All articles by Simon Lewis – Page 8
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Joint surgery redesign could save trusts £664m
NHS Trusts can save £664m from the total they spend on joint surgery over the next 10 years, according to an exclusive analysis made available on hsj.co.uk.
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A&E waiting times worst since 2004
Accident and emergency waiting times in England are at their worst since September 2004, according to data from the Department of Health.
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Politicians to hold GMC to account
The Commons health committee plans to expand its role by holding the General Medical Council to account.
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Adviser says he was sacked for therapy views
A government mental health adviser has said he was sacked after raising concerns about the £400m committed by the government to extend talking therapies.
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PCT cluster discussions revealed
HSJ has obtained details of how primary care trusts plan to form the 50-odd clusters tasked with leading the local transition to consortium commissioning.
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'New' talk therapy cash to come from existing NHS budget
The £400m the government is putting into extending access to talking therapies will come from the wider NHS budget.
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Government launches £400m talk therapy strategy
Access to taking therapies will be extended to an extra million people the government’s mental health strategy was expected to say.
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Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
More than a third of the expected savings from transferring commissioning from primary care trusts to consortia will be lost if consortia cover small populations, the Department of Health’s impact assessment says.
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Commissioning transition to cost £1.2bn
The transfer of commissioning to consortia and the NHS commissioning board will cost £1.2bn in the next two years, according to the Department of Health’s impact assessment of the Health and Social Care Bill.
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Marmot voices 'nudge' doubts
The president of the British Medical Association has voiced doubts over the government’s “nudge” approach to public health.
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Cameron steps in to defend health reforms
The prime minister has defended his government’s NHS reform proposals, saying there is “no quiet life option”.
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Deprivation of liberty order use rises
The number of people being deprived of liberty under recent mental health legislation has risen by 39 per cent from last year, according to data from the NHS Information Centre.
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Plan for local approach to NHS fraud
The NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service is to be reorganised in to a body called “NHS Protect” with up to 20 redundancies expected, HSJ has learned.
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Quitters to sign contracts in smoking cessation scheme
The government is looking at a wide range of schemes to “nudge” people into adopting healthier lifestyles.
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Lansley reassures over flu rise
The health secretary has said that the NHS is “coping well” with the severe weather and flu, despite a rise in consultations related to flu and an increase in deaths.
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Mental health contracts 'seriously vulnerable' to tariff changes
Changes to the tariff “discriminate” against mental health trusts, the Mental Health Network has warned.
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More criminals will get psychiatric help
Teams to divert criminal offenders with mental health needs to NHS services will be rolled out nationally by 2014, the government has announced.
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Key details added to radical reform plan
The government has added key details to its plans for wholesale reform of the NHS, while committing to pressing ahead with the changes.
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DH sticks to guns on removal of FT income cap and borrowing controls
The government will push ahead with plans to free up foundation trusts from control, according to its response to the white paper consultation.
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Monitor to keep intervention powers during transition
The transition to a new set of functions for Monitor will be “longer and more phased”, the Department of Health has said in its response to the white paper consultation.