All Policy articles – Page 269
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18-week target update
The Department of Health has published an update on the latest developments around the 18-week patient pathway.
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Sir Liam blames overseas applicants for junior doctor crisis
The chief medical officer has batted off calls to resign over junior doctors' recruitment, blaming the crisis on a surge of overseas applicants.
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DoH commercial directorate to be broken up and procurement localised
The Department of Health’s commercial directorate is to be scaled down and regionalised and procurement of NHS private sector capacity handed to local commissioners.
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Comment
Media Watch: Gordon Brown under fire
Gordon Brown has been coming under fire this week for his behaviour both past and present. The Sun blamed the prime minister for the decision, announced by health secretary Alan Johnson, to scrap six contracts for independent sector treatment centres. The £100m compensation to the dropped companies ‘could have built ...
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Comment
Michael White: inside Gordon Brown's mind
Are ministers in Alan Johnson’s health team now finding their feet in their new jobs after a lacklustre start? Are they landing a few blows on the other side too despite renewed talk of a broad consensus on the NHS’s future?
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Patients could commission own healthcare, says Nicholson
Patients could soon be handed responsibility for commissioning their own care through individual budgets, the NHS chief executive has revealed.
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Mental health: PCTs to target potential offenders
Commissioners will work closely with neighbourhood police to keep the mentally ill out of jail, the government's director of prison health has announced.
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£1.8bn NHS underspend 'manageable', says Nicholson
The NHS chief executive has defended its expected record £1.8bn surplus as 'relatively small' and 'healthy'.The 2 per cent underspend, revealed by HSJ earlier today, was 'relatively manageable', David Nicholson told the Commons health select committee.
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Huge disparity in managers' pay, Tories claim
The Conservatives have claimed there is a huge disparity in how much primary care trusts are spending on management salaries.
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Consultant recruitment under review
Scottish health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has launched a consultation aimed at improving the process for recruiting consultants.
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Consultants' contract offers no productivity gains, say MPs
There have been 'no measurable improvements' in productivity as a result of the 2003 NHS contract for consultants, MPs have concluded.
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Pandemic flu framework unveiled
Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced plans to buy 350 million surgical masks and 34 million respirators for NHS and social care staff to use in the event of a flu pandemic.
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consultants contract
NHS managers were ‘left in the dark’ over what the government wanted from the consultants’ contract, a damning report has found. The Commons public accounts committee report says consultants are working fewer hours than they did under the old contract even though their pay has gone up by 27 per ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Practice-Based Commissioning briefing
Practice-based commissioning was introduced as a policy by the Labour government in 2004. It aims to allow GPs to commission directly on behalf of their patients and to give them more control over their budget.
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Medical test introduced for benefits claimants
A new medical test that will score a person's ability to work has been announced by work and pensions secretary Peter Hain.
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Call for more psychiatric beds in Northern Ireland
More psychiatrists and mental health inpatient facilities are needed to help stem the 'rising tide of suicides' in Northern Ireland, say doctors.
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Health and Social Care Bill published
New legislation designed to modernise and bring together health and social care services was launched by health minister Ben Bradshaw today.
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DoH may wipe financial slate clean for 17 struggling trusts
The Department of Health is considering wiping out historical debts of at least some of the 17 trusts it has classified as 'financially challenged'.
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Call to reward patients using cheaper care
NHS patients should be given financial incentives to choose the most cost-efficient providers or treatments, a leading US academic has told officials.
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DoH considering 'tolerance levels' on waiting-time target
Trusts have welcomed plans to allow leeway on the government's flagship 18-week waiting-time target as proof that the NHS has 'grown up'.