All Policy articles – Page 94
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NewsLocal NHS control could be 'more delegation than devolution'
NHS England has outlined the principles and criteria it would use to approach future calls for devolution of health services.
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CommentA successful NHS merger is the exception, not the rule
They should not be a response to failure
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NewsCall for better end of life care training
NHS hospitals risk repeating mistakes during end of life care if they ask staff to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on patient outcomes, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRoyal college warning over staffing 'pressure' on maternity wards
A second medical royal college has told HSJ it is concerned over the extent of gaps in rotas for junior doctors, with some maternity wards having a vacancy rate of 15-20 per cent.
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CommentCuts in cancer spending expose a funding challenge
There will be tough choices over cash and cancer
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LeaderHunt will go all in on safety to protect his legacy
Hunt could go all in on patient safety to protect his legacy
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CommentClarify the quality message to get people behind seven day services
Highlight the safety benefits
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsExclusive: Leeds, Newcastle and Sheffield say no to NHS devolution
Several major city regions in the north of England have decided health and care will play no major part in their bids for devolved powers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt: Patients to access entire record online by 2018
Jeremy Hunt has formally announced that patients will be able to access their entire medical record online by 2018.
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NewsCatch up: Stevens' and Hunt's Expo 2015 speeches
The key points from speeches in Manchester by the NHS England chief executive and the health secretary
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LeaderMinisters take high risk bets on debt, pay restraint and reform
This summer has been anything but quiet
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CommentKelsey: Urgent action on a digital NHS is a moral imperative
The online revolution hasn’t reached the NHS
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HSJ LocalLondon trust defies government pay agreement
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has defied a government pay agreement and awarded its senior staff a 1 per cent pay rise in line with lower paid staff.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Assembly shut down
The NHS Commissioning Assembly is to be closed down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDrug pricing deal change 'cuts NHS England's ability to provide care'
NHS England faces a ‘direct cut’ in its ability to provide care to patients as a result of a change to the deal that caps the price the government pays for branded medicines, a senior health economist has said.