All Policy articles – Page 117
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NewsExclusive: Employers chief moots end to pay restraint
The head of NHS Employers has used an HSJ article to call for a debate about how to ensure a “smooth exit” from the era of health service pay restraint and possibly introduce a “living wage”.
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CommentHunt and Burnham are failing to tell their NHS story
Both are being restrained in the run-up to election
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HSJ KnowledgeThe impact of the better care fund on CCGs explained
Diverting billions into integrated care has huge implications
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CommentSometimes the NHS needs a sensible spot of panic
We need to kick up a fuss over old problems
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NewsExclusive: Mental health trust threatens legal challenge over tariff
A mental health trust has told HSJ it is considering a legal challenge against the decision by NHS England and Monitor to impose 20 per cent higher cuts for mental health and community providers than for their acute counterparts.
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Blogs
Stop looking for a quick fix from the private sector
The government puts too much emphasis on leadership and has too much admiration for private sector management
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NewsExclusive: Adebowale says differential tariff deflator policy is 'laughable'
NHS England board member Lord Adebowale has described the policy of imposing cuts to mental health and community trusts, which are a fifth higher than those for other sectors, as “bordering on laughable”.
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NewsCCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.
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NewsGovernment accused over mesothelioma legal costs
The government has been accused of purposefully “overturning” the will of Parliament and of giving false assurances that mesothelioma sufferers would be made exempt from having to use their damages payments to cover their legal costs.
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LeaderHunt tries to keep it simple, but NHS England has other ideas
Health secretary has to engage with system level change
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NewsTariff talks fail to reverse 'negligent' policy
Talks over plans to impose 20 per cent higher efficiency targets on mental health and community trusts have ended without agreement, HSJ has learned.
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CommentNo NHS hospital is an island when it fails financially
TSAs might be able to close hospitals without consultation
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NewsDrive to be launched to join up mental health crisis care
All mental health providers will be expected to implement a single point of access for patients suffering crises in the next year, NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health has revealed.
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Comment'Closing the Gap' is a crucial step to mental health parity
Closing the Gap can rectify the NHS’s institutional bias
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CommentLord Rennard crisis overshadows Clegg's mental health plan
Deputy PM was launching new policy