All Policy articles – Page 236
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HSJ Knowledge
Dame Carol Black on clinical responsibility
My interest in the changes in the NHS workforce has mostly focused on frontline staff - participants in the millions of clinical encounters that are at the heart of the service.
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HSJ Knowledge
David Peat on 60 years with the NHS
Call it a fortuitous coincidence if you will, but the NHS and I share the same birthday. Not to the day, but near enough.
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS
A few years ago, the service was in the spotlight for plugging staffing gaps with overseas workers. Now restrictions have been imposed as vacancies evaporate. Is the NHS right to aim for a 'self-sufficient' workforce?
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News
Health ministers affirm commitment to NHS principles
The four UK health ministers have issued a joint statement on the core principles of the NHS.
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Comment
Partnership is key to delivering Lord Darzi’s NHS vision
Lord Darzi’s Final Report High Quality Care for All puts quality at the heart of the NHS. His vision can only be achieved on the required scale through new forms of partnership between public, private and third sectors.For healthcare providers, there are some exciting incentives to encourage new service models:As ...
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News
Campaign to tackle mental health inequalities
The Royal College of Psychiatrists had launched a three-year campaign to tackle inequalities in mental health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Alan Johnson on narrowing the gaps in health equality
Health inequalities blight our communities. It is unacceptable that in the first decade of the 21st century, the length of a person's life is still determined by where they were born and their social status.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lessons in success: delivering on health inequalities
Three leaders who are tackling inequalities in deprived areas explain why their initiatives are working
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HSJ Knowledge
Adding value with national support
The aim of national support teams is to reflect back the work of trusts and local authorities and to support change, as director Cathy Hamlyn told HSJ
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News
Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
Up to £1bn - or 3 per cent - of annual hospital trust income will be contingent on meeting service quality requirements by 2010-11.
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HSJ KnowledgeA glance towards the next 60 years of the NHS
Looking back over the past 60 years reminds us of some familiar debates in the NHS: concerns about financial sustainability, wastefulness, and rationing of resources are all familiar issues today.
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News
DH behind in Olympic planning race
Senior managers have attacked the Department of Health for failing to face the health and safety challenges of the 2012 Olympic games.
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Comment
Nigel Edwards on Darzi's big ideas
The 'once in a generation' billing given to health minister Lord Darzi's review, published this week, might have caused some alarm after so much change in the last few years.
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News
HSJ talks to Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi
While the past 10 years of NHS reform were designed to increase capacity, the next task is to increase quality and personalisation and give more power to clinicians and patients. Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi explain their plans to Richard Vize
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HSJ Knowledge
Gordon Brown pledges to free and empower staff
The prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to 'back to the hilt' NHS staff when they want to improve services.
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News
Lansley slams Darzi's 'bureaucratic' regional roles
Greater influence proposed for strategic health authorities has raised fears about regionalising the NHS.
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News
Unions call for caution on direct elections move
Unions have called on the Scottish government not to divert money from frontline care by introducing direct elections to NHS boards.
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Leader
Darzi review will be a success when it causes managers grief
Lord Darzi’s next stage review has been met with a remarkable degree of support. The few critics have failed to shoot any substantial holes in it.
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News
Conservatives will support parts of Darzi review
The Conservatives have welcomed parts of the Darzi review, saying they will support proposals that chime with their policies.
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Comment
Media Watch: response to Darzi
If Lord Darzi reads his press he will be basking and bawling in equal measure.