All National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) articles – Page 6
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NewsQueen’s Speech may include new powers for fining trusts
The Queen’s Speech could cover new patient safety legislation, including giving the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch extensive new powers, such as the ability to fine trusts and seize equipment.
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NewsAndrew Dillon to end his 20 year reign at NICE
Sir Andrew Dillon will step down as the chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in March 2020 after more than 20 years in the role.
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NewsNHS told to follow government line on Brexit
NHS arm’s-length bodies, including NHS England, have been told to make sure all their communications are “aligned” to the government’s stance on Brexit.
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NewsSingle women IVF ban will be reviewed
South east London commissioners have pledged to carry out a “rapid review” of their policy to deny IVF treatment to single women.
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HSJ LocalSpiralling child waiting list forces CCG to take action
Record numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism in Devon have forced the local CCG to seek an additional provider to try and tackle the backlog of approximately 1,800.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts charging for ops restricted on the NHS
Hospital trusts are continuing to allow patients to pay to have procedures which are banned or tightly restricted on the NHS, sparking a protest letter from NHS England.
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News£5bn care problem being ‘ignored’, warns national lead
The NHS is ignoring the £5bn cost pressure stemming from wound care, the national wound care strategy lead has warned.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Improving Safety in Medicines Management Initiative
Winner Arden and GEM CSU with Norwich CCG: Improving patient safety through annual care home medication reviews
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year
Winner University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and West of England Academic Health Science Network: PRCePT1 (prevention of cerebral palsy in preterm labour) quality improvement initiative
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NewsSafety of health apps to be tested in government 'sandbox'
The regulation of “less than perfectly accurate” health apps is to be overhauled, Matt Hancock’s senior tech advisor has said.
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LeaderChildren with cancer need an end to the 10-year Marsden standoff
“The language of priorities is the religion of socialism” – and the NHS, Nye Bevan might have added.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Pharmacy and medicines optimisation award
Winner Salford Royal Foundation Trust: Salford polycystic kidney disease multidisciplinary clinic – pharmacy-led drug education and management When a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved treatment for polycystic kidney disease became available in 2015, Salford Royal FT set up specialist clinics and ensured patients had information to help them ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2019: Diabetes care initiative of the year
Winner Barking and Dagenham Clinical Commissioning Group: Tackling inequalities in diabetes care in Barking and Dagenham – local improvement scheme The 37 practices in Barking and Dagenham CCG have improved their care of diabetic patients with 67.2 per cent of patients receiving the eight care processes recommended by National Institute ...
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NewsTragic death of 19-year-old 'inextricably linked' to four other fatalities
A senior coroner is investigating whether the deaths of five patients with eating disorders in Cambridgeshire are connected by systemic care failings, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ AwardsIdentifying and preventing TB in the community
Newham clinical commissioning group has won the 2018 HSJ Award for community or primary care services redesign (London and the south) for the Newham latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment programme. Alison Moore reports
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NewsExclusive: Government drops key safe staffing measure
Publication of nurse staffing levels at each hospital in England – introduced after the Francis Inquiry to boost safety – has been quietly dropped, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentDillon: We should have thought harder on safe staffing
This week: Sir Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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NewsRevealed: CCGs restricting access to basic treatments
Nearly one in five clinical commissioning groups are restricting access to at least three basic elective surgeries and treatments, according to researchers.
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HSJ InteractiveDigital health: What’s the point?
Jonathan Bloor lists the core tenets that leaders should remember as they work towards implementing digital technologies to deliver the long-term plan
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NewsExclusive: CCG inefficiencies 'blocking' access to IVF
Commissioning inefficiencies are said to be “blocking” patients’ access to IVF, as new data reveals some areas are spending at least twice as much as others on a single cycle of fertility treatment.