All Policy articles – Page 200
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Overtreated - Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
This rebuts the idea that healthcare costs have to rise, says Stephen Black
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NewsManagers in Partnership 'disappointed' with Rose Gibb judgement
Managers in Partnership, Rose Gibb’s trade union, today said it was disappointed with the High Court decision not to uphold her claim for breach of contract.
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NewsRose Gibb judgement is 'the right decision', says Maidstone chief
The chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has welcomed the High Court judgement that it did not breach its former chief executive Rose Gibb’s contract.
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NewsAlan Johnson: UK among best prepared for swine flu outbreak
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attempted to calm fears over an outbreak of a new strain of flu called swine influenza.
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HSJ KnowledgePut co-ordinators at the heart of organ donation
The NHS has been challenged with upping organ donation. Stuart Shepherd looks at the vital role transplant co-ordinators can play in meeting this ambition
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NewsPublic spending cuts will be worse than predicted - Institute for Fiscal Studies
Public spending will be cut by 2.3 per cent a year in real terms from 2011-12 onwards, analysts at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said.
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LeaderFoundation trusts running out of time to meet Monitor standards
The challenges are piling up for trusts yet to clear the hurdle of achieving foundation status
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Conservatives to let patients choose individual consultant
The Conservatives have set out their intention to give patients more choice over the individual clinician providing their treatment.
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CommentMichael White on the Budget
Not a good Easter break for the extended White family. Between us we suffered a car crash, an emergency caesarian and a burglary.
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CommentFrances Blunden on the burden of NHS bureaucracy
It is generally agreed that the burden of bureaucracy in the NHS is too great.
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CommentKieran Walshe on evidence based decision making in the NHS
NHS managers need to read and engage with the latest data and evidence on health service organisation - and researchers must present this in forms busy managers can use
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CommentYour Humble Servant rides with the new Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
‘System alignment is everyone agreeing with the DH that these are four bloody good principles’
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CommentSteve Onyett on leading the NHS for alignment
An earlier column explored the first two of the Department of Health’s change principles for the NHS: co-production and “subsidiarity”. Both seek to get people working together to effect change by enabling them to fully exercise their power and authority.
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Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
The arid financial landscape for the health service confirmed in yesterday’s Budget means the days of clinicians avoiding responsibility for managing money are over.
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Budget 2009: NHS privatisation should be victim of savings, says union
The largest trade union in the country has said government efficiency savings should be targeted at the “costly, creeping privatisation” of the NHS.
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Budget 2009: Improve NHS productivity or cut services - King's Fund
The NHS will face “significant cuts in its services” from 2011 unless it can become more productive, the King’s Fund said in response to today’s Budget.
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Budget 2009: Don't punish NHS for excesses of 'greedy bankers' - Unison
Trade union Unison has warned against punishing public services for the excesses of “greedy bankers”, following the government’s Budget statement.
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Budget 2009: NHS asked to cut £2.3bn from plans in 2010-11
The Department of Health has been asked to contribute £2.3bn to the Treasury’s £5bn of public spending cuts in 2010-11.
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DH team launched to reduce infant deaths
The Department of Health has launched a national support team to reduce differences in infant mortality rates in the face of a looming deadline.
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UK government warns over EU health plans
Patients should not be able to charge the NHS for hospital services they receive abroad without first seeking permission from their primary care trust, the government has said.