All Policy articles – Page 201
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NewsPressure on to outsource NHS back offices
NHS organisations will come under pressure over the next year to outsource their back offices and make savings in the region of 20-30 per cent, yesterday’s Treasury report on efficiency suggests.
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Anger over GP quality decision
The Department of Health has angered senior figures in primary care by appointing external consultants McKinsey to advise a panel of experts on how to measure GP quality.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Best Care Anywhere
Behind the boasting there are many useful lessons in this American account
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NewsTreasury clarifies new efficiency target
The Treasury has published its operating efficiency programme report, which says the following savings can be made “a year” compared with 2007-08:
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DH to boost third sector links
The Department of Health has launched a £5.5m programme to strengthen its links with the third sector.
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Hospital trust opens GP centre
A hospital trust in Warwickshire has become the first to take over the running of a GP-led health centre.
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NHS Employers appoints head of employment services
NHS Employers has appointed Karen Charman as its head of employment services.
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DH seeks views on new mental health strategy
A series of “listening events” is being held to gather views on the Department of Health’s new mental health strategy.
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CommentMichael Marmot on why health inequalities matter
The Department of Health’s anti-obesity Change4Life scheme may work wonders. I hope it does.
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Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
Foundation trusts have warned that NHS services risk being destabilised and fragmented under new competition rules.
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NewsCompetition panel launches inquiry into consultants' private work
The NHS co-operation and competition panel is expected to launch its first inquiry this week into NHS consultants working for hospitals other than their main employer during their spare time.
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CommentDavid and Hilary Woodhead on combining NHS efforts with local social care
A recent family lunch led to discussions about new jobs and the challenges of work, punctuated by the demands of restless kids and attentive waiters. Despite interruptions, the adults persevered.
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Ex-BBC boss joins national leadership council
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS turns to marketing to change public health attitudes
Taking lessons from commercial advertising, PCTs can use social marketing to help get health messages across effectively to their local populations. By Daloni Carlisle
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Monitor reports 'lack of appetite' for foundation trust status
An “apparent lack of appetite” for foundation status is more of an obstacle to authorising all trusts than the recession, Monitor has said.
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CommentAndy McKeon: 'Prepare to step back to the 80s'
The Budget will be the prelude to another prolonged cycle of recession and recovery for the NHS, but one positive is that lean years mean productivity takes an upturn
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Good to Great
In Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, Jim Collins sets out to answer the question: can a good company become a great company and if so, how? Many of these findings will startle and inspire, says Leonie Schell
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Green Party calls for better dentistry services
Access to NHS dentistry is down to “geographical accident”, the Green Party has claimed.
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CommentClinical mistakes: how to respond
A new approach to handling NHS complaints has been introduced. Joan Saddler, director of patient and public affairs at the Department of Health, explains what it means for clinicians and managers
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS complaints: how to give dissatisfied patients a happy ending
Big changes in the way service quality is overseen mean NHS trusts now carry a greater onus to resolve complaints themselves, says Ingrid Torjesen