Latest news – Page 1496
-
NewsNHS 'too reliant' on junior doctors
Patients are being left in the hands of junior doctors because there is no adequate consultant cover on weekends, according to a new report.
-
NewsMedics’ needs may dominate training
The training needs of nurses and allied professionals could be undermined if the government merges the three main clinical education advisory bodies.
-
NewsMental healthcare requires 'radical' overhaul
There must be “radical” changes to how mental health services are organised with less “unnecessary use” of hospital beds, an expert has said.
-
News'The new era will require major structural changes'
This week we launch The Hospital Landscape, an online hub providing best practice support to hospitals in the changing environment.
-
NewsWinter deaths fall despite cold weather
The coldest winter in 14 years did not drive an increase in deaths during the December 2009 to March 2010 period.
-
NewsDepartment of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
The Department of Health will publish a “road map” for the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities before Christmas, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said. He warned there will be no “slow down” in the process.
-
NewsHSJ Award 2010 winners announced
In the toughest year for the NHS for over a decade, the HSJ Awards have proven once again that the service remains a centre of excellence.
-
NewsPublic health white paper stalls on handover to councils
The government has confirmed that public health funding is likely to be around £4bn, but has delayed shifting responsibility for local public health spending to councils until at least April 2013.
-
NewsDH backs plan to award 5.3 per cent pay rises
The Department of Health has written a detailed analysis in support of plans to award lower paid staff pay rises of up to 5.3 per cent, amid growing concern that the NHS paybill is unsustainable.
-
LeaderWhite paper let down by speedy schedule
The public health white paper is something of a an anticlimax. Government plans for improving the country’s wellbeing may well prove to be significant, but we will have to wait until well into 2011 to find out.
-
LeaderCircle’s success at Hinchingbrooke is more likely to be cultural than commercial
What will we learn from private provider Circle’s success in becoming the preferred and only bidder for the contract to manage Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust?
-
News
Call to link executive pay to staff levels
A review of fair pay in the public sector has suggested top executives should no longer be paid more than 20 times the wages of other staff.
-
NewsGovernment 'tinkering' with alcohol tax criticised
The government has been accused of “tinkering at the edges” over plans to tackle problem drinking by driving up taxes on super-strength beer and lager.
-
NewsMental health moves in public health white paper welcomed
Measures in the public health white paper to promote mental well-being have been welcomed by leading psychiatrists.
-
NewsFinance special report: No time like the present
HSJ examines the financial demands on NHS managers, including shared decision making to deliver higher quality services, successful service design, the emergence of commissioning consortia and the opportunities for outsourced expertise.
-
NewsTreasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director
Taking on commissioning budgets may force GPs to give up their historic independence and potentially integrate with secondary care, the NHS medical director has suggested.
-
NewsAshford achieves foundation status, as Royal Free starts application
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Trust has been authorised to become a foundation.
-
NewsFew surprises in public health white paper
Andrew Lansley has unveiled the public health white paper saying it goes further and faster in tackling causes of premature death and illness and reducing health inequalities.
-
NewsPCT grip on local priorities being 'eroded'
The PCT Network has called on the Department of Health to reduce the “central direction” of primary care trusts to a minimum in the operating framework.
-
NewsPublic health faculty in resource warning
New public health services must be properly resourced and staffed if the white paper is to achieve its aims, a leading expert has said.