All News articles – Page 1300
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Primary care inequalities to be Johnson's top focus
Health secretary Alan Johnson has pledged to put primary care at the centre of the government drive to improve the UK's health.
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Unions launch next year's pay campaign
Unions are already pushing for a better pay deal for NHS staff next year after 'reluctantly' accepting this year's offer.
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BMA U-turn on GP pay plan
The British Medical Association has distanced itself from proposed changes to GPs' pay that it jointly produced. It has argued that too many GPs will lose out under the proposals.
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The NHS wasted its big chance - will it learn from its mistakes?
Sir Derek Wanless has declared the NHS has made lacklustre progress since its 2002 cash injection. Nigel Edwards looks at his findings in detail and considers the key lessons
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Alarm over new transport contracts
More than half the contracts for the NHS to provide patient transport services are at risk of being given to private or voluntary-sector providers, ambulance trusts have warned.
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Colleges back clinical case for specialist acute service centres
England's clinical leaders have backed moves to reconfigure specialist acute services - but urged caution over changes to the district general hospital.
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Call for comparable data across care services
All health and social care providers must publish comparable data and information, Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker has said.
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New medics say abandon computerised job system
A junior doctors' group has called for a return to a paper-based, local recruitment system to fill thousands of specialty training posts in 2008.
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Stroke service start
A 24-hour stroke service in north London has been launched at University College London Hospitals foundation trust in a joint initiative with the Whittington Hospital trust.
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patient website
An independent patient feedback website, has won funding to extend its service to mental health users.Patient Opinion, the social enterprise behind the website www.patientopinion.org.uk, has secured funding to develop its service to cover mental health services in England.Founder of the site Dr Paul Hodgkin said the funding will be used ...
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Looky likey
Our looky likey this week is suggested by NHS National Workforce Projects web development and new media officer Tim Gough. He writes: 'Has anyone ever spotted the unbelievable lookylikeyness between your columnist Noel Plumridge and Tim Brooke-Taylor? I thought the Goodies were taking over the NHS when I turned to ...
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Inequality targeted
The most deprived areas of the country are to get help to raise life expectancy and meet 2010 targets to reduce health inequalities with a health inequalities intervention tool.
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HSJ launches revamped website
HSJ has launched a new-look website featuring extra content and designed to be easier to use.
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Healthy schools
As health initiatives that straddle health and local government go, the National Healthy Schools Programme is an elder citizen. Eight years after it began, it is an example of what can be achieved when the two sectors work together. Input from schools leads to healthier populations, while input from the ...
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Weird world health
End Game’s family once had a cat that suffered a stroke and is ashamed to say that until this tragic event occurred, they did not realise that felines were subject to such health events, thinking that they were limited to humans.Now more evidence of the health problems that can be ...
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Weird world health
Is this something that the anti obesity lobby can learn from? The Italian town ofVarallois to pay overweight residents to lose weight; men will receive 50 euros (around£34) for losing 9 pounds in a month, while women will get the same amount for shedding 7 pounds. If they can keep ...
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Weird world health
End Game understands the ability to overcome pain - we once worked with someone who walked around for two weeks with a broken leg and have watched 24 on numerous occasions - but there are limits.However is appears that one can lose a limb and fail to notice. A Japanese ...
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Improvements still needed in mental health
Many mental health patients are not getting the support they need, a Healthcare Commission report has revealed.The government watchdog's annual community mental health service users survey shows that, while most patients are happy with standards of care, persistent gaps remain.Half of patients who wanted information about local support groups had ...
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GPs urged to help keep people in work
Family doctors should do more to help people with depression keep their job and avoid being off sick for too long, according to the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.