All Policy articles – Page 108
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CommentThe Barker report provides some much needed rationality
The NHS is heading into uncharted territory
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NewsPressure grows for action on sepsis
Identifying and treating sepsis could soon be given the same attention as reducing pressure ulcers or hospital acquired infections, with campaigners claiming Sir Bruce Keogh is “supportive in principle” of increased national focus on the condition.
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NewsMPs call for action on pancreatic cancer
Patients suffering from the “silent killer” of pancreatic cancer are treated like tennis balls as they are passed between their GP and doctors, MPs were told yesterday.
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CommentNHS finances might be tight, but it's time to give more to mental health
Making tough decisions
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NewsDoctors to contest ministerial seats in 2015 election
Aggrieved doctors are planning to stand against the prime minister and the health secretary at the next general election.
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CommentWhy I went on the 300 mile march to save the NHS
We oppose the government’s treatment of the NHS
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CommentLet's challenge politicians' 'patients first' rhetoric
People are still getting left behind by ‘the system’
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NewsMP in call over community hospitals
The government should “go further” in recognising the central role of community hospitals in providing local, cost-effective healthcare, a Tory backbencher has said.
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CommentThe NHS is a campaigning tool on both sides of the border
The service is a key topic in Scotland and England
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NewsDH hires new director to NHS oversight role
The Department of Health has hired Ben Dyson as its director of the NHS group.
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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