All articles by Simon Lewis – Page 4
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Media Watch: migraines, babies and social care, oh my
Any newspaper-reading migraine sufferers might conclude that the NHS could soon use Botox to prevent their headaches - but only at the expense of making them unrecognisable to their babies.
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East of England raises concerns in accountability reviews
The East of England has been doing its annual round of accountability reviews at its primary care trusts. As well as South West Essex, Great Yarmouth and Waveney have had a visit.
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Minister sets out OFT's role in hospital mergers
The Office of Fair Trading will consider most foundation trust mergers under the terms of the Health Bill, it has emerged.
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Patients paying premium for surgery calls, say MPs
MPs have raised concerns that patients are facing “additional charges” to call GP surgeries, despite the practice being banned by the government.
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Demand management schemes 'not proven'
Schemes being used to manage demand for hospital care have “limited evidence” and some may increase costs, NHS managers have been told.
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Mental health facing 'critical window' of opportunity
The mental health sector needs to take advantage of a “critical window” to be involved in the changes to the NHS, Department of Health figures have said.
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Warning over social care integration 'barriers'
The barriers to integration between health and social care have worsened in the last year, the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has said.
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Data shows mixed results in reducing 'low value' treatments
The NHS has reduced activity related to some “ineffective” treatments, but has not managed to stop the rise in other “low clinical value” procedures, according to data analysed for HSJ.
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Fears over mental health gap in commissioning knowledge
Revisions to the Health Bill have failed to address concerns that mental health will be under-represented in commissioning, a trust chief executive has warned.
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Media Watch: backstreet operations and the threat to Human Rights
The “milking of the health service” was the message coming loud and clear from Monday’s Daily Mail as it accused the NHS of a “fertility free for all”.
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Suffolk mental health trust risks £2m arbitration
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust in the East of England may be “heading to arbitration” over the terms of its talking therapies programme, having failed to sign its contract for the current financial year.
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Flory highlights 'unacceptable' waiting times
Improvement is expected after “unacceptable” waiting times this winter, the NHS deputy chief executive has said.
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‘Specialist’ doctors on CCG boards could be GPs
The “hospital doctors” due to sit on the boards of clinical commissioning groups will not have to be currently working in acute care and may even be serving GPs, HSJ has learned.
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Health secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill
The health secretary is to be given the power to intervene in “particular cases” of “significant failure” by the NHS Commissioning Board, under the newly amended Health Bill.
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Commissioning groups that cross boundaries may have to reform
Eleven commissioning groups crossing local authority boundaries may have to reform due to new rules announced by the government, HSJ has found.
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Recommendations on new allocation formula expected in July
The government intends to give clinical commissioning groups shadow budget allocations this year, despite removing the deadline for the groups to take on their full financial responsibility in April 2013.
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Groups to commission for 'their whole population'
The Health Bill will make explicit that clinical commissioning groups must commission for “whole populations, not just registered patients”, the government has said.
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Board membership requirements to be set out in regulations
Key changes to the NHS reforms to widen clinical involvement in commissioning will not be written into legislation.
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Circle floats on stock market
The independent healthcare company set to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust as the first UK hospital franchise was floated last week on AIM, a part of the London Stock Exchange.
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Lansley: 'We want to take people with us'
Concessions in the NHS reforms were made under pressure from the medical professions, health secretary Andrew Lansley admitted in a speech to GPs yesterday.