All Policy articles – Page 106
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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NewsProgress on choice of provider has stalled, figures show
The proportion of patients who said they were offered a choice of provider on referral has slightly fallen since 2010, despite a coalition’s commitment to oversee an increase.
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NewsEmergency services face sweeping payment system reform
NHS England and Monitor have floated proposals for sweeping reform of the payment systems for emergency healthcare, to help bring about the changes envisaged by the Keogh review of urgent and emergency care.
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CommentFocus on collaboration not liberation to innovate the NHS
Innovation is often stifled by inward looking politics
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NewsExclusive: Francis to stop the NHS's 'climate of fear' as review launches
The role of probing claims made by NHS whistleblowers could be taken out of the hands of hospital trusts, the head of a major government inquiry has indicated in an exclusive interview with HSJ.
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LeaderHunt’s ‘managed breach’ points to need for new thinking on targets
SOS’s speech didn’t propose changes
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CommentPatients, not politics: don't let talk distract from providing local care
Sustainability is key
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NewsBurnham: Prime minister 'misleading public over NHS'
Andy Burnham to say that David Cameron was ‘not up front’ about his intentions for reform during the 2010 election campaign
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs judicial review bids fail
Two judicial reviews to block the dissolution and downgrade of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been rejected by the High Court.
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NewsLocal education and training posts at risk in HEE's cost cutting review
Education and training posts across the country could be axed as part of the second phase of Health Education England’s cost cutting reorganisation.
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CommentMichael White: Compassion requires us to sort out assisted dying law
There was a thoughtful, moving debate in the Lords
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NewsFriends and family test changes announced
NHS England is to change how the friends and family test is implemented and presented after a major review concluded it cannot be used as a “single measure” for the quality of care across the health service as originally intended.
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NewsMonitor signals the end of mental health block contracts
Monitor has signalled the end of block contracts currently used to fund NHS mental health providers as part of a major shake up of the national payment system due to be introduced next year.
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CommentElection 2015: Let GPs set up 'free school' style clinics
Free clinics would raise primary care standards
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CommentWhen localism tips into a postcode lottery
With CCGs ignoring national guidelines, the ‘N’ in NHS is shaky
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LeaderThe UK needs to be attractive to overseas health staff
Having enough people is crucial to high quality care
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NewsPoll: Public back 'right to die' law change
Almost three-quarters of Britons support a change in the law on the right to die, an opinion poll has found ahead of the first parliamentary test for legislation on the issue.
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NewsMinister dismisses warning of imminent NHS funding crisis
Dan Poulter has rejected warnings from a leading think tank that the NHS could experience a funding crisis before the general election