All News articles – Page 1080
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NHS staff survey: leaders must make local vision more real to staff
Managers have been called on to demonstrate how they act on staff feedback after a survey found fewer than half of employees felt trusts communicated with them clearly.
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SHAs sign up to investing in NHS Institute services
Strategic health authorities have signed a five year commitment to invest in services offered by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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Who let standards fall so low at Mid Staffordshire?
A damning Healthcare Commission review of emergency care at Mid Staffordshire foundation trust last week found that money was put before patient care. Dave West investigates what went wrong
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Value of Dr Foster stake is under scrutiny
The NHS Information Centre may write down the value of its controversial £12m share in a joint venture with Dr Foster.
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DH told to take lead on race equality
The Department of Health has been urged to take a stronger lead on race equality after the Healthcare Commission found “immediate action” is needed.
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Third of NHS trusts fail to prepare for a crisis
NHS organisations are putting vulnerable people at risk by failing to plan for cyber attacks and extreme weather, research suggests.
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PCTs say incentives policy fails local commissioners
Primary care trusts have criticised the Department of Health for backing away from plans to allow them to set local incentives in the national GPs’ bonus schemes.
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Perks could be used to influence patients' choice of hospital
Hospitals should offer patients inducements to receive treatment during times when wards are less busy, new guidance on marketing in the NHS has suggested.
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Second review damns Royal Cornwall chief
A suspended hospital trust chief executive - already accused of “serious failings” in his previous post - led his present organisation towards “corporate failure”, an independent review has concluded.
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Camden PCT faces data penalty
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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Call for more research as cancer survival rates rise
The NHS cancer plan has improved survival rates in England but wide regional variations remain.
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C difficile outbreak leaves three hospital patients dead
Three patients have died as a direct result of a C difficile outbreak at hospital in the South East.
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Cynthia Bower sets out her vision for Care Quality Commission
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has made it clear that trusts have no excuse not to meet hygiene code standards by next week’s deadline.
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Baroness Meacher drops bid to end private patient cap
An amendment to the Health Bill that would have abolished the foundation trust private patient cap has been withdrawn.
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NHS faces up to 1,000 lawsuits over prison drug programmes
The NHS may have to pay up to £3.5m in damages to prisoners who claim they received poor support in giving up drugs.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council publishes new guidance on caring for older people
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published guidance on delivering compassionate care for older people.
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Oxford college principal appointed Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals chair
Dame Fiona Caldicott has been appointed chairman of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals trust.
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Blood service restructure should be stopped - Unite
Plans to restructure the blood transfusion service should be halted, health union Unite has said.
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NHS failing on falls prevention
The Royal College of Physicians has uncovered a discrepancy between what NHS organisations have told the Healthcare Commission about falls prevention and what really goes on.
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Detailed care record legality challenged
The NHS detailed care record and the secondary uses service are among two public sector databases deemed “almost certainly illegal” in a report by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.