Latest news – Page 1920
-
News
SNP looks to reverse emergency closures
Controversial decisions to reconfigure hospitals services in some areas of Scotland will be revisited now the Scottish National Party has taken power.
-
News
MPs join nurses' campaign for a fair pay deal
Pressure is mounting on the government to rethink its decision to stage this year's pay award for nurses, as hundreds of MPs join nurses in calling for the 2.5 per cent increase to be paid in full.
-
News
Councils to meet Hunt over 'cost shunting'
Council leaders in London are to meet health minister Lord Hunt after warning that £22m in 'cost shunting' will be forced on them by primary care trusts this year.
-
News
NHS looks to Sainsbury's for social advertising ideas
Corporate advertising expenditure can be as important for public health as the NHS's own money, according to public health minister Caroline Flint.
-
News
Alliance forms network for senior leaders
A forum has been set up for senior primary care managers who work with clinicians.
-
News
Welsh 999 boss hails progress
Welsh Ambulance Services trust chief executive Alan Murray has defended his trust against official figures showing it is missing response targets. He claims the service is exceeding its target of 60 per cent of services meeting life-threatening calls in eight minutes.
-
News
Meet the HSJ team at the Confed conference
HSJ will be covering all the news from this year's NHS Confederation's annual conference, from the moment it opens next Wednesday.
-
News
NHS leaders singled out for birthday honours
A number of senior managers and leaders in the health service have been recognised in the Queen's birthday honours.
-
News
Diagnostics deal delayed by five months
A £257m contract with an independent company to provide 450,000 diagnostic procedures a year may not start until September, five months behind schedule.
-
News
Healthcare Commission takes a hard line on hospital infection
The Healthcare Commission is to clamp down on superbugs after one in four hospitals admitted they were failing to meet national standards.
-
News
Cabinet reshuffle: smoking and obesity named top priorities
Tackling smoking, obesity and alcohol-related health issues should be the main priorities for new public health minister Dawn Primarolo.
-
News
Brent PCT faces scrutiny after council wrangle
Brent primary care trust is under investigation by NHS London following concerns over its governance and financial management.
-
News
Fight against superbugs given £50m boost
Patient safety representatives have praised the new health secretary's commitment to tackling hospital-acquired infections.
-
News
Patients treated in 18 weeks on the increase
Referral to treatment times for April show that the number of patients being treated in 18 weeks is rising.
-
News
Clinicians should be groomed for top jobs, says Nicholson
The chief executive of the NHS has said he wants to see a clinician on the shortlist of applicants for every top trust job.
-
News
Heart failure review reveals 'worrying' variations in care
A review of heart failure services has found wide variations between the performance of primary care trusts.
-
News
Warning over overseas ambulance call centres
The chair of the Commons health select committee has raised fears that arguments in support of reconfiguration could lead to ambulance control centres being moved abroad.
-
News
Improvement notice for trust
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been served with an improvement notice after it became the first trust to fail to comply with the hygiene code.
-
News
DoH will not limit private audiology
The Department of Health is refusing to bow to calls to limit private sector provision of audiology services.
-
News
Sex clinic under pressure as HIV rates increase
A senior strategic health authority manager has warned that high rates of HIV infection combined with poor data collection and a lack of funds for care are squeezing sexual health services in Manchester.