12 Dec 2005
NHS Confederation report highlights need to improve care of the terminally ill
The final request of most terminally ill patients is to die in the comfort of their own home - but all too often their dying wish cannot be granted.  That is the hard-hitting message of a...

07 Dec 2005
NHS Confederation response to King's Fund report 'How should we deal with hospital failure?'
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, is backing a King's Fund report published today which says the government must introduce a more effective regime...

01 Dec 2005
NHS Confederation response to announcement of public consultation on primary care boundary changes
Jo Webber, Deputy Policy Director of the NHS Confederation which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said: "Local health services are accountable to the communities they serve and...

01 Dec 2005
Report calls for radical revamp of sexual health services
A radical rethink of sexual health services is urgently needed to tackle rapidly increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS. That is the warning issued in a...

17 Nov 2005
NHS Confederation response to NAO report on stroke services
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said: "It is encouraging that the National Audit Office says 'notable progress'...

10 Nov 2005
NHS Confederation comment on Herceptin
Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said: "Today's timely editorial from The Lancet concerning the ongoing debate...

09 Nov 2005
In a patient-led NHS what is the role of patient and public involvement?
An NHS Confederation one-day conference Cavendish Conference Centre, London Tuesday 15 November 2005 Media invite Health Minister, Rosie Winterton, is the keynote speaker at a one-day...

08 Nov 2005
Lib-Dem health spokesman urges NHS to avoid supermarket model
Steve Webb, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health, will warn that subjecting the NHS to the same forces of competition and choice as supermarkets won't deliver better healthcare...

03 Nov 2005
NHS chief executives back overhaul of GP registration
The majority of NHS chief executives think that GP registration should continue to underpin NHS primary care but the current system of patients registering with a single GP needs to be...

01 Nov 2005
The role and limits of markets in NHS reform
Professor Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Health Tuesday 8th November 6pm - 7.30pm 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ The NHS Confederation is...

29 Oct 2005
NHS hospitals call for PFI process to be updated
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) process needs updating to make it more effective, according to the early findings of a survey of NHS hospital trusts published by the Future Healthcare Network...

24 Oct 2005
The challenges of commissioning a patient-led NHS - media invite
Supported by Four Seasons Health Care and The Huntercombe Hospitals An NHS Confederation One-Day Conference The Royal College of Physicians, London Tuesday 1 November 2005 Sir Nigel Crisp,...

11 Oct 2005
NHS Confederation response to Audit Commission report on payment by results
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, has welcomed the key finding of today's Audit Commission report on Payment by Results that NHS bodies piloting the...

10 Oct 2005
NHS Confederation report calls for NHS to be rewarded for tackling incapacity benefit
In advance of the publication of the government's Green Paper on benefit reform, the NHS Confederation has today published a report, Incapacity benefit reform and the NHS, calling for the NHS to be...

26 Sep 2005
NHS Confederation Chief Executive voted most effective health lobbyist by health hotel members
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation - the UK-wide membership body that represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations - has been voted health's most effective lobbyist in...

22 Sep 2005
Historic underinvestment in the NHS 'grossly underestimated', says new report by NHS Confederation
Chronic underspending on the NHS throughout the 1980s and 1990s was grossly underestimated and as a result a high proportion of the extra investment in the health service since 2002 has been spent...

14 Sep 2005
NHS Confederation appoints deputy policy director
Jo Webber has been appointed as the new deputy policy director of the NHS Confederation which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations in the UK. Jo joined the Confederation in...

12 Sep 2005
Healthcare Commission survey is good news for mental health services
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, says the Healthcare Commission's survey of mental health service users - published today - is a well-deserved pat...

08 Sep 2005
NHS Confederation calls for debate on NHS drug costs following audit commission report on financial implications of nice guidance
The NHS Confederation is calling for an urgent debate on rapidly increasing NHS drug costs following today's Audit Commission report about the financial implications of implementing NICE guidance on...

07 Sep 2005
NHS Confederation says PCT patient survey is proof of high standards in primary care services
The NHS Confederation, which represents 93 per cent of primary care trusts (PCTs), says that the key findings of the Healthcare Commission's PCT patient survey are good news for NHS...

05 Sep 2005
NHS Confederation calls for complete smoking ban in pubs and clubs
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, is calling for a complete ban on smoking in all pubs and clubs - but warns that funding to help primary care...

31 Aug 2005
QOF results 'a significant achievement' says NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, today heralded the significant achievement of the first year of the quality and outcomes framework (QOF) of the...

31 Aug 2005
The Importance of Boards - media invitation
"The Importance of Boards" Supported by ERNST & YOUNG An NHS Confederation One-Day Conference and Exhibition The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester Tuesday 6 September 10am - 4pm Baroness...

25 Aug 2005
NHS Confederation comment on hospitals publishing mortality data
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, welcomes the decision by St George's Hospital in Tooting to publish all its mortality data online. Dr Gill...

08 Aug 2005
NHS Confederation welcomes Healthcare Commission's A&E report as proof of patient satisfaction and reduced waiting times
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, notes the key finding of the Healthcare Commission's A&E report that A&E services have improved despite the fact...

29 Jul 2005
Creation of delivery group positive step forward
The Scottish NHS Confederation, which represents NHS boards, has welcomed the Health Minister's announcement today of the creation of a delivery group within the Scottish Executive Health Department...

28 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation response to Commissioning a Patient-led NHS
John McIvor, Vice-Chair of the NHS Confederation's PCT Chief Executives Forum, has responded to today's publication of the Department of Health document 'Commissioning a Patient-led NHS': John,...

27 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation welcomes star ratings as proof of NHS improvement
The NHS Confederation, whose members include more than 90 per cent of NHS organisations, welcomes today's publication of star ratings which show that NHS trusts in England have improved their...

21 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation response to National Patient Safety Agency's report on patient safety incidents
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation which represents more than 90% of NHS organisations, said: "More than one million patients are cared for every day by NHS staff in England...

18 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation response to Healthcare Commission State of Healthcare report 2005
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, says: "The Healthcare Commission's report acknowledges that overall patients' satisfaction levels are high for most NHS services which is...

15 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation responds to Government consultation on a code of practice for healthcare associated infections
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, says: "The NHS is making huge strides to reduce healthcare associated infections such as MRSA and continued efforts and vigilance are...

14 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation response to Public Accounts Committee report on reforming NHS dentistry
Dr Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, says: "We welcome Primary Care Trusts' new responsibility for commissioning dental services which is due to come into effect in April...

11 Jul 2005
NHS Confederation response to Healthcare Commission's day surgery review
The NHS Confederation has welcomed the key finding of the Healthcare Commission's report on NHS day surgery services in England that many hospital trusts have improved these services over the last...

30 Jun 2005
New smoking legislation must be properly funded
The Scottish NHS Confederation has called on the new legislation to ban smoking in public places to be properly funded if it is to have the desired impact, as the Scottish Parliament debates the...

17 Jun 2005
Leading expert calls for NHS to tackle soaring levels of workforce stress
The NHS needs to do much more to tackle soaring levels of stress in the workplace, because of the huge human and financial costs, contends a leading expert on organisational...

17 Jun 2005
NHS Confederation accepts challenge from the Secretary of State in her first major speech
The NHS Confederation has accepted the challenge laid down by the Secretary of State to show the taxpayer that the NHS is delivering value for money. Responding to the Secretary of State's first...

17 Jun 2005
NHS Confederation response to Sir Nigel Crisp's speech
The NHS Confederation today welcomed Sir Nigel's address to the NHS Confederation Annual Conference.  Responding to his comments on Payment by Results, Gill Morgan, Chief Executive, said...

16 Jun 2005
Boards must receive full backing implementing sexual health strategy
The Scottish NHS Confederation has reiterated its call to the Scottish Executive to give NHS boards their full, unequivocal backing in implementing the sexual health strategy ahead of an Executive...

16 Jun 2005
Clinton's former Health Secretary warns NHS against making same mistakes as US
Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami and former Secretary of State for Health under President Clinton, warned the NHS not to make the same mistakes as the US. Speaking at the NHS...

16 Jun 2005
Democratic deficit at the heart of the NHS
The daily grind of internal operational issues and external national targets are stopping NHS boards from doing their job, finds a report published by the NHS Confederation today. NHS boards have...

16 Jun 2005
Department of Health to launch Saving lives: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection
Tackling hospital acquired infections will take a step forward today when Sir Nigel Crisp,  Chief Executive of the NHS and Chris Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer launch Saving Livings: a delivery...

16 Jun 2005
NHS has key role in cutting local crime rates
The NHS has a key role to play in cutting local crime rates and boosting community social networks, concludes a report published by the NHS Confederation this week. Healthy Sustainable...

15 Jun 2005
Confederation call for honest debate on NHS funding after chief executive poll
Nearly two thirds of top health chief executives do not believe that all the targets and improvements set by the Government can be delivered on current levels of funding, according to a poll for the...

15 Jun 2005
Hospital design must reflect rapidly changing healthcare to avoid wasting investment
Hospital design must reflect the rapidly changing nature of healthcare if the vast investment in hospital building is to be fully realised, warns a report from the Future Healthcare Network of the...

15 Jun 2005
Skilled refugee doctors are failing to get jobs in the NHS
The NHS should be using the valuable resource of refugee doctors, Peter Mount, Chair of the NHS Confederation will say today. In a speech to the NHS Confederation Annual Conference and...

15 Jun 2005
We must bring doctors and nurses on board or NHS reform will fail
Doctors and nurses are not fully engaged with the Government's reform agenda, threatening its success, Dame Gill Morgan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation will say today.  In a wide...

02 Jun 2005
Financial pressures continue in current year
The Scottish NHS Confederation, which represents NHS boards in Scotland, today welcomed the Scottish Parliament Audit Committee's recognition of the financial pressures facing NHS boards and noted...

02 Jun 2005
NHS24
Commenting on the interim report published today on the performance of NHS24, the Director of the Scottish NHS Confederation Hilary Robertson said:   "NHS24 is a member of the Scottish NHS...

27 May 2005
Performance indicators must be underpinned by investment
The Scottish NHS Confederation today (Friday May 27) welcomed the very high levels of attainment GP practices have achieved against the Quality and Outcomes Framework of the new GMS contract but...

26 May 2005
Kerr report
The Scottish NHS Confederation, which represents NHS boards in Scotland, has said that the recommendations of Professor David Kerr's report both provides a vision for the future of health services...

25 May 2005
Waiting times reduction not the only measure of success
The Scottish NHS Confederation has welcomed today's announcement of a reduction in waiting times but urges critics and commentators to look to progress being made in other areas of the NHS to...

19 May 2005
Restructuring may not resolve underlying problems
The Scottish NHS Confederation today (May 19, 2005) cautioned that simply restructuring organisations and tackling historic deficits risked overlooking underlying problems which need to be resolved...

17 May 2005
NHS Confederation welcomes focus on health in the Queen's Speech
The NHS Confederation today welcomed the focus on health in the Queen's Speech. Commenting on the three major health Bills, Dame Gill Morgan, NHS Confederation Chief Executive said: 'The...

12 May 2005
NHS Pocket Guide launched at 'HR in the NHS' conference
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90% of NHS organisations, launches the 2005/06 edition of its Pocket guide to the NHS in England at the HR in the NHS conference in Birmingham this...

07 May 2005
NHS leaders deliver verdict on priorities for new health secretary
An exclusive poll of NHS chief executives reveals that sustaining improvements in patient care must be the top priority for new Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt but points out that this...

26 Apr 2005
NHS Confederation delivers its verdict on long-term conditions National Service Framework
Improvements to the care provided for people living with chronic conditions could be subject to local variation - that's the verdict of an NHS Confederation briefing paper published this week on the...

25 Apr 2005
Further faster: keeping pace with reform
An NHS Confederation one-day conference Thursday, April 28 Dr David Colin-Thome, the Department of Health's National Clinical Director for Primary Care, is the keynote speaker at a major...

25 Apr 2005
Further faster: keeping pace with reform - An NHS Confederation one-day conference
Dr David Colin-Thome, the Department of Health's National Clinical Director for Primary Care, is the keynote speaker at a major primary care conference this Thursday (April 28). He will address...

20 Apr 2005
Modern dental service needs imaginative solutions
In a briefing to MSPs ahead of the Health Committee's debate on access to dental health services in Scotland on Thursday 21 April, the Scottish NHS Confederation has called on Scotland's political...

14 Apr 2005
New head of public affairs joins the NHS confederation
Sarah Jones has joined the NHS Confederation as the membership organisation's new Head of Public Affairs. She heads up a six-strong public affairs team which manages the Confederation's...

12 Apr 2005
Confederation calls for open minds and imagination at health debate
The Scottish NHS Confederation has called on all those interested in the future of  Scotland's  health services to open their minds and imaginations about what services will actually look like in...

07 Apr 2005
Visible leadership is key to success, NHS leaders told
Visible leadership is the key to success, NHS leaders in Scotland will be told on Friday at the second annual conference of the Scottish NHS Confederation in St Andrews.  Addressing the second day...

05 Apr 2005
Political parties to be grilled on long-term conditions care
Politicians representing the three main parties will be quizzed on their manifesto plans for the NHS, and in particular care for people with long-term conditions, at the first major health debate of...

31 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation celebrates the abolition of star ratings
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90% of NHS organisations, has welcomed changes made by the Healthcare Commission to its ratings system to measure the performance of NHS...

30 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation responds to public accounts committee report on emergency care
The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90% of NHS organisations, welcomes today's report on emergency care by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. Nigel Edwards, Director...

23 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation backs scrutiny committee's concerns about Draft Mental Health Bill
The NHS Confederation, whose members include all mental health and learning disability NHS trusts, welcomes today's scrutiny committee report into the Draft Mental Health Bill which warns against...

22 Mar 2005
UNISON and NHS confederation attack insulting myths about NHS support staff
UNISON and the NHS Confederation today launch a new report to dispel myths about the contribution of NHS staff who support frontline staff such as doctors and nurses - everyone from chief executives...

21 Mar 2005
NHS organisations call for culture change to transform adult social care services
NHS leaders say that the rest need to learn from the best if bold aspirations to transform adult social care services are to be realised. The NHS Confederation, which represents more than 90%...

17 Mar 2005
Major challenges remain for dental services
The Scottish NHS Confederation today welcomed the reform of dental services announced by the Executive but cautioned that achieving them would be a major challenge.  Scottish NHS Confederation...

14 Mar 2005
New coalition sets out standards of social care for Government
A new adult social care coalition called on the government to focus on prevention instead of acute need today, as it launched 12 principles1  drafted to shape the Adult Social Care Green...

14 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation challenges politicians to debate the real health issues in the general election
The NHS Confederation, which represents the vast majority of organisations that make up the NHS, this week launches its manifesto and challenges political parties to debate about the real health...

10 Mar 2005
Investment in smoking cessation will reap health rewards
The Scottish NHS Confederation has welcomed today's announcement by the First Minister of further resources for smoking cessation services as a sound investment in Scotland's health. Scottish...

10 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation comment on Labour's health pledge
The NHS Confederation, whose members include more than 90% of NHS organisations throughout the UK, says that trusts are already tackling the Labour health pledge to reduce maximum waiting times to...

10 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation welcomes promise of individual care plans for all NHS patients with long-term neurological conditions
The NHS Confederation has welcomed a key pledge of the new National Service Framework for people living with long-term neurological conditions - individual care plans to put patients, not healthcare...

03 Mar 2005
NHS Confederation gives its views on new health ratings system
The NHS Confederation has broadly welcomed a proposed new ratings system to measure the performance of NHS trusts which is due to replace the current 'star ratings' - but expressed some serious...

23 Feb 2005
Emphasis on partnership means practice based commissioning will deliver real benefits for patients
The NHS Confederation welcomes today's technical guidance for practice based commissioning by the Department of Health because it will allow PCTs and GP practices to work together to produce a...

17 Feb 2005
NHS Confederation responds to Conservative health plans
The NHS Confederation has expressed serious concerns about new Conservative health plans announced today for 'local inspection teams' to be given authority to shut hospital wards. Dr Gill...

11 Feb 2005
NHS Confederation rejects Conservative mismanagement claims
The reorganisation of maternity services in Scotland is being driven by falling numbers of births, issues of patient safety and good clinical practice said Scottish NHS Confederation Director Hilary...

07 Feb 2005
Executive's health policies must be properly funded if they are to have the desired impact
Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee on the financial memorandum to the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill, Scottish NHS Confederation Director told MSPs that...

04 Feb 2005
Financial pressures on NHS boards will continue into 2006
Responding to the Health Minister's announcement of an allocation of £6 Billion to NHS boards, Scottish NHS Confederation Director, Hilary Robertson said: "We welcome today's announcement and the...

13 Jan 2005
New proposals for restructuring the NHS will not help improve patient care
More restructuring for the NHS is not the right prescription for improved patient care, the NHS Confederation said today in response to the James report from the Conservative Party. Nigel...

13 Jan 2005
NHS Confederation welcomes emphasis on self-care and information for people with long-term conditions
The NHS Confederation has welcomed today's announcement from the Department of Health detailing new guidance for promoting information for patients with long- term conditions. Jo Webber, policy...

07 Jan 2005
Treatment centres bring faster treatment but must be coordinated with existing NHS services
The introduction of treatment centres has made a real difference and allowed more patients to be treated more quickly, but it is important they do not undermine existing services, the NHS...

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