation trust move
All NHS provider trusts will be regulated by Monitor from April 2013, the white paper says.
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NewsHealthWatch to be part of the CQC
The new body to “strengthen the collective voice of patients” in the NHS will be part of the Care Quality Commission, the white paper announced.
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NewsGovernment warned reform plans will 'turn NHS upside down'
PCTs are to be abolished from 2013 and SHAs in 2012-13 under the government’s ambitious plans to transfer commissioning powers to GPs.
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NewsCoalition hands public health to councils
Health white paper gives key roles to local government
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NewsPublic health directors move to local authorities
Local authorities are to jointly appoint directors of public health with a new “public health service”, which will amalgamate existing health improvement and protection bodies by April 2012.
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NewsHSJ snap survey: how will the white paper affect you?
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has today set out his blueprint for the future of the NHS in a white paper. As expected, the document contains proposals to hand the bulk of NHS commissioning responsibility to GPs.
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NewsThe health white paper in full - Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS
The full text of the health white paper
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NewsLansley: 'no job left for PCTs'
Primary care trusts will be abolished, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced in his white paper for NHS reform.
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NewsNHS blueprint due today
Ministers will set out a new results-driven framework for the NHS today, which they claim could save thousands of lives a year.
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NewsWeak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas
Evidence suggesting GPs will be more effective than health trusts at commissioning NHS services “is weak”, a report says.
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NewsDH forced to rethink NHS vision
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is battling to publish his “white paper” on NHS reform next week amid government concern there is too little detail on his reform programme.
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CommentMedia Watch: Lansley's plans for wholesale change
As rumour and speculation over cuts continues, the Financial Times reported that health secretary Andrew Lansley’s proposals for wholesale structural change within the NHS had hit a snag when seen by the committee that resolves intra-coalition government disagreements.
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NewsLansley announces public health 'vision'
Andrew Lansley has announced a “whole new approach” to public health in which, he says, the government will shape individuals’ behaviour and choice rather than control supply.