All Health Service Journal articles in 21 October 2010 – Page 4

  • money
    News

    Improvement Foundation's former staff lose NHS screening contract

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    The NHS cancer screening programme has pulled out of a deal with former staff of the Improvement Foundation amid concerns about how much money the failed company still owes primary care trusts.

  • Media Watch: digital drive and damaging cuts
    Comment

    Media Watch: digital drive and damaging cuts

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    After cloth merchant Sir Philip Green got backs up last week with talk of waste, Martha Lane Fox is the latest entrepreneur to try telling public servants how to do their jobs.

  • SHAs admit hands-off approach to redundancies
    News

    SHAs in the dark on redundancy plans

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Two strategic health authorities have admitted they have no idea how many employees are at risk of redundancy in their regions and are playing a minimal role in helping staff find new jobs.

  • europe flags
    News

    Late payment rules eased

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    The European parliament has voted to soften the EU late payment directive, which could have led to over £100m in fines for NHS organisations.

  • Energy efficiency management
    Supplements

    Energy efficiency management

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    The government’s recent pledge to cut UK carbon emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 means cutting energy consumption is now a high priority. With the public sector spending more than £2.5bn on energy every year, a great opportunity presents itself for the NHS to work with energy suppliers to ...

  • Noel Plumridge
    Comment

    'Who will own the NHS?'

    2010-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Somewhere between this week’s spending review and the parliamentary debates on the Health Bill, we will learn where the real balance of power between the commissioning board and GP consortia will lie.