All Policy articles – Page 116
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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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Stevens steps back from '15 specialist centres' plan
The new NHS England chief executive has distanced himself from the organisation’s previously stated ambition to concentrate specialised services in “15-30 centres of excellence”.
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NewsStevens backs patient choice 'wherever possible' in NHS
NHS patients should be free to choose their provider whether public or private, Simon Stevens has said.
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NewsStevens on: Finance and health secretaries
Simon Stevens has indicated the NHS has early plans to meet about half of the looming £30bn gap; and has suggested greater transparency may be driving a trend toward “patient champion” health secretaries.
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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
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LeaderHunt dodges the tricky issues of NHS finance
Health secretary avoided talking about funding in HSJ interview
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NewsHunt: Safety and technology are key to surviving squeeze
The NHS can withstand the financial squeeze it faces during the next parliamentary term by adopting new technologies and making care safer, the health secretary has claimed.
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CommentThe NHS needs a 'Bank of England moment'
How to transform the service’s reconfiguration policy
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NewsDalton downplays talk of 'superheads'
Sir David Dalton has rejected the idea that his review is about extending the concept of “superheads” from education to the health service.
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CommentAlan Johnson: Dementia strategy needs to transcend party politics
Let’s have a new vision to tackle this major health issue
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CommentThe friends and family test works best if we forget about scores
Patient’s comments are far more important
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NewsFriends and family test 'unreliable' comparison tool, in-depth study concludes
The friends and family test has been described as an unreliable means of comparing hospital healthcare. The finding comes in a new in-depth study, released weeks before a review into the tests is to be published by NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Labour inquiry finds 'evidence' for repealing Health Act
An inquiry chaired by an influential Labour MP has concluded that markets in healthcare increase inequalities and that the Health Act 2012 should be repealed.
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NewsTrust must prove benefits in £240m IT bidding competition
Trusts bidding for a share of NHS England’s latest £240m tranche of its technology fund will come under increased pressure to prove proposals deliver significant economic benefits.
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Comment'We must make public consultations more meaningful'
They are an impediment to implementation
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NewsMiliband promises £100m primary care boost
A Labour government would boost primary care services with £100m from savings elsewhere in the NHS, the party leader has said in a key speech this evening.