Government proposes national scheme to boost training for public sector commissioners Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is creating a commissioning academy which will have responsibility for the professional development and quality standards expected of NHS and other public sector commissioners....
There is a simple way to manage frontline services – stay close to staff and patients to know what really works Was I the only one surprised and shocked by the prime minister's announcement that senior nurses will now be required to check the patients on their hospital ward every hour and even to...
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National policy may be against hospital-based accommodation for people with learning disabilities but not in the private sector, where commercial concerns come first, says David Brindle When public services are outsourced, how do you ensure they adapt to policy change? What can you do when you pull a...
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According to recent research, NHS boards are spending too much time on operational issues, notes David Brindle One aspect of the planned shakeup of the NHS in England that has yet to attract much attention is whether it will lead to an improvement in its governance. Will the proposed clinical commissioning...
It's still unclear how the NHS reforms were going to deliver £20bn savings, says Colin Cram – but there are ways to save The massive NHS reform programme is effectively buried. However, its initial justification, that the NHS needed to make efficiencies increasing to £20bn a year by 2014/15, remains...
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