All Policy articles – Page 100
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NewsMaking NICE guidelines mandatory ‘counterproductive’, says former chair
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s former chair Sir Michael Rawlins has criticised NHS commissioners for ‘poorly implementing’ the body’s guidelines but said making them mandatory would be ‘counterproductive’.
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LeaderPoliticians are still playing the blame game over whistleblowing
Neither side seems to note the irony
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DH backs shifting national safety functions to single body
The Department of Health has said it “makes sense” to combine national patient safety functions into one organisation, following today’s Francis review report.
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NewsFrancis unveils plan to fix 'serious problem' of NHS's whistleblower treatment
A new national independent officer’s role should be created with responsibility for overseeing the investigation and treatment of NHS whistleblowers, Sir Robert Francis has recommended.
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CommentTalk is anything but cheap: MPs in agreement can be dangerous
Mitochondrial donation and the danger of politics
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NewsLords 'dismay' over fast tracked avoidable harm bill
Members of the House of Lords have accused civil servants of trying to ‘short circuit’ the parliamentary process to pass a law on avoidable harm.
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NewsExclusive: 'Monopoly' fears over £350m scans contract
The decision to award a 10 year contract covering more than half of England’s PET-CT imaging service to a single company has created a ‘monopoly’ that could damage NHS interests, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: NHS managers urged to reject 'divisive' pay offer
NHS managers will be urged to reject the government’s latest pay offer in a ballot of union members, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentGhosts of political past haunt the election run-up
Conservative and Labour grandees pipe up over their party’s policy directions
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NewsBennett: Monitor-TDA merger makes a lot of sense
Monitor’s chief executive has said he can see “a lot of sense” in merging his organisation with the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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NewsCQC row with Circle over Hinchingbrooke laid bare
The row between the Care Quality Commission and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust and Circle, the private company which runs the NHS hospital, has been laid bare during a heated evidence session held by MPs.
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NewsUpdated: Hospital objections scupper controversial 2015-16 pricing plans
The NHS will go into what is expected to be its toughest financial year yet with no nationally agreed set of prices for services, after controversial 2015-16 tariff proposals were resoundingly rejected by the dominant providers.
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NewsCabinet ministers focus on delayed transfers ahead of election
Ministers across government are focusing on attempting to cut the rate of delayed transfers of care in a renewed effort to improve accident and emergency performance ahead of the general election.
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NewsLabour plans 'accountable providers' for joined up health and social care
Labour plans to introduce an ‘accountable provider’ for frail older people under its 10 year plan for the NHS funded via a ‘year of care tariff’. This suggests a new role for trusts as lead providers of joined up health and care services.
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NewsExclusive interview: Ed Miliband on NHS reorganisation, competition and funding
A Labour government would not instigate a ‘top-down reorganisation’ of the NHS,Ed Miliband has told HSJ
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NewsLabour promises to shield voluntary sector from preferred provider plans
Labour has pledged to shield voluntary sector organisations from the effects of its “NHS preferred provider” policies by giving not-for-profit providers “longer and more stable arrangements”.
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NewsLabour pledges new savings by cutting NHS 'bureaucracy'
Labour has pledged to target duplication and bureaucracy they say has been caused by the Health Act 2012, raising the prospect of organisational changes if they form the next governement.
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News'No evidence' to justify local midwifery regulation
Local regulation of midwives should be scrapped according to a report by the King’s Fund which has found “no evidence” to justify its existence.
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NewsMonitor angers CCGs with advice on community services
Commissioners have voiced concern that their efforts to integrate services will be hampered by ‘enforced competition’ after Monitor released a report warning them against simply rolling over existing community services contracts.