All Policy articles – Page 103
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CommentMichael White: A bad week to feel sorry for MPs
Lamb and Ellison were both secretly recorded
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NewsCouncils urged to toughen health scrutiny
Local authorities have been urged to step up their scrutiny of NHS providers, as a survey revealed funding for such checks has dwindled.
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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NewsExclusive poll: Public fear for the future of free healthcare
Voters fear the principle of free healthcare is in danger and that the NHS is threatened by the private sector, an HSJ/FTI Consulting survey has found
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NewsNHS England struggling to balance £97bn budget
NHS England this week confirmed it had still not managed to set plans to balance its £97bn budget for 2014-15, in what experts saw as a sign that the NHS overall could face financial crisis sooner than expected.
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NewsDH highlights five areas for £2bn savings drive
The Department of Health has pinpointed five key areas where it wants the health service to cut costs in a bid to slash £2bn from the 2015-16 budget, HSJ has learned.
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Medical graduates should be denied full medical licence, says BMA
Proposals aimed at improving the training of junior doctors will put patients at risk and waste taxpayers’ money, the BMA has said
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HSJ PartnersIntegrated care is the public sector's greatest challenge
It requires a huge change in behaviour and leadership
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NewsSarah Wollaston elected Commons health committee chair
Conservative MP for Totnes, who is a former GP, succeeds Stephen Dorrell
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NewsExclusive: Extra cash must be put into nurse training schemes, says Lord Willis
NHS Employers should plough greater resources into in work training schemes for the nursing workforce, the head of a major review of the profession’s education and training has said.
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NewsNon-acute leaders join Dalton review panel
Two healthcare chiefs with experience in the non-acute sector have joined the Dalton review panel
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NewsHunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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CommentElection 2015: The Tory manifesto will be shaped by internal tensions
The Conservatives will need a radical document
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LeaderStevens’ nuanced view of change challenges cultural conventions
NHS England has to take more risks
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NewsDH expects to lose 85 per cent of overseas visitors and migrants costs
The Department of Health expects to recover up to around 15 per cent of the estimated £2bn of costs shouldered by the NHS for overseas visitors and migrants
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NewsBetter care fund gives integration a 'bad name', says Burnham
The government’s better care fund is in danger of giving “integration a bad name” and of tipping the NHS over a financial cliff next year, Andy Burnham has said
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CommentIf I was a politician I'd watch Simon Stevens like a hawk
The new chief is different from his predecessor