All articles by Simon Lewis – Page 12
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NewsCosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
Hundreds of cosmetic surgery providers have breached Care Quality Commission rules by failing to respond to a national inquiry into patient outcomes and deaths.
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NewsConcerns at ‘one legged’ public health restructure
Public health doctors and directors have expressed serious concerns over the government’s restructuring plans in a survey shared exclusively by HSJ.
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CommentMedia Watch: When is a U-turn not a U-turn?
When is a U-turn not a U-turn? When the policy being revised belongs to the previous government, argues Tory health minister Simon Burns, not without reason.
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NewsScottish adviser recommends charging for NHS services
A senior advisor the Scottish Parliament’s finance committee has said that patients should pay for NHS services to help out health budgets.
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NewsDH to have veto over DPH appointments
The new “public health service” will “not be a separate legal entity from the DH” and its directors will be jointly appointed by the Department of Heath and local authorities, a DH briefing document seen by HSJ states.
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NewsTalking therapies access falls short of expectations
Most patients treated during the first year of a scheme designed to improve access to talking therapies received less treatment than recommended in guidelines, according to a progress review.
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NewsWorld class commissioning: PCTs raise the bar in final assurance test
Primary care trusts have set out their stall as support agencies for GP consortia by significantly improving their performance against the standards and competencies assessed in the second - and last ever - world class commissioning assurance test.