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NewsMental 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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HSJ Local
Foundation trust jumps gun to calculate 'official' mortality rates
PERFORMANCE: A foundation trust has calculated new-look hospital mortality rates for all hospitals and sent them to trusts as a “heads up”, before they are revealed to the public later this year.
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NewsCommissioning primary care plans still in development
The government has not yet decided whether clinical commissioning groups can take on management of general practice contracts, the responsible Department of Health has said.
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NewsPublic health policy 'update' paper expected next week
An “update” on the government’s public health proposals is due to be published next week, health secretary Andrew Lansley has said.
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NewsLansley outlines new work for Future Forum
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has set out likely topics to feature in a continuing programme of work for the NHS Future Forum.
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NewsResponsible officers to sit with commissioning board
Primary care responsible officers will probably sit with the NHS Commissioning Board, the Department of Health figure in charge of the policy has confirmed.
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NewsCommunity staff setting 'rubbish' example on public health
District nurses often set a “rubbish” example to patients about healthy lifestyles, according to the head of community services in Leicester.
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NewsEleven acute trusts failed dignity and nutrition inspections - CQC
At least 11 hospital trusts have failed to meet essential standards for dignity and nutrition in a Care Quality Commission investigation, it has been revealed.
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NewsHospital 'superbug' infections at new low
Rates of both C difficile and MRSA in hospitals are now at their lowest ever levels, official figures show.
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Blogs
'Beyond samosas and reggae' - or, developing services with equal opportunities
A short note recognising the equality campaigning by Nasa Begum.
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Blogs
The difference between what is said, and what is meant
Language is important to get right - there is often a difference between words said, and meaning implied. Between the lines is where the truth lies…
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NewsWarning 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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NewsWarner: DH resisting Dilnot reforms
The Department of Health is resisting reforms required to implement the fairer system of social care funding demanded by the Dilnot commission, one of the commission’s architects has claimed.
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Blogs
DH sweeps long-waits under the carpet
Surely the deputy chief executive of the NHS in England cannot be encouraging Trusts to sweep their long-waiters under the carpet and ignore them?
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News
Community provider future placed in doubt
Community provider foundation trusts may not need to exist as the services mature, the chief executive of one of the leading organisations has said.
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Blogs
Nuffield Trust website relaunches
The think tank relaunches its website and adds new tools for the online audience.
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HSJ KnowledgeCrossing the line: how shifting organisational boundaries are impacting roles in the NHS
The changing shape of the NHS means individual roles may straddle more than one organisation, if not several. But these “boundary spanners” are the diplomatic links that can bring success to collaborating organisations, argues Helen Scott.
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NewsExclusive: speech and language therapy suffers drop in scope and quality of services
Speech and language therapists across the UK are reporting serious falls in the scope and quality of their services, as they sustain a “double whammy” of NHS and local authority cuts.
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CommentPower to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
A change in what “choice” represents in policy has great potential for patients. Now that change needs to be backed with a firm will to implement it, writes Health Foundation chief executive Stephen Thornton.
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CommentMedia 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”.