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Lord Hunt, President of the Health Care Supply Association's presentation at the Association of British Healthcare Industries event
Date submitted: 23 August 2011		      
     
Letter to Heath Care Supply Assocation members - Executive Director
Date submitted: 23 August 2011		      
     

Liberating the NHS: An information revolution - Summary of responses to the consultation
Date submitted: 18 August 2011

      
     
Department of Health: Baseline data collection to support the development of the future healthcare and public health systems
Date submitted: 12 August 2011		      
     

The Health Protection Stocktake Working Group Interim Report - July 2011
Date submitted: 12 August 2011

      
     

NHS Financial Year 2010-11: A summary of auditors' work
Date submitted: 11 August 2011

      
     

Healthy Weight Communities Lessons for programme design and delivery from the Action Inquiry Process - Research Findings No. 108
Date submitted: 9 August 2011

      
     

Care Quality Commission: The safer management of controlled drugs - Annual report 2010
Date submitted: 4 August 2011

      
     

Primary Care Trust Estate: Future ownership and management of estate in the ownership of primary care trusts in England
Date submitted: 4 August 2011

      
     

The Statement of Financial Entitlements (Amendment No.2) Directions 2011
Date submitted: 3 August 2011

      
     

Department of Health: A simple guide to payment by results
Date submitted: 1 August 2011

      
     
The Evaluation of the Family Nurse Partnership Programme in Scotland: Phase 1 Report – Intake and Early Pregnancy
Date submitted: 29 July 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Shared operating model for primary care trust clustersDate submitted: 28 July 2011      
     
DWP: Health and well-being at work - A survey of employers
Date submitted: 28 July 2011		      
     
Estates and Facilities Assurance: Publication of the universal NHS premises assurance model
Date submitted: 28 July 2011		      
     
Working for Personalised Care: A framework for supporting personal assistants working in adult social care
Date submitted: 27 July 2011		      
     
Voluntary Sector Investment Programme: Innovation excellence and strategic development fund 2012-13
Date submitted: 26 July 2011		      
     
Post-Legislative Assessment of the Health Act 2006
Date submitted: 22 July 2011		      
     
Health and Safety Made Simple: The basics for your business
Date submitted: 22 July 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Accelerating the release of public sector land for development
Date submitted: 22 July 2011		      
     
Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011 Consultation on Secondary LegislationDate submitted: 21 July 2011      
     
Department of Health: Launch of dementia commissioning pack
Date submitted: 21 July 2011		      
     
Operational Guidance to the NHS: Extending patient choice of provider
Date submitted: 19 July 2011		      
     
Liberating the NHS: Greater choice and control - Government response
Date submitted: 19 July 2011		      
     
Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 – Consultation on Certification of Incapacity for Medical Treatment under Part 5 Section 47
Date submitted: 18 July 2011		      
     
A New Value-based Approach to the Pricing of Branded Medicines: Government response to the consultation
Date submitted: 18 July 2011		      
     
A New Value-based Approach to the Pricing of Branded Medicines: Government response to the consultation
Date submitted: 18 July 2011		      
     
General Social Care Council: Annual report and accounts 2010-11
Date submitted: 15 July 2011		      
     
The Cost of Implementing Personal Health Budgets: Third interim report
Date submitted: 15 July 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Arrangements for clustering strategic health authorities
Date submitted: 14 July 2011		      
     
Annual Report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2010-11
Date submitted: 14 July 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Annual report and accounts 2010-11
Date submitted: 13 July 2011		      
     
Consultation on Regulation of Independent Healthcare in Scotland: Consultation Report
Date submitted: 12 July 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Promoting earlier diagnosis of cancer
Date submitted: 30 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Analysis of controls on the marketing and promotion of food and drink to children
Date submitted: 29 June 2011		      
     
Medical and Dental Student Funding and Finance
Date submitted: 28 June 2011		      
     
The Ministerial Group on Dementia Research: Headline report
Date submitted: 28 June 2011		      
     
Government Response to the NHS Future Forum Report: Briefing notes on amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill
Date submitted: 27 June 2011		      
     
Implementing the Overseas Visitors Hospital Charging Regulations 2011: Regulations come into force from 1 August 2011
Date submitted: 27 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Performance management of NHS accident and emergency services using the clinical quality indicators
Date submitted: 23 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Revised chemotherapy measures for the manual for cancer services
Date submitted: 22 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Public health system reform
Date submitted: 21 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Government response to the NHS Future Forum report
Date submitted: 20 June 2011		      
     
Response to the NHS Future Forum: Speech by Nick Clegg  
Date submitted: 14 June 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Government response to the NHS future forum report
Date submitted: 14 June 2011		      
     
NHS Future Forum Recommendations to Government
Date submitted: 13 June 2011		      
     
DWP: Getting in, staying in and getting on - Disability employment support fit for the future
Date submitted: 9 June 2011		      
     
Regulating financial sustainability in higher education
Date submitted: 7 June 2011 		     
     
Need to save will overcome past barriers - including political resistance - to sharing in local public services says new Socitm guide
Date submitted: 6 June 2011		      
     
Managing risks in government
Date submitted: 6 June 2011		      
     
Accountability and cost reduction in the new policing landscape - a briefing for the Home Affairs Select Committee
Date submitted: 6 June 2011		      
     
Publication of Spending Data by Local Authorities  
Date submitted: 3 June 2011		      
     
UK and Japan Standing Together for Recovery and Growth: Speech by Vince Cable
Date submitted: 3 June 2011		      
     
The Community Right to Build  
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
Letter from Sir Bob Kerslake on the Future of Local Audit
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
DECC: Extra help where it is needed - A new energy company obligation  
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
DECC: Consumer protection in the Green Deal  
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
Cabinet Office: Small and medium-sized enterprises action plan 2011-12  
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
Audit Commission: Improving value for money in adult social care  
Date submitted: 2 June 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Dignity and nutrition for older people
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: The month
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
Barts and The London NHS Trust (RNJ) inpatient PbR results 2010/11 
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
Barts and The London NHS Trust (RNJ) outpatient PbR results 2010/11 
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
Euxton Hall Hospital (NVC05) inpatient PbR results 2010/11 
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
Ealing Hospital NHS Trust (RC3) outpatient PbR results 2010/11 
Date submitted: 27 May  2011		      
     
Department for Health: Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany
Date submitted: 27 May 2011		      
     
The Seasonal Flu Immunisation Programme 2011-12
Date submitted: 25 May 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Blakesley House Nursing Home - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 24 May 2011		      
     
Abortion Statistics: England and Wales - 2010
Date submitted: 24 May 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Arbory Residential Home - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 23 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Applying the NHS performance framework to mental health trusts in 2011-12
Date submitted: 20 May 2011		      
     
     
The King's Fund Leadership Conference: Speech by Andrew Lansley
Date submitted: 19 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Allied Health Professions service improvement project
Date submitted: 17 May 2011		      
     
NHS: Speech by David Cameron
Date submitted: 16 May 2011		      
     
Audit Commission: Costing care pathways - Understanding the cost of the diabetes care pathway
Date submitted: 16 May 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: King Charles Court - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 13 May 2011		      
     
Evaluation of Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing in England: Key findings and executive summary
Date submitted: 11 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Governance arrangements for research ethics committees - A harmonised edition
Date submitted: 9 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Patient-level information and costing systems, and reference costs best practice guide
Date submitted: 9 May 2011		      
     
NHS Costing Manual 2010-11
Date submitted: 4 May 2011		      
     
The Primary Medical Services (Electronic Prescription Service Authorisation) Directions 2011 and Supplementary Guidance
Date submitted: 3 May 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Contract value uplifts for 2011-12
Date submitted: 28 April 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 26 April 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Safe management of healthcare waste
Date submitted: 26 April 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Public Health England
Date submitted: 20 April 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Price benchmarking and reducing non-pay spend
Date submitted: 19 April 2011		      
     
Audit Commission: NHS foundation trust accounts - A guide for non-executives and governors
Date submitted: 18 April 2011		      
     
NHS Reform: Speech by David Cameron
Date submitted: 6 April 2011		      
     
Working Together for a Stronger NHS
Date submitted: 6 April 2011		      
     
Cost-effective Prescribing: Better care better value indicator on statins
Date submitted: 4 April 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Funding for 2011-12 substance misuse services in prisons
Date submitted: 31 March 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Funding for 2011-12 substance misuse specialist interventions and treatment in the children and young people’s secure estate
Date submitted: 31 March 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Regulatory fees for 2011-12 - Guidance for service providers
Date submitted: 29 March 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Payment by results - Step-by-step - Calculating the 2011-12 National Tariff
Date submitted: 21 March 2011		      
     
Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework Funding
Date submitted: 17 March 2011		      
     
Increase in NHS Prescription Charges
Date submitted: 11 March 2011		      
     
NHS Outcomes Framework: Innovation in outcomes competition
Date submitted: 9 March 2011		      
     
NHS Modernisation and the Way We Pay for Care: Speech by Andrew Lansley
Date submitted: 2 March 2011		      
     
Audit Commission: Individual fees for health 2011-12
Date submitted: 25 February 2011		      
     
NHS Pricing Transparency: Do you know how much you are paying for clinical goods?
Date submitted: 22 February 2011		      
     
Guidance on the Microbiological Safety of Human Organs, Tissues and Cells used in Transplantation
Date submitted: 21 February 2011		      
     
Publication of the Final 2011-12 Payment by Results Tariff Package
Date submitted: 18 February 2011		      
     
Healthy Start Consultation: Response
Date submitted: 17 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Analysis report on the 2009 consultation on the statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and other traditional medicine systems practised in the UK
Date submitted: 17 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Directions concerning all transactions involving property 2011
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Enabling excellence - Autonomy and accountability for health and social care staff - Command paper 8008
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Statistical release - Breastfeeding initiation and prevalence at 6 to 8 weeks - Quarter three 2010-11
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Improvement Notice issued to Worcestershire Council
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Care and Compassion? Report of the Health Service Ombudsman on ten investigations into NHS care of older people
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Care Quality Comission: Mimosa Healthcare (No 4) Limited - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 15 February 2011		      
     
Spring Supplementary Estimates 2010-11
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
The Munro Review of Child Protection: Interim report - The child's journey
Date submitted: 16 February 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 10 February 2011		      
     
Customers’ Experiences of Contact with the Pension, Disability and Carers Service
Date submitted: 10 February 2011		      
     
Health Services for the Armed Forces and Veterans: Dear colleague letter from Alan Hall
Date submitted: 10 February 2011		      
     
Department for Health: Transforming community services transformational guides
Date submitted: 8 February 2011		      
     
Government Commitment on Health Visiting: NHS operating framework and assurance - For action
Date submitted: 8th February 2011		      
     
Health Visitor Implementation Plan 2011-15: A call to action - February 2011
Date submitted: 8 February 2011		      
     
Government Commitment on Health Visiting: NHS operating framework and assurance - For action
Date submitted: 8 February 2011		      
     
Quality Management and Analysis System Underpayments: Revenue resources and cash limit adjustments to compensate primary care trusts 2010-11
Date submitted: 8 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Best practice for ensuring the efficient supply and distribution of medicines to patients
Date submitted: 3 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Best practice for ensuring the efficient supply and distribution of medicines to patients
Date submitted: 3 February 2011		      
     
No Health Without Mental Health: A cross-government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages - A call to action
Date submitted: 2 February 2011		      
     
The Economic Case for Improving Efficiency and Quality in Mental Health
Date submitted: 2 February 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Charging for residential accommodation
Date submitted: 28 January 2011		      
     
Council Housing Finance: Written ministerial statement by Grant Shapps
Date submitted: 27 January 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Invitation to be an early implementer for health and well-being boards
Date submitted: 27 January 2011 		     
     
Audit Commission: Payment by results data assurance framework - Supporting contracting and commissioning - 2011-12 programme
Date Submitted: 21 January 2011		      
     
Transport and Health Resource: Delivering healthy local transport plans
Date submitted: 20 January 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Technical guidance for the 2011-12 operating framework
Date submitted: 20 January 2011		      
     
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Financial position - January 2011
Date submitted: 19 January		      
     
Impact Assessment for the Continuation of a Statuatory Scheme to Control the Prices of Branded Medicine in the NHS  
Date submitted: 19 January 2011		      
     
Impact Assessment for the Continuation of a Statuatory Scheme to Control the Prices of Branded Medicine in the NHS  
Date submitted: 19 January 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Review of compliance  
Date submitted: 17 January 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: South London Healthcare NHS Trust - Review of compliance  
Date submitted: 14 January 2011		      
     
Audit Commission: Data definitions
Date submitted: 13 January 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 13 January 2011		      
     
Department of Health: Performance-related pay awards for staff covered by the pay framework for very senior managers
Date submitted: 13 January		      
     
NHS Support for Social Care: 2010-11 to 2012-13  
Date submitted: 13 January		      
     
Improving Outcomes: A strategy for cancer  
Date submitted: 12 January 2011		      
     
Care Quality Commission: Wiltshire Primary Care Trust - Review of compliance
Date submitted: 11 January 2011		      
     
Department of Health: £162 million additional winter pressures to primary care trusts  
Date submitted: 4 January 2011