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Adrian Barker
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11 Sep 2016 - 20:42

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 4th-11th September 2016

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   05 September 2016 The junior doctors' strike planned for September has been called off,  but those for October, November and December are still scheduled to go ahead.  The BMA called off the strike because of concern that the service might... See more
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04 Sep 2016 - 14:21

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 28th August - 4th September

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   31 August 2016 Junior doctors are to hold 5-day strikes every month until the end of the year,  after the BMA Council agreed proposals from the Junior Doctors Committee.  The first strike will be from 8:00 until 5:00 each day from 12th to... See more
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28 Aug 2016 - 13:37

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 14th-28th August

There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 18 August 2016 The Government's delayed childhood obesity strategy has been widely criticised  for not going far enough.  It proposes a voluntary target to reduce the amount of sugar in children's food and drink by 5% next year and... See more
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22 Aug 2016 - 15:29

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 7th-13th August 2016

There's a fuller list of the health and wellbeing policy news items for the current quarter here, but some of the more significant items of the week are: 08 August 2016 The 'troubled families' programme has had no discernible effect on unemployment, truancy or criminality,  according to an unpublished evaluation report, a senior civil servant has told BBC's Newsnight programme.  The... See more
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07 Aug 2016 - 19:26

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 31st July - 7th August

Here are some of the more significant items of health and wellbeing policy news from the last week.  There is a longer list (in date order) here.   02 August 2016 NHS England can legally fund the HIV preventive drug 'Prep',  the High Court has ruled.  NHS England had said it was the responsibility of Public Health within local authorities to provide the drug as it was... See more
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31 Jul 2016 - 06:24

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 24th-30th July

Here are a few of the more significant health and wellbeing policy news items from the last week.  A fuller list is available here.   28 July 2016 More details of the new voluntary GP contracts have been revealed  in NHS England board papers.  The contracts were announced by David Cameron last year (4th October 2015) in connection with seven day working, but that is not... See more
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16 Jul 2016 - 06:47

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 11th-15th July 2016

Here are some of the bigger stories from last week.  A fuller list (in date order) is available here.   14 July 2016 Jeremy Hunt remains as health secretary,  one of only four Cabinet ministers to retain their role, in the new prime minister, Theresa May's government.  Justine Greening replaced Nicky Morgan as Secretary of State for Education.  Savid Javid moved from... See more
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11 Jul 2016 - 14:04

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 1st-11th July 2016

There's a longer list of this week's health and wellbeing policy news items on my website, but here are a few of the bigger items: 06 July 2016 The Government is to impose the revised junior doctors' contract,  despite it having been rejected in a ballot of BMA members.  Imposition will start in October and is likely to be completed by autumn the following year.... See more
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27 Jun 2016 - 13:17

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 12-27 June 2016

Clearly the referendum result is eclipsing everything else at the moment, but there has also been quite a lot of health and wellbeing policy news in the last two weeks, albeit rather less momentous.  A lot emerged from the conferences of the NHS Confederation, BMA and Royal College of Nursing but that was mostly motions rather than anything which would necessarily lead to action.There is a... See more
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12 Jun 2016 - 17:24

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News 5th - 12th June 2016

This week's health and wellbeing policy news is available here.  A few of the more impactful items of the week are: The performance of the NHS in England improved slightly in April, but it remains under considerable pressure (9th) The United Nations Committee on the rights of the child says that UK austerity and welfare policies are disproportionately affecting poorer children so... See more
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16 May 2016 - 15:20

null Health and Wellbeing Policy News

I have been doing a weekly health and wellbeing policy update for some time now.  The full details can be found here, but a few of the highlights from the past week include: The NHS has had its busiest year on record with many targets not met (12th) Workforce planning in the NHS has been criticised by the Public Accounts Committee, which questions whether the Government knows the... See more
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30 Sep 2015 - 11:01

null Strategies going round in circles – but that’s OK

I am not convinced our local health and wellbeing strategy is terribly strategic.  However there are some quite interesting, and even innovative things going on locally in health, adult social care, children’s mental health and other areas.  There are person-centred approaches, a better use of prevention and community based work. So, what to do?  Should we just ignore the... See more
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