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  • Chronic health conditions guidelines: covering letter from Dame Carol Black

    Letter from Dame Carol Black, National Director for Health and Work about the Chronic Disease Guidelines for Line Managers and Employees.

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  • Driving up organ donations

    More than 10,000 people in the UK currently need an organ transplant. Of these, 1000 each year will die waiting as there are not enough organs available.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • General guidance and evaluation

    Simple guide to PbR.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Personal health budget pilot – third interim report

    A pilot programme involving around half the primary care trusts in England is currently underway, testing out personal health budgets in the NHS.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • How you can help

    There are opportunities to offer feedback and views to the Department’s Payment by Return team by following the links below.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Maternity services and PbR 2008-2011

    Request for organisations to participate in the Maternity PbR pathway project.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Have you ever wondered how the Department of Health arrived at a price for a particular orthopaedic procedure?

    This letter highlights a programme of work aimed at encouraging greater involvement from orthopaedic surgeons into the annual reference costs collection process.

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  • Estates and Facilities Assurance: Universal NHS Premises Assurance Model

    This letter from David Flory, Deputy NHS Chief Executive, highlights the publication of ‘A Universal version of the NHS Premises Assurance Model'.

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  • Consultation on the distribution of funding to local authorities

    The Department of Health will need to allocate funding for four duties that will pass from the NHS and DH to local authorities, subject to the passage of the Health and Social Care Bill.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Supporting personal assistants working in adult social care

    New ‘Framework for Personal Assistants’ to make it easier for people with disabilities to employ PAs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme dispute resolution decisions published

    Two decisions by the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Dispute Resolution Panel have been published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation letter on establishment of special health authorities

    As part of the preparatory work for the NHS Commissioning Board and the Health Research Authority, we are currently seeking the views of those representing staff who may be transferred to the proposed NHS Commissioning Board…

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  • Apply now for funding to support voluntary projects in health and social care

    The 2012-13 Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund is now open for applications.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Dental Officer update

    The May 2011 edition of the CDO update includes a foreword from Chief Dental Officer Barry Cockcroft that includes details of practices taking part in piloting elements of a new dental contract.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Dementia commissioning pack launched

    A new resource to support clinical commissioning groups in designing and purchasing high quality dementia services has been launched.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Living Well With Dementia: A national dementia strategy

    Setting out a vision to transform dementia services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Engaging NHS staff with QIPP

    QIPP is engaging large numbers of NHS staff to lead and support change.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

    The white paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS, was published in July 2010.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Long term conditions e-learning tools for NHS and social care workforce

    There are a number of online resources available to help the NHS and social care workforce in their work with people suffering from long term conditions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Outcome of the review of NHS student support

    The review of the NHS bursary scheme, which provides financial support to students undertaking eligible healthcare courses has concluded that, in the future, eligible students will all have access to the same package of fina…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government