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Responding to Andy Burnham's speech to the King's Fund today, the shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, said: "This speech did not even begin to face up to the scale of the task ahead for the NHS. It did not say enough about how we are to manage resources more effectively in the future. And there was little evidence that rooting out waste would be a priority or that Labour's box-ticking and top-down targets would be scrapped." The chief executive of the King's Fund, Niall Dickson, commented: "Not before time the government has acknowledged the scale of the task ahead for the health service in the future public spending squeeze. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
This speech did not even begin to face up to the scale of the task ahead for the NHS. It did not say enough about how we are to manage resources more effectively in the future. And there was little evidence that rooting out waste would be a priority or that Labour's box-ticking and top-down targets would be scrapped.
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Measure staff satisfaction in NHS, says health secretary
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We warmly welcome the emphasis on quality and stronger methods of incentivising and rewarding it. As a fully integrated part of the NHS system, the independent sector will be at the heart of this process.
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The reform we want is based on a strong partnership between frontline staff and their leaders, and between staff and the public. It can never be in the patient's interest if staff morale is low.
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Not before time the government has acknowledged the scale of the task ahead for the health service in the future public spending squeeze. This is without doubt the most significant leadership challenge facing the NHS over the coming years. Even if the NHS does better than other areas of spending, it wil...
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It has led to a massive increase in bureaucracy and administration costs and would be an excellent target for making some of the efficiency savings that the government wants. It makes no sense to set hospital against hospital and for the focus to shift away from patient care and on to invoicing, coding ...
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Alongside patient satisfaction, I propose to measure staff satisfaction more systematically
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While the overall message ... was positive, it was short on some specifics. In the absence of increased funding, rather than just pass the buck to frontline staff to deliver innovative services, they must be supported to deliver the secretary of state's commitments.
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The speech appeared to indicate a softening of the pro-privatisation rhetoric of recent times which is to be welcomed, but we will be seeking much more clarity on what Mr Burnham means by 'service reform'.
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