All Health Service Journal articles in 27 November 2008 – Page 2
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News
Social care funding split could lead to schemes based on age
Health chiefs are considering splitting social care funding into separate schemes for people of working age and those in retirement.
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News
South East Coast flows new funds into diversity networking
NHS South East Coast is spending 200,000 on equality and diversity networks in every trust following a damning review into barriers faced by the region’s black and minority ethnic staff.
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News
Healthcare Commission under fire after hygiene report
A row has erupted between the NHS Confederation and the Healthcare Commission, with the regulator accused of 'talking down' trusts in its latest report on the hygiene code.
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Blogs
In search of an NHS chimera
As we all know, there are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't.
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News
NHS braced for worst of Alistair Darling's £5bn spending cuts
The NHS must prepare for a substantial cut in planned funding from the year after next.Chancellor Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report set out plans to cut £5bn from government spending plans for 2010-11 - and the NHS is the largest of 12 areas that could be hit.
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News
HSJ50 list highlights inequalities
Your list of the 50 most influential people is notable for the low proportion of women: only seven out of 50.
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News
Quality accounts: pressure on to pick a winning combination
In 18 months, trusts will have to produce their first quality accounts, based on a selection from hundreds of indicators. Dave West asks how trusts should choose their criteria, and how to act on what they find
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News
Advancing quality in the North West
The system being implemented in the North West was developed by US firm Premier, owned by 200 of the country’s not-for-profit hospitals.
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News
Working all hours means you're in the wrong job
I read Jenny Rogers' article with interest. If someone is working 60, 70 or 80 hours a week, takes work on holiday, works while eating and works at weekends, they are neither driven, ambitious, talented nor hard working. They're simply in the wrong job!
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News
Person based allocations could help tackle health inequalities
Department of Health officials are drawing up a system to target health inequality funding towards the most deprived individuals in primary care trusts' areas, health secretary Alan Johnson has revealed.
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Comment
Frank Atherton on the financial crisis and public health
The health and well-being of communities and individuals in the UK will not be immune from the effects of the evolving economic downturn in which we are now enmeshed.
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News
Top-up implications will take years to become visible
The full consequences of Mike Richards' review of top-ups will only become apparent over the coming years. Managers and clinicians are scratching their heads trying to solve the problem of 'separation of care' between private and NHS patients.
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News
NHS procurement criticised for 'dysfuntional behavior'
The lack of an understood and agreed strategy has caused confusion, duplication and 'dysfunctional behaviour' in the NHS's procurement efforts, says the Office of Government Commerce.
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News
Best foundation trust chief executives not getting best pay
The salaries of foundation trust chief executives bear little relation to the performance of their organisations, a pay analysis has revealed.
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News
Patients warn of clinical metrics bias
Efforts to win doctors' support for measuring quality should not be at the expense of involving patients, the Department of Health has been warned.
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News
Trusts pressed to prepare for credit crisis blues
Commissioners must 'ramp up' capacity in psychological therapies to meet the needs of the increasing numbers of people being made redundant in the credit crunch.
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Comment
Michael White on the NHS budget
I don't think I heard the word 'NHS' more than once during the chancellor's emergency budget - for that is what it was - on Monday.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat is causing GP referrals to rise?
The 15 per cent growth in GP referrals to hospital in quarter one 2008-09 is putting pressure on both providers and commissioners (see first graph).
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: clinician questions
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: How hard can it be?
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