All Policy articles – Page 120
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'Inherent conflict of interest' in specialised services commissioning
The small number of clinicians involved in providing some specialised services can lead to a conflict of interest, a patient group has warned.
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UKIP suspends candidate after NHS spending slur
A UK Independence Party candidate has been suspended over suggestions that compulsory abortion should be considered for foetuses with Down’s syndrome or spina bifida.
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NewsCommissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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NewsCommissioning board pledges paperless referrals by 2015
The health service will move to paperless referrals by March 2015, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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NewsFT wins Ministry of Defence contract to serve British troops
England’s largest foundation trust has won a £365m contract to continue providing healthcare services to the British army in Germany.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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NewsDistrict general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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NewsHunt promises Francis recommendations will not add to bureaucracy
Implementing recommendations from the report into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will not add to the bureaucracy faced by NHS managers, the health secretary has said.
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LeaderOfsted’s education in crisis management
Is Jeremy Hunt envious of education secretary Michael Gove?
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LeaderThe strategy that dare not speak its name gets a new champion
Jeremy Hunt puts IT back on the agenda
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CommentIs the government doing enough?
Experienced leaders will have to prevent cracks in the system as the NHS changes
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'Significant' risk in specialised services upheaval, says board
The new commissioning system for the £12bn specialist services budget in 2013-14 will be “radically different” but its introduction involves a “significant” risk, the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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NewsHunt puts 'technology revolution' in his top four priorities
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has identified a “technology revolution” as one of his top four priorities for the NHS for the first time.
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CommentHistory shows the health benefits of a smoking tax
The chancellor could boost public health and finances
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NewsLamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale, locally led “experiments” in integrated care that could enable commissioners to move away from the payment by results tariff system.
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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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Health action party targets coalition seats
A new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS has said it will target the seats of high-profile Tories, including prime minister David Cameron, at the next general election.
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NewsExclusive: Lamb signals new wave of integration experiments
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale integrated care “experiments”, which could result in a movement away from payment by results, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsReport: NHS slipping on Innovation, Health and Wealth targets
There has been a “disappointing” lack of local engagement with the government’s plan to improve the spread of innovation in the NHS, new research has concluded.
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NewsAnti-NHS reforms party launched
A group of healthcare professionals is today launching a new political party dedicated to opposing the government’s reforms of the NHS.