The NHS will “fail” if it continues to do the same things with less money, the body representing local health boards has warned.
via BBC News – Under-pressure NHS ‘will fail without service changes’.
Source:Primary care spend fell fastest last year – Information Centre | News | Health Service Journal.
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Spending on primary care last year fell more quickly than expenditure on the rest of the NHS, figures from the NHS Information Centre reveal
More than £30m has been spent on taxis for NHS patients since 2008 because of a shortage of official non-emergency transport, the BBC has learned.
Source: Revalidation push lacking sufficient resources | News | Health Service Journal.
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A third of organisations say they have insufficient resources to properly check doctors’ fitness to practise through the revalidation system
Source: Public health workforce ‘dispirited’ as uncertainty goes on | News | Health Service Journal.
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The government’s lack of action to dispel uncertainty about the future of the public health workforce is “dispiriting” and poses the “real risk” of losing expert staff, the Faculty of Public Health has said
via Mental health patient recalls rise as community teams struggle | News | Health Service Journal.
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A dramatic rise in the number of people with serious mental illness being recalled to hospital has led to concern that community mental health teams are overstretched.
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Dissemination of prevention-focused evidence-based programs (EBPs) from research to community settings may improve population health and reduce health disparities, but such flow has been limited. Academic–community partnerships using community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles may support increased dissemination of EBPs to community-based organizations (CBOs). This qualitative study examined the EBP-related perceptions and needs of CBOs targeting underserved populations. As part of PLANET MassCONECT, a CBPR study, we conducted six key informant interviews with community leaders and four focus groups with CBO staff members in Boston, Worcester and Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 2008. Working definitions of EBPs among CBO staff members varied greatly from typical definitions used by researchers or funders. Key barriers to using EBPs included: resource constraints, program adaptation challenges and conflicts with organizational culture. Important facilitators of EBP usage included: program supports for implementation and adaptation, collaborative technical assistance and perceived benefits of using established programs. This exploratory study highlights differences among key stakeholders regarding the role of evidence in program planning and delivery. An updated perspective should better incorporate CBO perspectives on evidence and place greater, and much needed, emphasis on the impact of context for EBP dissemination in community settings.
Source: Government eyes timing as Health Bill amendments pour in | News | Health Service Journal.
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The government is preparing for months of House of Lords debate over the Health Bill, including potential changes.
Source: India plans to move towards free universal healthcare coverage — Mudur 343 — bmj.com.
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A panel of Indian doctors and economists asked by the government to come up with strategies to implement universal healthcare has proposed free health services to be financed mainly through tax revenues.
via NHS savings measures needed until 2020, King’s Fund warns | News | Health Service Journal.
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The financial squeeze driving the NHS’s £20bn savings programme will not end in 2015, and the service faces a “productivity gap” of half as much again in the subsequent five years, the chief economist of the King’s Fund has warned.
via DH commissioning support vision revealed | News | Health Service Journal.
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The Department of Health’s vision for the development of commissioning support, which reveals the services likely to be delivered on a national scale, has been leaked to HSJ
‘Towards Comissioning Excellence’ Draft: 111012-Towards-service-excellence-DRAFT
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
The health secretary’s preferred candidate to become NHS Commissioning Board chair has only won endorsement from the House of Commons health committee on the casting vote of its chair.
Source: Older patients’ heart care ‘not equal’ | News | Health Service Journal.
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Heart attack patients aged over 85 are less likely to receive specialist care from a cardiologist in hospital and vital heart medicines after leaving, according to research
Source: NHS whistleblowers to get better protection | News | Health Service Journal.
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Greater protection for whistleblowers in the health service will be a kep part of a changed NHS Constitution, according to UK health secretary Andrew Lansley.
