All News articles – Page 1171
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Cannabis classification smoke screen
Reclassifying cannabis as class B will achieve nothing. Our research shows only 3 per cent of people consider quitting the drug because of it being illegal, writes Paul Corry
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Call to curb Liverpool's pub and food outlets
A ground-breaking commission looking into how to improve health in Liverpool has called for health impact assessments for planning applications to help fight obesity and alcohol-related problems.
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Brown rethinks social care policy
Prime minister Gordon Brown has suggested an insurance model may not be a reliable way to fund future social care provision.
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Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has linked gang violence with the lack of mental healthcare available to immigrants.
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Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust
Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.
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Barbara Young backed as Care Quality Commission chair
Health select committee MPs have backed Baroness Young as a suitable candidate to chair the new Care Quality Commission.
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Staff and associate specialist grade contract delay
Daloni Carlisle's article on the staff and associate specialist grade contract negotiation fiasco misses points which could throw light on this, writes Sean Santos
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National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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A&E attendance trap
I try hard not to respond to stories in HSJ relating to primary care, especially not to the deliberately provocative comments of the editor in his column, writes George Young
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West Sussex A&E campaign undoes reconfiguration plans
A two-year battle to keep accident and emergency services at all three hospitals in West Sussex has ended in partial victory for campaigners.
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Darzi review: NHS East of England is first with 10-year map
Mental health waiting-time targets, urgent care centres and patient-held budgets all feature in NHS East of England’s 10-year ‘road map’.
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New NHS bill to drive Darzi reforms
Prime minister Gordon Brown has announced a new NHS Reform Bill to take forward proposals from Lord Darzi's next stage review.The proposed bill is part of the draft Queen's Speech, which Mr Brown unveiled today.
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Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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Information Centre publishes data on healthy lifestyles
The Information Centre for health and social care has published estimates of healthy lifestyle behaviours at primary care trust level using information from the Health Survey for England.
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RCP to set out responsibilities of doctors and patients
A Royal College of Physicians working party is being set up to identify more clearly the roles of responsibilities of doctors and patients.
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Patient satisfaction varies massively, survey shows
The proportion of inpatients rating their hospital care as 'excellent' varies massively between the best and the worst trusts, a survey by the Healthcare Commission has found.
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Data shows drop in diagnostic waiting times
The Department of Health has published data showing waiting times for 15 key diagnostic tests have fallen dramatically.
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First regional Darzi reports set out vision for the future
NHS Yorkshire and the Humber has unveiled plans to boost life expectancy, cut hospital admissions and increase patient responsibility in its regional Darzi report published today. Meanwhile, NHS East of England said it would tackle mental health waiting times and pilot patient-held budgets in its 10-year 'road map'. Follow the ...
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Confed warns Darzi: avoid policy making pitfalls
Lord Darzi must learn the lessons of previous poor policy making to ensure reform in the NHS delivers real and sustainable benefits, an NHS Confederation report released today warns.
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Breast Cancer Care publishes guide on pathology reports
Breast Cancer Care has published a new booklet designed to help breast cancer patients make sense of their pathology report.