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17/3/2010 A report published today by the NHS Confederation’s PCT Network says greater joint working across health and public services should be locally driven but needs stronger national support to bring about real change to patient care.
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11/3/2010 A report published by the NHS Confederation today has painted a stark picture of the challenges an incoming Government will face in the management of the health service.
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10/3/2010 The chair of the NHS Confederation, Bryan Stoten, has used National No-Smoking Day to warn against any complacency in the efforts to reduce smoking.
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9/3/2010 NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten responds to yesterday's Panorama programme 'Trust Us, We're an NHS Hospital'.
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3/3/2010 NHS Partners Network today responded to the decision by the DH requiring NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney to stop its community services procurement, thus removing the immediate need for a full investigation by the Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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1/3/2010 Commenting on the BBC2 programme "Why did you kill my dad?" Mental Health Network Director Steve Shrubb said care and realism is required when discussing violence in mental health.
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25/2/2010 Foundation Trusts' Stories about their First Quality Accounts
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24/2/2010 The Foundation Trust Network Response to Secretary of State Announcements on Mid Staffordshire
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24/2/2010 NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett comments on the findings of Robert Francis QC's report into the way care was provided by the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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18/2/2010 The NHS Confederation has announced a number of changes to its governance arrangements which will include the appointment of a remunerated Chair.
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12/2/2010 Commenting on the ‘Look After Our NHS’ campaign launched by the British Medical Association (BMA), NHS Confederation director of policy Nigel Edwards warned that ruling out use of independent and third sector providers in the NHS would be unwise.
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11/2/2010 Responding to Sir Michael Marmot's health inequalities review, NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten said improving access and working with other organisations so people do not fall into, and remain in, ill health, are the keys to tackling this issues
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10/2/2010 Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation, comments on the CQC's first annual report to parliament on the state of health care and adult social care in England.
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5/2/2010 NHS Confederation director of policy Nigel Edwards responds to the National Audit 'Major Trauma Care' report.
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4/2/2010 The NHS Confederation and NHS Alliance today welcome the recommendations included in Dr David Colin-Thomé and Dr Steve Field’s report on out-of-hours care in England.
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3/2/2010 While much remains still to be done, the National Audit Office's report on the stroke strategy makes it clear that in improving stroke care, the NHS has saved lives says NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards
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1/2/2010 NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten has said that smoking is the most crucial health challenge facing the NHS in response to the government's new tobacco control strategy. He also called for a cross party concensus on smoking policy.
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21/1/2010 David Stout, director of the NHS Confederation's PCT Network, comments on claims by the Royal College of Surgeons that patients are not being given appropriate access to weight-loss surgery on the NHS.
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21/1/2010 Mental Health Network Director Steve Shrubb said the findings from the Care Quality Commission's 'Count Me In' census provided continuing challenge to mental health providers while highlighting the need for all services to work on tackling the issue
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20/1/2010 Nigel Edwards, director of policy at the NHS Confederation comments on the findings of a report by The Nuffield Trust which compares the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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19/1/2010 NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber said the new legal requirement for adult safeguarding boards was a welcome step forward but would require careful implementation so local agencies are helped to focus better on vulnerable adults.
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14/1/2010 NHS Confederation deputy policy director Jo Webber says the National Audit Office's report on the dementia strategy highlights the need to get health and social care funding right.
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13/1/2010 NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten comments on the Conservative party green paper on public health announced today.
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8/1/2010 NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett comments on today's recommendations by the Health Select Committee in its report on alcohol.
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1/1/2010 A massive rise in the numbers of people drinking heavily and the cost of treating them is creating an unsustainable burden on NHS hospitals but more could be done to ease existing pressures, says an NHS Confederation report published today.
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