All Local government articles – Page 60
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NewsCommissioning Board will dish out public health funds
The NHS Commissioning Board will have access to funding from the public health budget to commission “appropriate” programmes, the government has said.
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No judicial review request over Maidstone reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Councillors have opted not to request a judicial review against the trust over its plans to reconfigure services for women and children, according to board papers.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells invests £2m in bus service
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is planning investment of over £2m in bus services over the next five years to enhance public transport to its new hospital in Pembury after it fully opens in September.
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NewsCommissioning Board will get funds from public health budget
The NHS Commissioning Board will have access to funding from the public health budget to commission “appropriate” programmes, the government has said.
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NewsPublic health directors 'expected' to report directly to council chief execs, says DH
The government has confirmed that it “expects” directors of public health to be directly accountable to council chief executives when public health functions transfer to local authorities.
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CommentHealthWatch: local scrutiny and national tension
Although the listening exercise was meant to encompass every aspect of the proposed changes to the NHS, an important part of the reforms has been slipping under everyone’s radar - HealthWatch.
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North Devon Healthcare to do deal with council
STRUCTURE: The board of Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has been asked to agree a memorandum of understanding with Devon County Council for the “provision of integrated adult health and social care services”.
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NewsPatients paying premium for surgery calls, say MPs
MPs have raised concerns that patients are facing “additional charges” to call GP surgeries, despite the practice being banned by the government.
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More than 800 NHS Greater Manchester patients in Southern Cross homes
FINANCE: NHS Greater Manchester either fully or partially funds 838 patients staying in homes run by collapsed care home operator Southern Cross, board papers show.
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NewsLabour attacks public services reform plan
The government’s long-awaited blueprint for public service reform has been dismissed by Labour as containing “few new ideas and even fewer new proposals”.
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NewsSouthern Cross failure could speed handover of social care regulation to Monitor - Bennett
The collapse of care homes operator Southern Cross is likely to prompt the government to hand healthcare regulator Monitor responsibility for social care “sooner rather than later”, Monitor’s interim chief executive said on Tuesday.
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Barnet and Chase Farm report on Lansley's desk
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health has confirmed it has received the Independent Reconfiguration Panel’s report into hospital configuration in north London.
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NewsCameron renews push on public sector reform
David Cameron will vow today to press ahead with plans to open up public services to private providers as he publishes the government’s long-awaited reform blueprint.
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NewsNICE wants to produce guidance for health and wellbeing boards
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence would welcome the chance to help fill knowledge gaps for new health and wellbeing boards, according to one of its directors.
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NewsOverview and scrutiny panel responsible for 'a tragedy', councillor says
The former chair of a county council’s health overview and scrutiny committee has described the delayed reconfiguration of a trust as “a tragedy”, and blamed the local HOSC.
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NewsWarner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
The Department of Health is resisting reforms required to implement the fairer system of social care funding demanded by the Dilnot commission, one of the commission’s architects has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeIs public health the most at risk from reform?
While the government paused, debate was very much in action. One key discussion at doctors.net.uk has raised serious concerns that public health could be at risk from reform when responsibility for public health campaigns falls to those ill-equipped to handle it.
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NewsGovernment 'expects' DPHs to report to council chief execs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said it is his “expectation” that directors of public health will report directly to council chief executives.
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NewsDilnot commission confirms cap on care contributions
Andrew Dilnot has confirmed expectations that his commission on funding social care would propose a cap of £35,000 on individual contributions for their care today.
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HSJ KnowledgeAchieving behaviour change intervention value for money
Investment in behaviour change interventions must be justifiable. Rowena Merritt and colleagues present a set of tools that help demonstrate their cost effectiveness.