All News articles – Page 1206
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Integrated care warning
Integration is in vogue. This is fine, but different enthusiasts interpret 'integration' differently. Confused enthusiasm is never a good thing on which to base health policy. At its best, such confusion could waste money; at its worst, it could cost lives.
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Lord Carter to head up NHS competition panel
Lord Carter of Coles is to be the first chair and director of the NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel.
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Charities warn on information prescriptions scheme
Charities in information prescription pilots have warned the scheme risks failure unless it is mandatory and supported by incentives.
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Sophia Christie on management lessons from literature
While the 1980s saw an explosion of books promising 'the management secrets of...', War and Peace seems to have been sadly neglected. But Tolstoy's commentary is instructive in the context of current discussions about the next stage review.
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Northwick Park Hospital cleared over maternity deaths
An investigation into maternal deaths at Northwick Park Hospital has found the trust innocent of any wrongdoing.
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Stroke services improving - Royal College of Physicians
Stroke services have shown marked improvement in the last two years, an audit by the Royal College of Physicians has shown. The audit of 224 hospitals in all areas of the UK except Scotland found near universal provision of specialist stroke beds.
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Prescription drug marketing comes under debate
Organisations representing patients, medical professionals and consumers are calling on the European Commission to rethink proposals to allow drug companies to provide information direct to consumers.
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Lib Dems unveil plan to slash NHS managers' pay
Senior health managers should be forced to reapply for jobs and take pay cuts as part of a public sector cost-cutting drive, the Liberal Democrats proposed at their annual conference in Bournemouth this week.
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Emma Dent is humbled by medical ingenuity
It may have come to your attention that I have something of a cynical nature. And unfortunately writing about health policy has done little to stem that. But when someone acts in a truly humane way to help those worse off than them, even I can stop being world-weary long ...
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Learning disability housing plans at risk
The pledge to shut all 'outmoded' NHS homes for adults with learning disabilities by 2010 is at risk, HSJ has learnt. Poor quality local proposals have been blamed for slow progress on the commitment.
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Patients to get final say on who sees NHS records
NHS Connecting for Health has bowed to sustained pressure and changed its consent model for the summary care record.
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Moyes warns: invest in governance
Foundation trusts have been warned they are not investing enough time or money in memberships and boards of governors. The Department of Health may reassert its control if an organisations cannot prove it is locally accountable, said Bill Moyes, executive chairman of regulator Monitor.
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Mental health lacks national vision
Mental health plans arising from the next stage review lack ambition and risk being 'lost' as the service focuses on other sectors, managers are warning.
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NHS trusts to plan local workforce
NHS London has pledged to put trust managers in charge of workforce planning after a power struggle sparked by the next stage review.
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Top-up payments are a lottery
I would like to thank HSJ for its coverage on top-up payments. The final decision will have huge implications for the health service. If top-ups were allowed, this would enable patients who can afford it to get rapid access to interventions that would not be normally available to all in ...
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Cases of legionnaires' to rise
More cases of legionnaires' disease are likely as a result of climate change, researchers predict.
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Patient information consultation begins
Connecting for Health has launched a consultation on the use of patient information. It wants the public and health professionals to give their views on the use of patient information for purposes such as health research and managing and planning care.
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Health Professions Council president re-elected
The Health Professions Council has re-elected Anna Van der Gaag as council president.
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Shortfall in care home funding
An extra £540m is needed to pay for residential care for older people, research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation predicts.
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Cancer patients cannot afford prescriptions
A third of cancer patients do not take their prescribed medicines because they cannot afford the prescription charge. Many do not know that buying prescription prepayment certificates would help with the cost.A survey by Macmillan Cancer Support found that 41 per cent of cancer patients did not know about how ...