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  • Plans for fixed cap on legal costs for medical negligence cases

    Legal firms will face a new cap on the amount of costs they can recover in negligence cases.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Mental health and NHS performance

    Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, talks about mental health service improvements and maintaining NHS performance standards.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Barcode technology helping to improve patient safety

    Barcodes are being used to trace NHS patients and their treatments, manage medical supplies and monitor the effectiveness of equipment.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New plans to modernise community pharmacies

    Changes include a reward system for high quality service and a pharmacy access scheme for isolated areas with higher health needs.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Plan to reduce health and care red tape burden

    Department of Health to challenge bureaucratic red tape on health and social care frontline, to increase focus on patient contact and care.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Plans for changing healthcare education funding

    Action to support nursing, midwifery and AHP students complete their courses and enter the future health workforce.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Healthcare student funding consultation launched

    Consultation on how changes to student funding for nurse, midwife and allied health professional degree places can be implemented.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • NHS IT: Local Service Provider contracts letters

    Letters for NHS organisations on what is needed for continuity of services after the BT and CSC NHS IT systems and services contracts end.

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

  • New GP contract agreed for 2016 to 2017

    Government, NHS England and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee agree changes to the GP contract in England.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Review of information technology in NHS

    Review will look at ways to improve NHS IT, including electronic health records, to achieve a paper free health and care system by 2020.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care

    Carter Review says hospitals must standardise procedures, be more transparent and work more closely with neighbouring NHS trusts.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Hospitals get £1.8 billion for sustainability and transformation

    Sustainability and transformation fund will give NHS the resources it needs as part of the Five Year Forward View to sustain services.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • NHS in Wales uses SBRI scheme to improve healthcare planning

    Health board in South Wales calls in innovative companies to address problem of fragmented information, making it easier to predict need.

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  • Clampdown on NHS staffing agency costs

    A cap on charges for agency staff will reduce NHS spend by £1 billion over 3 years, and agency staff will be no better off than NHS colleagues.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Help me achieve my vision for transformative health technology

    Sir Hugh Taylor invites you to contribute your views to the Accelerated Access Review.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Hospital productivity report shows how NHS can make large savings

    Lord Carter says hospitals could save billions of pounds by better use of staff, medicines, supplies and more efficient processes.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • How can we afford the kind of care we all want?

    Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt writes about the need for delivering safer services and lower costs in the NHS.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Clampdown on staffing agencies charging NHS extortionate rates

    Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt orders clampdown as part of tough new financial controls to cut down on waste in the NHS.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • NHS IT: Local Service Provider benefits realisation

    How NHS organisations can maximise benefits and reporting return on investment, and comply with national systems and standards.

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  • Jeremy Hunt: message to NHS staff on using technology and sharing information

    Secretary of State for Health talks about the importance of using technology and information to improve patient care and public health.

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