All Policy articles – Page 266
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Scotland's pledge on opening hours faces GP resistance
The Scottish government has set itself on a collision course with GPs by promising extended practice opening hours as part of a package to improve access to primary care.
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Operating framework's localist spin unravels
Will NHS chief executive David Nicholson be eating words as well as turkey this Christmas?
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Government ignored warnings over medical training reforms
The government sidelined two top medical advisers to rush through the doomed online recruitment system for junior doctors, MPs were told last week.
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DoH responds to social care ethics review
The Department of Health has published a response to the recommendations of the Planning Group on Ethics Review in Social Care Research.
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Lib Dem leader calls for 'bonfire' of NHS targets
Newly elected Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg outlined his vision for the NHS in a recent blog entry. He said he would devolve control of the NHS to locally elected representatives and have a 'bonfire of central targets'.
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EU health tourism plans delayed
A controversial European Commission directive that was set to open the way for EU patients to travel abroad for treatments at the expense of their home countries has been delayed.
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3rd sector
More voluntary organisations would work alongside the NHS as 'strategic partners' under government plans to modernise the health service's investment in the third sector. The Department of Health has launched a consultation in a bid to create a fairer and more streamlined funding system.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ken Jarrold on improving the NHS through story telling
We live in an increasingly diverse and secular society yet the Christmas story remains a powerful force presented in Nativity plays, cards, music and above-average church attendances. It is a reminder of the power of story telling.
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Scotland sets out NHS workforce plan
The Scottish government has published its NHS workforce plan for 2008-09, which includes the training numbers for doctors and nurses.
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Welfare overhaul could put mental health at risk, says charity
Mental health charity Mind has voiced concerns that people with mental health problems will be forced back to work under the government's strategy to overhaul the welfare system over the next four years.
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Nicholson's operating framework gets mixed review
Managers have given this year's NHS operating framework a mixed response, welcoming its emphasis on improved commissioning, while expressing concern that the national priorities are too prescriptive.
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Government stockpiles pandemic flu antivirals
The government is planning to double its stockpile of antivirals to cover at least half the population in the event of a flu pandemic, health minister Dawn Primarolo revealed in her answer to a parliamentary question.
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HSJ Knowledge
Survey of readers on the NHS's past, present and future
The fact that the NHS exists is its greatest strength, according to a survey of over 1500 NHS managers. When surveyed about the NHS's past, present and future, a third said its very existence is its greatest asset, closely followed by the fact that care is free at the point ...
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07/12/20/n/tax/LH
The British Medical Association and the British Dental Association have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer saying changes to capital gains tax could jeopardise the retirement plans of thousands of members. They are concerned that the abolition of taper relief from April 2008 will mean GPs and dentists will ...
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Medics were 'hoodwinked' into accepting MMC
Doctors have accused the government of 'hoodwinking' them into accepting controversial changes to medical training. The Department of Health ignored the profession's objections to Modernising Medical Careers, the Commons health select committee was told last Thursday.
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Foundation trusts are breaking law on private income, says union
Foundation trusts seeking to maximise income from private patients have been dealt a blow this week by legal actions involving their regulator Monitor and the Charity Commission.
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Cancer strategy: earlier, faster, shorter - and more data
Last week the government promised a further £370m to reform cancer, with a focus on prevention and shorter hospital stays. But selective fast-tracking plans have drawn criticism. Claire Laurent reports
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Junior doctor training regime sparks locum crisis
Hospitals say they have been hit by a 'frightening' shortage of locum staff because of changes to junior doctors' training.
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Race law warning from DoH
The NHS's most senior equality official has warned that the Department of Health could stop working with organisations that do not fulfil their obligations under race equality legislation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managing patients' expectations of the NHS
Media storms over postcode lotteries reveal the extraordinarily high standards demanded by the public. Jessica Allen argues that reform of PCTs is the best way to steer expectations and drive up service quality