All National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) articles – Page 23
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NewsCCG performance framework missing key quality indicators
Priority areas for care quality improvement are underrepresented – and sometimes completely left out – of the proposed accountability regime for clinical commissioners.
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NewsTrusts refusing to release doctors for leadership work
Doctors are struggling to gain permission from trusts to undertake nationally important policy and leadership work, according to senior medical figures.
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NewsQuality standards hit by arm's length body underspends
Government spending restrictions are delaying key reform programmes and will mean an underspend of £40m across the Department of Health’s 15 arm’s length bodies.
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NewsCCG performance could be measured against 120 indicators
Clinical commissioning groups could be judged against up to 120 performance measures, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has revealed today.
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NewsFine hospitals restricting bowel cancer care, charity says
Hospitals that fail to offer bowel cancer patients a full range of appropriate treatments should be fined, a charity has said.
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CommentMedia Watch: government facing breast implants scandal backlash
The breast implants scandal continued to dominate the news agenda as health secretary Andrew Lansley said it was the “moral duty” of cosmetic surgery companies to offer free care to remove implants made by the French firm PIP.
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NewsLansley vows to enforce drugs access rules
Legislation meant to end the variable access to drugs in NHS hospitals will be enforced, the health secretary has told the Commons.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy early discharge in stroke care can be vital for recovery
Home rehabilitation is a vital component of improving stroke care. Mirek Skrypak and colleagues explain how they have put it into practice in north London.
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NewsTrusts could receive 'unfair' penalties without pressure ulcer guidance
NHS trusts could be unfairly penalised over the prevalence of pressure ulcers unless nationally agreed guidance on recording and measuring the condition is introduced, tissue viability nurses have warned.
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NewsNicholson: providers and commissioners will be fined for not meeting NICE guidance
Providers and commissioners will face significant financial penalties if they do not implement National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence rules on drugs and best practice.
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Trust spending on carers to be scrutinised
NHS trusts will be forced by the government to say how they spend cash intended for carers after research suggests it does not always reach the frontline.
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LeaderMake an ‘impossible job’ easier by following a NICE example
“I don’t mind people thinking I’m incompetent, although I don’t want them to,” Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower told HSJ this week.
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HSJ Local
NHS Surrey reverses IVF funding ban
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is to reinstate IVF treatment from April 2012.
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS commissioning board makes a quiet start
The establishment of the NHS Commissioning Board could prove to be one of the more momentous events in the service’s history, but the occasion went all but unmarked by the national papers.
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NewsGuidance 'misconstrued' as commissioners restrict drugs
Primary care trusts are “misconstruing” official drugs guidance in order to restrict access to treatments, a coalition of patient bodies has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to utilise a clinical audit to achieve 'equity and excellence' in healthcare
To measure quality performance within the NHS has been and still is a challenging task. New approaches to measuring and reporting need to inform the service’s overall approach if it is to use reporting to properly achieve excellence in healthcare, argues Seraphim Patel.
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NewsMS patient care not improving, report claims
NHS services for multiple sclerosis patients have barely improved at all in the past five years, a report has revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow pairing clinicians with managers could speed up clinical excellence
‘Buddying’ clinicians with managers could help both groups collectively create an environment where clinical excellence is inevitable. Bob Klaber and colleagues report.
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HSJ Local
South West Yorks nurse to advise NICE
WORKFORCE: A mental health nurse from South West Yorkshire Partnership FT has been chosen to help shape national guidance on the treatment of young people with schizophrenia and psychosis.