It repeated earlier advice that all providers of breast implant surgery should contact women who have or may have PIP implants if they have not already done so.
Finally, the government needs to make sure that all providers are implementing the study programmes quickly and effectively, with senior leaders at every provider made accountable for success.
"I am not satisfied that all providers and customers have done all they could to adapt their programs and habits respectively, at least to reduce the impact of the amendments upon them," he found.
Derived from large construction projects, alliancing requires that all providers in a region work collaboratively within a whole system approach to ensure that services are designed with what is best for patients and the public in mind.
"In preparing for managing winter pressures, it is recommended that all providers pace their elective work by introducing elective breaks where trusts cease most in-patient elective activity and focus on treating emergence activity and non-admitted patients".
They want BT Openreach, the division that builds and maintains miles of copper and fibre-optic cables, and thousands of exchanges and green street cabinets, spun off as a separate company, so that all providers can use BT infrastructure on an equal basis.
