All News articles – Page 1165
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Complaints staff desert Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission is struggling to cope with the hundreds of complaints it receives each month from patients as staff desert the watchdog ahead of next year's regulation changes.
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Welsh health minister Edwina Hart moves centre stage
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has axed the internal market and put herself centre stage in a wholesale reform of the country's NHS.
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Care vs security in mental health services
Excitable media coverage means the public is in fear of mental health service users. Should a very low level of security be accepted or should the emphasis shift towards public safety? By Charlotte Santry
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Insurance model on the cards for elderly care
The Conservatives are considering insurance-based schemes to fund care for the elderly as a way to defuse the 'demographic time bomb'.
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Bruce Keogh outlines quality comparisons plan
Plans to expose bad care and poor patient safety are to be taken forward with a consultation on the first NHS quality framework.
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NHS North West leads the way with bonus scheme
Acute trusts in the North West are to be paid bonuses for performance against a series of clinical quality measures.
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New body set to improve public health profile
A 6,000-strong campaigning organisation has been formed from the merger of two existing public health groups.
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Carers behind bars
Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.
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Poor PCT networking holding back NHS reforms
Poor networking and planning by primary care trusts is holding back reform of urgent and emergency care, a major Healthcare Commission review has found.
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NHS managers must fight back with facts and figures
I do wish health service managers would fight back with some hard facts and comparisons about the value of their contributions.
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Auditors praise NHS trusts' financial management
The NHS has undergone a 'cultural shift', with nearly all organisations now meeting standards on financial management after years of poor performance and spiralling deficits.
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Andrew Lansley pledges to double the count of single rooms
The Conservatives have pledged to almost double the proportion of single rooms in NHS hospitals within the first term of a Conservative government.
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Q&A: Andrew Lansley on the single-room promise
HSJ asks Andrew Lansley about his pledge to give every patient access to a single room in five years.
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Adult mental health spend stays patchy
NHS spending on adult mental health services increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms last year to £5.5bn, but is still unequal between regions.
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Mid Staffs takes positive action over A&E staff levels
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has 'responded positively' to Healthcare Commission concerns over Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department.
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Government sets out health strategy at home and abroad
The Department of Health has launched a government-wide strategy to tackle global health problems.
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London puts short-term health targets above inequalities
NHS London is deferring work on health inequalities to focus on improving commissioning and delivering Lord Darzi's vision.
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Former chief and board slated in £87m Bromley debt probe
A highly critical report into how a hospital trust built up more than £87m of debt has uncovered serious failings by its former chief executive and board.
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HSJ online debate on world class commissioning - tomorrow
Don’t forget to tune in to HSJ’s free, interactive, online debate on world class commissioning tomorrow morning at 9.30 (2 October).Expert speakers include Gary Belfield, Simon Stevens and Andrew Donald. It will be essential viewing for all those looking to achieve world class commissioning.
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Wales announces radical NHS reforms
Wales' eight acute trusts and 22 local health boards will be replaced with seven unified primary and secondary care organisations under a reform programme that scraps the internal market.