All Policy articles – Page 241
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Leader
Sacking managers may attract headlines but won't fix problems
After 11 years of public service reform, the government's record is still dogged by poor performance. The failure regime unveiled last week shows ministers are running out of patience.
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News
GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs
The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on on China's plans for healthcare
In Beijing a few weeks ago, discussing alternative health reform models with Chinese government officials, I was struck by the fact that at about the time the NHS Plan was being formulated in 2000, China was embarking on a similar 10-year health plan.
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News
Confed warns of globalisation risks
The long-term sustainability of the NHS faces multiple threats from globalisation, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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News
Workforce contracts under fire
NHS workforce contracts represent a 'missed opportunity' for change, today's joint report from the Healthcare Commission and Audit Commission concludes.
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Comment
Michael White on dealing with the Treasury
Right, enough of this gloom. All together now, we are going to say 'let's stay cheerful for the rest of this column, whatever happens'.
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News
Labour's NHS vision let down by reforms
New Labour's reforms have failed to deliver its vision to transform the health service, a major report has concluded.The joint Audit Commission and Healthcare Commission report finds the overhaul of the health service under the 2000 NHS Plan has, in many areas, fallen well short of expectations.
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News
Failed, fired but not yet fixed: the new realities
Shape up or we'll find someone else to do your job - that's the new, tough message from the Department of Health. But how attractive will the 'someone else' role prove to be, asks Charlotte Santry
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Comment
Good Hope Hospital one year on
Last week the Department of Health announced a tough new performance regime that could see failing managers replaced with teams from the private sector or foundation trusts. Will anyone want to take on the risk of running a bankrupt business? Heart of England foundation trust chief executive Mark Goldman argues ...
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News
Not enough cash for polyclinics, claim Tories
If no GP practices are closed as a result of polyclinics being opened, there will not be enough funding for the move, the Conservatives have claimed.
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News
Strategy aims to support carers
The Department of Health has launched a strategy to support Britain's 'unsung army' of carers, including cash to provide short breaks, support to get back into work and a pilot of annual health checks. More personalised support for carers will also be made available.
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News
Royal College of Nursing members accept pay deal
Royal College of Nursing members have voted in favour of a government pay deal worth 7.99 per cent over three years.
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News
Distance to GPs will treble, claim Conservatives
Government plans to introduce polyclinics will treble the distance patients have to travel to see a GP, from at least half a mile to at least one and a half miles, the Conservatives have claimed.
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News
Healthy communities fund launched
Every town in England will have the chance to bid for up to £5m for schemes to make their inhabitants healthier and more active, health minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.
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News
Health inequalities plans announced
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced details of £34m of spending on local programmes to tackle health inequalities, including £19m to improve life expectancy and reduce infant mortality.A national support team for alcohol will be set up to help areas with the highest rates of alcohol-related hospital admissions. ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Suspending trust chairs and non-executives
New legislation coming into force this month gives the Appointments Commission the power to suspend trust chairs and non-executives. However, suspension is unlikely to occur often, as Janice Scanlan explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Jon Restell on the NHS's 60th anniversary
Are managers going to be unwelcome guests at the NHS's 60th birthday party in July and merely bit players in the next instalment of the next stage review?
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News
Academics slam two-tier corporate manslaughter legislation
The exclusion of sectioned patients from a new law aimed at protecting people from dangerous management practices is being condemned as 'scandalous'.
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News
Trusts face green targets in bid to cut carbon footprint
The NHS will lead the way in tackling climate change by shrinking its carbon footprint by 60 per cent by 2050, the government has proposed.
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News
King's Fund bursts the polyclinic plan bubble
Lord Darzi's proposals for a shake-up of primary care polarised opinion. This week the King's Fund attempts to clarify the terms of debate and set out what will work - and what won't, writes Helen Crump