All Health Service Journal articles in 13 December 2012 – Page 4
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CommentNHS must plan for a longer austerity than we imagined
The autumn statement reveals frightening truths about savings
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CommentToo big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
PFI creditors are likely to be protected when NHS trusts fail
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SupplementsTesting, testing: time for change - an HSJ supplement on pathology
Pathology is undergoing big changes in order to deliver efficiencies that will have an effect on other clinical areas. HSJ’s supplement is a round-up of the key ideas and discussions from the the Pathology: fit for today, fit for future conference, which was organised by HSJ and Roche
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HSJ KnowledgeChildhood obesity: parental feedback and the weight of expectation
How can parents be engaged?
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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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NewsCaldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care is increasing its capacity to store and manage data in the expectation that commissioning support units will be prevented from holding sensitive information about patients.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 13.12.12
NAO warns rationing is occurring in NHS and the rest of today’s newsNew CQC and NICE chairs confirmed
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HSJ Local
CQC finds staffing now safe on Bristol children's heart ward
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is satisfied University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has addressed concerns about staffing levels on a ward for children recovering from heart surgery, a report by the trust claims.
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NewsEast of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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HSJ Local
Second London hospital chair in a week announces resignation
WORKFORCE: Michael Parker has stepped down as chair of Croydon Health Services Trust after eight months.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting value from COPD interventions
By rebalancing investment leaders can get more value from their programmes
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HSJ KnowledgeUse IT and drive real improvements in efficiency
High quality IT is essential if the NHS is to be effective in future
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HSJ Local
New £2.45m research facility to open at UHSM
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The country’s Chief Medical Officer will tomorrow (14 December) open a new £2.45 million clinical research centre at the trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital.
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HSJ Local
North Tees and Hartlepool names bidders for building work
STRUCTURE: North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals Foundation Trust has named three bidders who will compete to win the job of building the trust’s new hospital.
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HSJ Local
Report says LAS wrongly bringing stroke cases to West Middlesex
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital has written to the Lonsdon Ambulance Service over “a number” of cases where patients should have been taken to a hyper acute stroke unit but were instead taken to West Middlesex.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside GP takeover undergoing OFT and CCP scrutiny
FINANCE: The takeover of 20 practices by a family run GP firm is being examined by the Office of Fair Trading and Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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NewsCommissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed it will have to “lift and shift” 200 staff, but will have completed job matching or internal competition for 98 per cent of posts by the end of this month.