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29/12/2011 The head of the NHS Confederation today warns of a potential loss of confidence in the NHS unless political and healthcare leaders make a compelling case to the public for changes to the delivery of services.
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13/12/2011 Commenting on figures gathered by the BBC on turnaround times for ambulance services, Ambulance Service Network (ASN) director Jo Webber said they showed a system under pressure but still performing
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9/12/2011 NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout says NHS leaders need to give proper consideration to how they can best implement the report's recommendations.
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7/12/2011 Mike Farrar said the measurements will allow trusts to take a more rounded view on the quality of care provided to patients.
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28/11/2011 Responding to the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout said the report's data helped make the case for tough decisions to change how care is offered
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28/11/2011 welcoming the Dr Foster Hospital Guide out today, NHS Partners Network director David Worskett said the report confirms independent sector facilities as among the best in the NHS
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24/11/2011 David Stout, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, says the framework shifts the NHS in to implementation mode and away from the political debate.
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21/11/2011 A new service for GP commissioners launched by the Mental Health Network and pharmaceutical firm Janssen will link up GPs using a social networking programme to help them commission mental health services more effectively.
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20/11/2011 Responding to NHS job loss figures from the Royal College of Nursing, NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout said we need to be honest about the scale of the financial challenge facing the NHS
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17/11/2011 A study commissioned by the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network shows integrated services saved at least £3.4 million in one hospital alone
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17/11/2011 A new report commissioned by the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network shows that despite enthusiasm for the policy, the first tariff in mental health faces significant challenges
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15/11/2011 The NHS European Office has announced the opening of negotiations between employer and trade union representatives at European level regarding revisions to the working time directive legislation.
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10/11/2011 The lack of integrated services to improve health and well-being across the NHS and local government is a missed opportunity to create long-term savings and make a real impact on patients and local communities.
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10/11/2011 David Worskett says agreement will enable the hospital to maintain its services and continue providing essential care for the local population.
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8/11/2011 A new report from the Ambulance Service network says changes to the way ambulances are measured could help improve response times in rural areas but only if there is clarity on how services will be commissioned
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2/11/2011 The NHS Confederation, Local Government Association (LGA) and Age UK announce details of their joint commission on improving dignity in care for older patients in hospitals and care homes.
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27/10/2011 Commenting on the publication today of a new Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI), Mike Farrar said it is essential the NHS looks critically and questioningly at this data, but it should not be considered in isolation.
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20/10/2011 David Worskett says report takes a balanced view of the care that NHS patients receive in both NHS facilities and those run by the independent sector.
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18/10/2011 Jo Webber, NHS Confederation deputy director of policy, says it is essential NHS organisations and individual staff make every effort to learn from when things go wrong and for NHS trusts deal with patients’ concerns promptly.
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18/10/2011 In a joint report with national bodies representing other board members, the NHS Confederation says health and well being boards are a golden opportunity to improve health locally.
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17/10/2011 The NHS Confederation today (Monday 17 October ) strongly backs the creation of the new NHS Commissioning Board, saying it has the potential to significantly improve commissioning across the system.
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13/10/2011 Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation, says every NHS patient deserves to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
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13/10/2011 Responding to the National Audit Office's report NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout says the financial and clinical viability of some trusts struggling to get to foundation status can no longer be ignored.
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10/10/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said the NHS risks being paralysed by "fuzzy structures and decision making processes" as the Government's health bill enters the Lords
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10/10/2011 David Worskett comments on BMJ study which considers the effects of competition in hospital care.
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6/10/2011 The NHS Confederation Mental Health Network has set five tests for successful implementation of personal health budgets as it encourages Government and the NHS to get real about the challenges ahead
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4/10/2011 Responding to the Health Secretary's speech on the roll out of personal budgets, NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said big challenges were ahead to make sure power sticks in the hands of patients
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29/9/2011 Responding to the Royal College of Surgeons' report on emergency surgery NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout said all staff must work together to improve the whole emergency care system
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29/9/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said the latest quarter one figures from Monitor are further evidence that pressures are mounting across the NHS
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26/9/2011 Patient safety must come first, says Confederation.
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22/9/2011 NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout said while PFI had delivered many new hospitals, the inflexibility of the contracts will be a barrier to making service changes
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22/9/2011 The RCGP Centre for Commissioning and the NHS Confederation have released a joint publication providing guidance for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) on how to manage potential conflicts of interests.
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15/9/2011 NHS Confederation deputy director of policy Jo Webber comments on the information contained in the most recent State of Care report.
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12/9/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive praised the Government on making a tough decision over Chase Farm hospital saying this was a test case for the NHS as a whole.
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6/9/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said NHS organisations remain to be convinced that the health bill, as it stands, will enable the NHS to tackle the significant challenges it faces
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2/9/2011 Ambulance Service Network director Jo Webber comments on the quality indicators for ambulance trusts in England, published today.
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1/9/2011 NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout responds to comments made by Lord Crisp that the NHS will need fewer hospital services in the future if it is to remain sustainable.
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25/8/2011 Commenting on figures on written complaints in the NHS, Frances Blunden, senior policy manager at the NHS Confederation, said it is essential that organisations make every effort to deal with patients' concerns effectively.
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19/8/2011 Responding to a Treasury Select Committee report on PFI, NHS Confederation deputy chief executive David Stout said the key task for Government now is to find way to offer cheap, flexible capital for the NHS
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18/8/2011 NHS leaders are worried about losing hard won gains on NHS waiting times in the next 12 months says NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar
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18/8/2011 In setting out the future work of the NHS Future Forum, the Government is right to keep listening. The concerns of those running and working for the NHS must be a fundamental part of the reform process.
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11/8/2011 Jo Webber said the figures showed NHS leaders are starting out from a strong position to achieve the £20billion savings required of them, but pressure will increase in the years to come.
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11/8/2011 NHS Confederation chair Sir Keith Pearson has a letter in the Guardian praising NHS ambulance crews and other frontline staff during the recent violence. He added the Confederation fully supports NHS employers as they do all they can to protect staff
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10/8/2011 NHS Confederation deputy director of policy Jo Webber comments on monthly figures from the Department of Health on diagnostic waiting times.
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3/8/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar, says the PAC's report nails down the much-publicised problems that have hounded the programme.
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2/8/2011 NHS Confederation's Primary Care Trust Network Rural PCTs Forum, Karen Knapton, welcomes independent review's recommendations and said it isimportant to acknowledge the challenges that rural health economies face.
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1/8/2011 Mental Health Network director Steve shrubb says suitable alternatives should be found before making any plans to reduce depression indicators in QOF become reality
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29/7/2011 David Stout says claims made by the Cooperation and Competition Panel that primary care trusts are extending waiting times in the hope that patients opt to go private or potentially die while waiting "cause unnecessary public anxiety and alarm."
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28/7/2011 PCT Network comment on the CCP report on AQP.
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28/7/2011 NHS Partners Network director David Worskett welcomes CCP report.
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20/7/2011 The NHS Confederation, Local Government Group (LG Group) and Age UK are joining forces to establish a commission on improving dignity in care provided to older patients in hospitals and care homes.
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18/7/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar commends the Government for taking on board the concerns of the health service, but warns that the timetable for implementing the new system could be unrealistic.
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14/7/2011 Managers, clinicians and politicians need to stand shoulder to should once the case for change in maternity services is made said NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar in reponse to a report on women's health.
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14/7/2011 The NHS Confederation today (Thursday) welcomes the Government's shift in a number of its public health proposals, but says concerns remain over issues such as health premiums and the commissioning of sexual health and children's services.
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12/7/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar said "frank and honest" discussions were needed about closing some services and moving dementia care out of hospitals in response to a report from MPs challenging the NHS to redesign dementia care.
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7/7/2011 A report from the New Economics Foundation (nef) commissioned by the NHS Confederation shows how simple messages about mental well-being are being used in the UK
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7/7/2011 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have overseen the delivery of significant improvements in the health of local populations and the quality of health services in their time, and delivered what was asked of them in almost all major policy areas.
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6/7/2011 A major survey of NHS leaders by the Picker Institute for the NHS Confederation shows NHS leaders fighting to improve services in the face of severe financial pressures.
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4/7/2011 The Government can not kick care for millions of older people into the long grass says NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar in response to the Dilnot review into social care
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23/6/2011 Ambulance Services should be congratulated on improving performance again in the face of a very challenging winter said Ambulance Service Network director Jo Webber
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14/6/2011 The hard work has only just begun said NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar as a range of issues on competition and choice, integrated care and genuinely localised services need to be worked out as soon as possible
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14/6/2011 David Worskett says independent sector providers who have worked hard to integrate with and support the NHS are disappointed at the Government's failure to recognise this.
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13/6/2011 The Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, Mike Farrar, said today: “This report makes big strides in the right direction and has a real chance of getting NHS reform on the right path.
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10/6/2011 By working together across the NHS system, ambulance services can reach the potential set out in a National Audit Office report on ambulance services says Ambulance Service Network director Jo Webber
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9/6/2011 Efforts to increase the numbers of clinical trials carried out in the UK are being hampered by EU rules and bureaucracy, according to the NHS Confederation's European Office.
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8/6/2011 Being open about mental illness is vital to making NHS support more effective said Mental Health Network director Steve Shrubb in response to NHS Information Centre Statistics on public attitudes towards mental health.
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26/5/2011 The NHS Confederation's European Office has published the first detailed analysis of implications arising from an EU Directive which clarifies the rights of patients to receive healthcare in other European countries.
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26/5/2011 The CQC today publishes its first 12 inspection reports on whether elderly people are receiving the right standards of dignity and nutrition in their care in hospitals throughout England. NHS Confederation chair Sir Keith Pearson comments.
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26/5/2011 The Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation Mike Farrar responds to a speech on NHS reform by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
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26/5/2011 Speaking today at a Laing and Buisson private healthcare conference in central London NHS Partners Network director David Worskett said the NHS must not put internal convenience ahead of patient care.
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25/5/2011 The NHS Confederation today declares itself in favour of reform but calls for a significant overhaul of the Government’s healthcare proposals, saying they need to be better focused on the challenges that the NHS now faces.
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19/5/2011 Early intervention is a cornerstone of government policy yet, as a NHS Confederation Mental Health Network report on psychosis says, the benefits could be missed without proper funding incentives to implement the policy
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18/5/2011 Speaking today at a Westminster Health Forum conference, the NHS Confederation's NHS Partners Network director David Worskett said the NHS must not turn its back on choice and competition.
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18/5/2011 Commenting on the National Audit Office's report on the NHS IT scheme, NHS Confederation policy manager said the key lesson from such a complicated project was to have buy-in across the NHS from the start
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18/5/2011 Commenting on the King's Fund's leadership commission report, NHS chief executive Mike Farrar said it made the point that good management is vital to good care and denigrating managers is unhelpful at such an important time for the NHS.
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16/5/2011 NHS Confederation chief executive says the Government must provide clear and consistent messages about how these reforms will improve the system.
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5/5/2011 The NHS Confederation’s European Office has said that the EU rules are often seen as inflexible, complex and onerous by procurement managers and commissioners and has asked for the framework to be significantly simplified.
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28/4/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on the Audit Commission's report on PFI.
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27/4/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on a report by the Public Accounts Committee which considers the Government's reforms for the health service.
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20/4/2011 Removing targets has allowed the NHS to focus more on clinical need but measures still need to be in place to make sure people do not wait too long said acting NHS Confederation chief executive Nigel Edwards
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14/4/2011 Responding to a King's Fund report on variations in NHS care, PCT Network director David Stout said addressing unwarranted variation is a central part of facing the financial challenges in the NHS
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14/4/2011 Primary Care Trust Network director David Stout comments on a report by the Audit Commission which claims that the NHS can save up to £500million by cutting back on low clinical value treatments.
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13/4/2011 David Stout, director of the PCT Network, comments on a report by the National Bariatric Surgery Registry which recommends that obese patients have greater access to surgery to help aid weight loss.
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12/4/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on statistics that show a rise in the number of patients waiting four hours to be seen at A&E.
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11/4/2011 The NHS Confederation has appointed Mike Farrar as chief executive of the NHS Confederation.
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7/4/2011 The NHS Confederation’s European Office has called for changes to the rules applying to migrant professionals, including healthcare workers, moving from one European Union country to another.
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6/4/2011 Nigel Edwards the acting chief executive of the NHS Confederation comments on the announcement by the Coalition Government of the use of the current break in Parliamentary proceedings on the health bill to 'pause' and listen to opinion on the reforms.
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5/4/2011 NHS confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards says the Health Select Committee has produced a "forensically accurate" view of the problems facing the reforms but there are some issues that cause concern.
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5/4/2011 The Health Protection Agency today published figures showing low levels of healthcare acquired infections (HCAIs) in independent sector hospitals.
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31/3/2011 The NHS Confederation today proposes a new way forward for the Government's NHS reforms. It is publishing a discussion paper that analyses concerns raised about the changes and suggests measures that the Government could take to address them.
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30/3/2011 Government right to put public health front and centre but poorer areas could lose out if plans not amended.
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29/3/2011 The NHS Confederation’s Primary Care Trust (PCT) Network has argued that commissioners have not routinely gone against competition rules or inappropriately restricted patient choice when commissioning elective care services for patients.
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29/3/2011 Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation report shows overall standards of care and safety in the NHS are continuing to rise but there must be no room for complacency.
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24/3/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards says improving primary care and GP services is one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS.
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24/3/2011 New research from the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network and the National Mental Health Development Unit shows while, supportive in principle, key NHS staff groups remain to be convinced on personal health budgets
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23/3/2011 Reacting to today’s budget the NHS Confederation’s acting chief executive, Nigel Edwards, has said that during difficult financial times the NHS faces a spending squeeze and tough decisions on service provision, staffing levels and reconfigurations.
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17/3/2011 Care to patients could suffer unless NHS employers and employees are given more flexibility over how the European Working Time Directive is implemented, the NHS Confederation European Office has warned.
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17/3/2011 Commenting on the Department of Health's GP patient survey NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said the results raised serious concerns about access and how GPs would deal with struggling practices under the Government's health reforms
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17/3/2011 The NHS has serious concerns about new government proposals for buying drugs, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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15/3/2011 Jo Webber, NHS Confederation deputy director of policy, comments on today's report on productivity by the Public Accounts Committee.
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11/3/2011 A study of new specially trained paramedics at South East Coast Ambulance Trust reveals they save lives and do so at lower cost than the alternatives
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7/3/2011 Balancing finances and making cost savings will be by far the biggest worry to NHS leaders as they try to provide high-quality services over the next 12 months, according to an NHS Confederation survey released today.
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2/3/2011 Responding to poll findings from the British Medical Association on the government's NHS reforms, NHS Confederation chief executive Nigel Edwards said a blanket rejection of competition is not supported by the evidence
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1/3/2011 The NHS Confederation’s European Office has told its members a review of EU public sector procurement rules could present a major opportunity to address current issues in the system, but could also create an even greater bureaucratic burden for trusts.
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24/2/2011 The Cooperation and Competition Panel (CCP) has today published its interim report on the operation of the Any Willing Provider model of choice in NHS-funded elective care.
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23/2/2011 Responding to a report from BUPA warning of possible 'bed-blocking' as councils feel the pinch in their budgets, NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said this is a deep concern for the NHS and the key was for all agencies to work together.
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22/2/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on a report by the TUC that 53,000 posts in the NHS in Britain could be made redundant.
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21/2/2011 NHS Confederation comments on Channel 4's dispatches programme which looks at the quality of hospital food.
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16/2/2011 Jo Webber, deputy policy director of the NHS Confederation, comments on the Joint Committee of PCTs review on children's heart surgery.
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15/2/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards says every NHS patient "deserves to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect."
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15/2/2011 The NHS Confederation's chairman Sir Keith Pearson has written an open letter to the Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham regarding her report on the care of elderly patients in the NHS.
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3/2/2011 NHS Confederation senior policy manager Frances Blunden said members had spoken very clearly about the need to resolve a number of fundamental issues concerning CQC fees
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3/2/2011 Like the rest of the NHS, ambulance services must be able to treat increasingly large patients said Ambulance Service Network director Jo Webber. The long term solution however lies in prevention
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2/2/2011 With the launch of the mental health strategy today the government has committed to promoting good mental health and improving services said Mental Health Network director Steve Shrubb.
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2/2/2011 Mental health services will take a step into the future today with the launch of a new nationwide project from the NMHDU, Centre for Mental Health and the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network
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20/1/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on today's announcement that from April NHS trusts will be fined for not providing single sex accomodation for patients.
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19/1/2011 The NHS Confederation has today (Wednesday) applauded EU policy-makers for listening to NHS concerns about important legislation covering the rights of patients to receive healthcare in other EU countries.
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19/1/2011 A forensice analysis of the Health and Social Care Bill in parliament will be vital if the positive vision in the government's reform program is to be a reality said acting NHS Confederation chief executive Nigel Edwards.
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18/1/2011 Commenting on the health select committee's report on commissioning, NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards said that the committee is spot on about the risks the NHS faces while we can not forget the real achievements PCTs have made
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17/1/2011 The government's reforms of the NHS can succeed but more must be done to convince staff, the public and patients of why they matter, according to an NHS Confederation report.
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17/1/2011 Commenting on David Cameron's speech on public sector reform, NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards welcomed the speech while making it clear that making these policies work is not a painless or risk free exercise.
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13/1/2011 NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards comments on the Government's announcement of a new cancer strategy.
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12/1/2011 Jo Webber, NHS Confederation deputy director of policy, comments on the CQC report ‘Supporting life after stroke’.
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12/1/2011 New figures from the NHS information Centre provide food for thought for NHS organisations while offering more evidence that recession is bad for the nation's mental health says Mental Health Network director Steve Shrubb
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6/1/2011 A report published by the NHS Confederation today argues that the importance of patient experience should not be forgotten amid efforts to find savings and efficiencies in the health service.
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