http://www.nhsconfed.org/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&web=/PressReleases&page=d70e76d2-2d92-4556-a428-c9eae15fa6c0&wp=48a399ca-9a76-4982-bcfe-24675c172dea60http://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/urgent-emeregency-care-take-action-now.aspxMike Farrar says there is no single straightforward solution to the situation in emergency care but urgent action is needed across the board.Mon, 20 May 2013 23:05:26 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/outofhours_care_impact_urgent_emergency_care.aspxMike Farrar confirms NHS Confederation "sees no correlation" between A&E four-hour performance and 2004 GP contract.Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:57 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-david-nicholson-resign.aspxMike Farrar says Sir David has made a significant contribution to the NHS over the past three decades.Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:30 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-response-urgent-emergency-care-concerns.aspxThe head of the NHS Confederation says alarm bells must be heard, and whole health system must respond.Wed, 15 May 2013 11:18:08 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-announcement-integrate-health-social-care.aspxDr Johnny Marshall says announcement signifies positive step forward in improving the care that people receive.Tue, 14 May 2013 11:04:00 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/MHN-comment-commission-mental-health-policing.aspxStephen Dalton says the Mental Health Network fully endorses the recommendation that people experiencing mental ill health should be treated as a person who is unwell and not as a criminal.Mon, 13 May 2013 08:45:25 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/community-health-services-forum-michael-scott-AandE.aspxMichael Scott says a key means of reducing pressure on hospital-based emergency services is to deliver more and better care in or near people's homes.Fri, 10 May 2013 14:41:54 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Pages/New_EU_regulations_sharps_injuries.aspxNew Europe-wide legislation will give healthcare workers better protection against sharps injuries.Thu, 09 May 2013 08:30:09 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Pages/Collaborative_groups_can_work_better_than_mergers.aspxThe NHS Confederation's Hospitals Forum asks if healthcare 'groups' are a better alternative than 'merger mania'.Wed, 01 May 2013 15:51:27 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/publication_of_Information_To_Share_Or_Not_To_Share.aspxNHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar welcomes the publication of Dame Fiona Caldicott's updated review of information governance.Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:49:33 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSPN_acceptance_of_Section75_regulations.aspxChief executive of the NHS Partners Network David Worskett welcomes acceptance of the Section 75 regulations.Tue, 07 May 2013 14:05:34 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/section-75-debate-must-focus-on-patients.aspxMike Farrar, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, says it is crucial that parliamentarians focus on what's right for patients in the debate on Section 75 regulations. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:11:09 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/partners-comment-section-75-debate.aspxDavid Worskett says Secton 75 regulations are an important means of helping the NHS work within the procurement and competition framework.Tue, 07 May 2013 13:38:17 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/Ambition_challenge_transition.aspxA new NHS Confederation report distils learning from a decade of PCT commissioning for commissioners in the post-April 2013 NHS.Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:00:17 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSC-RCN-survey-bureaucracy.aspxA Royal College of Nursing survey indicates nurses are spending an estimated 2.5 million hours a week on non-essential paperwork and clerical tasks. Mike Farrar says it is clear we need to do more to free staff to spend more time caring for patients.Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:05:34 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSC-MHN-comment-on-CQC-strategy.aspxMike Farrar says the NHS needs effective and intelligent regulation, now more than ever.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:36:03 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-administration-mid-staffs.aspxMike Farrar says we need to do more to support troubled trusts at the earliest possible stage to maintain high standards of care.Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:25:26 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSConfederationcommentsonRCPCHreport'BacktoFacingtheFuture'.aspxJo Webber says we need to urgently examine how we provide the right expertise in the right pace around the clock.Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:22:39 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-nhs-public-satisfaction-survey.aspxDr Johnny Marshall says it is important that we do not underestimate the importance of effective, two way communication with patients and the public.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:05:10 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/Real_opportunity_but_challenges_remain.aspxNew structures alone won’t enable the NHS to tackle the big challenges it faces, says NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar.Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:51:11 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSPN-responds-to-Monitor-review-of-the'fair-playingfield'.aspxDavid Worskett says Monitor is right to have focused its attention on factors which impact on quality of patient care rather than the interests of any particular healthcare sector.Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:08:54 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/Pages/NHSC-NHSE-Government-statement-Francis-Report.aspx NHS Confederation: We must keep a relentless focus on creating an NHS that is safer, more compassionate and fully accountable to the people it serves NHS Employers: We need to recognise great compassionate care in the NHS and build on itTue, 26 Mar 2013 14:06:48 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-employers-response-to-budget-2013.aspxWelcoming the Chancellor's confirmation that the government will protect spending on health, the NHS Confederation warned that other aspects of Budget 2013 will nevertheless have major impact on the health service.Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:10:16 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/budget-must-address-social-care-funding.aspxThe social care funding situation cannot and will not wait until 2016, says the NHS Confederation, and George Osborne's 2013 Budget must set out how the government will tackle it starting right now, if individuals and services are not to suffer.Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:05:10 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/independent-sector-dominates-hip-knee-replacement.aspxIndependent sector organisations which carry out elective hip and knee replacement surgery for the NHS dominate the top ten providers for improving patients' post-operative quality of life, according to an analysis of PROMS data.Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:09:20 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/CQC_privacy_dignity_nutrition_rpt.aspxJo Webber says any occasion when we fail to provide dignified care should be considered as significant as a medication error.Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:05:11 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/nhs-confed-comment-health-select-committee-report-health-expenditure.aspxMike Farrar says we need to look beyond the short term options for efficiency savings and consider more radical solutions that will improve care in the long-term.Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:05:09 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/farrar-response-roy-lilley-blog.aspxMike Farrar responds to Roy Lilley's blog, which misconstrued the NHS Confederation's Tough Times, Tough Choices report.Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:25:51 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/tough-times-tough-choices.aspxThe head of the NHS Confederation has said the health service must do much more to involve patients and carers in the tough choices it faces.Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:05:17 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/CommentonCQCCareUpdatereport.aspxMike Farrar and Stephen Dalton comment on the CQC's Care Update report, which highlights good progress but says there are failings in care for people with dementia, and in independent learning disability and mental health services.Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:05:10 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/partners-network-comment-revision-section-75.aspxDavid Worskett says further clarification can only be helpful and that commissioners can use procurement to obtain the best services for patients.Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:37:15 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/more-care-out-of-hospitals-report.aspxReserving inpatient care in major hospitals for people with life-threatening conditions or those needing complex surgery could be more clinically effective and make better use of NHS resources, according to a new report by the NHS Confederation.Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:05:10 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/nhs-partners-section-75.aspxDavid Worskett says the commissioners must open the way for the potential contributions to the NHS that can be made by new, innovative, providers within a legally secure framework.Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:25:15 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/two-new-directors-for-nhs-confed.aspxThe NHS Confederation has announced the appointment of two new directors to the organisation. Dr Johnny Marshall and Matt Tee will join the senior team as executive directors and will take up their new roles after Easter.Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:07:39 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-children-young-people-outcomes-forum-pledge.aspxJo Webber says it is essential that organisations maintain focus on improving connections between their services in order to help protect children and young people.Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:05:09 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/Minister_backs_ImROC_roll-out.aspxCare and Support Minister Norman Lamb launches phase two of ImROC, a project helping local mental health services focus on 'recovery'.Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:05:12 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-kings-fund-quarterly-report.aspxMike Farrar says we need to look beyond short term solutions and examine how we can transform the way we deliver care so that it delivers the best outcomes for patients in a way that is fully sustainable in the long term. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:05:11 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-hunt-bureaucracy.aspxMike Farrar says it is promising that the health secretary is listening to concerns with announcement of work to reduce bureaucracy in the NHS.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:44:04 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-social-care-funding.aspxNHS Confederation interim director of policy Jo Webber welcomed the fact that social care will be resourced without placing further pressure on health budgets and called for further detail on long-term eligibility for social care.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:54:18 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-response-francis-mid-staffs.aspxThe head of the NHS Confederation today pledged a relentless drive to repair damage to public confidence on what has been a "sad and shameful day" for the NHS.Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:11:46 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHS-Confederation-says-NHS-must-turn-one-of-its-darkest-days-into-an-opportunity.aspxThe head of the NHS Confederation says the NHS is bracing itself for one of its darkest days when the public inquiry into the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust reports.Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:05:39 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/NHSConfederationandNHSEmployerscommentinresponsetoNursingTimessurveyrestaffinglevels.aspxThe last thing we want is a minimum staffing ratio becoming a ceiling rather than a floor, says director of NHS Employers Dean Royles.Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:43:25 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-kings-fund-long-term-report.aspxNHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar says addressing the financial issues will require some tough choices, and that open and honest conversations with the public will be essential.Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:17:20 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/We-must-avoid-trench-warfare-over-service-changes.aspxNHS Confederation responds to Secretary of State’s announcement on the future of South London Healthcare NHS Trust.Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:20:54 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/e-mental-health-report.aspxA national framework for e-mental health is essential if technology is to play a truly transformative role in mental healthcare, says a new report from the NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network and its partners.Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:05:18 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/stronger-together-health-wellbeing-report.aspxHealth and wellbeing boards should take advantage of experience and connections of established providers and tailor their engagement programme to local priorities, says new report.Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:05:19 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/vote_European_safeguards_for_patients.aspxPatients will benefit from measures whcih update the rules on health professionals moving from one European country to another, says the NHS Confederation's European office.Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:56:54 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-burden-bureaucracy.aspxThe NHS Confederation is calling on the Department of Health and Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) to help organisations focus on securing the best patient care by reducing the unnecessary bureaucratic burdens on NHS organisations.Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:05:20 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-monday-morning-AandE.aspxDr Mark Newbold says we must reshape how all parts of the NHS repond to urgent or unplanned demands on services in order to deliver best care.Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:09:37 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Pages/confed-comment-keogh-review-AandE.aspxMike Farrar says review will help clarify the best arrangement of urgent and emergency care services. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:05:18 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-hsc-nice.aspxMike Farrar says changes to pricing system must produce maximum benefit to patients, whilst new guidance is major opportunity to improve social and integrated care.Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:05:18 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-ring-fence-public-health-grant.aspxCommenting on the details published today concerning public health budgets, Jo Webber says it is encouraging to see the Government asserting its commitment to improving health outcomes.Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:46:38 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/confed-comment-HSC-CQC.aspxMike Farrar says CQC must use recommendations with consultation and Francis report to drive through changes needed to give public and NHS leaders confidence in its work.Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:05:17 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/coalition_mid-term_review.aspxThe Coalition Government's mid-term review includes a commitment to increasing the health budget in real terms.Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:57:23 GMThttp://www.nhsconfed.org/PressReleases/Archive/2013/Pages/Prime-Ministers-statement-on-nursing.aspxMike Farrar said "the NHS is totally committed to this agenda. We have got to ensure that a culture of compassion is running through the veins of every place that provides care, no ifs, no buts, and no exceptions.Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:05:18 GMT