All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 54
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Leader
Barring scheme for directors will do more harm than good
The government’s full response to Francis offered little new
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News
Lawyer warns of creating 'a new industry'
“A new industry of internal investigation” could be created by plans to strip trusts of their government indemnity cover if they break duty of candour rules, a lawyer has warned.
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News
Government accepts all but nine Francis recommendations
The government has at least partially accepted all but nine of Robert Francis QC’s 290 recommendations to improve care in the NHS, it has announced.
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News
Cover-up trusts could lose litigation cover
NHS organisations which fail to be open and honest with patients and families when they suffer poor care could be forced to pay the costs of any litigation, the government has announced today.
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Comment
Michael White: Constant reform is reminiscent of Thatcher
Rarely a week passes without a major health announcement
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Blogs
Jermey Hunt has jumped the shark
A new prison sentence for wilful neglect is an unnecessary gimmick
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Leader
Service leaders face a scrap to identify a coherent vision
The NHS is far from free of political interference
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News
EXCLUSIVE: Ministers to order staffing reviews in response to Francis
Hospital boards will be ordered to review and publish nurse staffing levels at least twice a year as part of the government’s full response to the Francis report, HSJ has discovered.
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Comment
Michael White: Posh boys don't always have cold hearts
The tabloids will happily turn on Hunt and Cameron
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News
London trust considered moving to Cambridge
A central London foundation trust has announced plans to sell off land worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Comment
Michael White: Hunt's plan halted by NHS nimbys
Hospital closures prompt too much shroud waving
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HSJ Knowledge
A paperless future through the eyes of a junior doctor
Grassroots enthusiasm for change is vital for a paperless NHS
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Leader
The fear of an irrevocable tipping point haunts plans to rescue A&E
There are two kinds of performance problems large enough to set alarm bells ringing at national level and get newspaper leader writers dusting off their “NHS in crisis” clichés.
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Comment
Community trusts are invisible to politicians
End the preoccupation with all things hospital
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News
Hunt backs north west London reconfiguration
Jeremy Hunt has accepted the recommendations of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel to give a green light to a major reconfiguration of accident and emergency services in north west London.
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News
Regulator chiefs summoned to Number 10 over winter pressures
The chief executives of the three major health regulators have been summoned by the prime minister to discuss the pressures the service is likely to come under this winter, HSJ has discovered.
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News
Complaints handling revolution required, says review
A government-commissioned report into the way the NHS handles complaints has called for an overhaul of the current system, referring to a “decade of failure”.
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News
Hunt criticises 'unacceptable and unjustified' NHS salaries
The health secretary has raised concern about senior manager pay and may impose a limit on the number of arm’s-length body staff earning more than £100,000.
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News
Hunt vows to tackle hospital problems
The health secretary has promised to get “to the bottom” of problems in NHS hospitals after a review showed more than a quarter of trusts were at risk of not offering safe, high-quality care.