All News articles – Page 1355
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Top-level shake-up continues at DoH
The reorganisation of top-level management in the Department of Health is to be continued following the departure of Bill McCarthy, its director of policy and strategy.
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How crude tariffs are getting under the skin of specialists
Dermatologists and rheumatologists have claimed their specialties are under threat of bankruptcy and patient care at risk as the payment by results tariffs do not cover costs. Is a move into community care services really a better option, asks Daloni Carlisle
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Move a fifth of surgery to specialists, says Darzi
A fifth of all planned surgery should be concentrated at specialist hospitals, according to a report by Professor Sir Ara Darzi, the national adviser on surgery.
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NHS University: 'embarrassing' failure to deliver value for money, says government review
The NHS University, the internal training and education body which cost £72m and was scrapped after less than two years, delivered 'too little too late', according to a scathing report that the government tried to suppress.
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MPs urgently demand a new IT strategy
A Commons scrutiny committee has said 'urgent' action is needed to rescue the national IT programme.
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Diagnostic test waiting times released by DoH
Diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February and the census of all diagnostic tests up to December 31 2006 have been published by the Department of Health.The data shows progress in tackling waiting times for tests such as scans. The monthly data gives the waiting times for 15 key ...
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Diagnostics waiting times and activity data published
The Department of Health has published diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February 2007 along with a census of all diagnostic tests as at 31 December 2006.This data shows the progress in waiting times for diagnostic tests like scans. The monthly data published today gives the waiting times for ...
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Ambulance service close to breaking point, says union
The ambulance service is relying heavily on the goodwill and commitment of staff to keep up with the huge increase in demand over the last decade, according to Unison, which represents 20,000 ambulance workers.The union warned that the service is suffering from staff shortages and in some areas the situation ...
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New support available for commissioners of children's services
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has launched a new self-assessment tool for commissioners of children's and young people's services.A CD-Rom will allow commissioners to assess their capability to deliver high quality and accessible services.Read the press release here
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RCN launches campaign for better patient nutrition
Nearly half of nurses say they do not have enough time to ensure patients get good nutrition, a survey from the Royal College of Nursing has revealed.The findings coincide with the RCN campaign to improve patient nutrition in hospitals and the community, launched at its annual congress in Harrogate.Read the ...
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Report calls for increased local surgery
A new report on the future of planned surgery recommends that 80 per cent of all surgery should be done locally, with the remaining 20 per cent of the more complex cases taking place at specialist centres.In his report Saws and Scalpels to Lasers and Robots - advances in surgery, ...
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Decline in services for special care baby units
A report published today by the premature baby charity BLISS says that on average special care baby units are understaffed by a third.It claims that shortages in staffed cots mean units are sometimes forced to close and turn babies away.
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RCN: care being compromised by staffing levels
Staffing levels are affecting patient care, according to a new survey by the Royal College of Nursing.Nearly two thirds of nurses (60 per cent) said patient care on their ward was compromised at least once or twice a week by poor staffing levels.Read the survey here
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Independent review for Modernising Medical Careers
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched an independent review of the Modernising Medical Careers programme.The review is intended to establish how the programme will go forward in 2008 and beyond.
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PAC slams uncertainty over IT programme costs
A report from the Commons public accounts committee on the national IT programme says the Department of Health must show it can deliver on its promises.Among the recommendations, the report says the DoH still has much to do to win hearts and minds in the NHS, especially among clinicians.Read the ...
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Study says government should release hold on NHS
The NHS needs greater freedom from the government to achieve stability and success, according to a report from Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre.The study proposes a new model with a significantly different and reduced role for government.Read the report here
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Productive Ward programme launched
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the Releasing Time to Care: Productive Ward programme at the Royal College of Nursing congress in Harrogate.Find out more here
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Overtime is out of line
It was interesting to compare your headline - 'Thousands doing unpaid overtime' with the Healthcare Commission's press release on the topic. The latter did not mention in its commentary on the survey results the huge amount of unpaid overtime done by NHS staff, only reporting details in the sector breakdown ...
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The trouble with cancer services
I read with interest the article by Anna Donald (opinion, page 15, 12 April). I to have been diagnosed with breast cancer and totally agree with her comments. The medical treatment I received was second to none but as Ms Donald.says it is the relationships that matters.
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Patient safety: the blame game
I find HSJ's reporting of the concept of 'no blame' in patient safety incidents.incredibly disappointing and disquieting (opinion, page 16, 12 April).