All News articles – Page 1402
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Care UK chief urges swift ISTC take-up
Chief executive Mike Parish sounds a cautionary note that government must move quickly to ensure a local ownership care system takes route
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Government launches eye care commissioning toolkit
Health minister Rosie Winterton has set out the Government's vision for moving eye care services into the community.Ms Winterton also launched a new commissioning toolkit for primary care trusts to help them achieve it, part of a government review of NHS ophthalmic services.Read the review here
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DoH urges primary care trusts to embrace change quicker
Primary care trusts must be as swift to embrace change, innovation, spotting new trends and developing markets as the finance industry, according to the Department of Health.
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Practitioner view: Measuring outcomes in mental health and social care
Measuring outcomes is a direct way to improve the quality and accountability of services. It can help us to improve our understanding of the impact of services on people's lives. Those who use services and carers need reassurance that treatments and care provided are producing results for them as individuals, ...
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Carruthers hit the right note; now follow up with clarity
'What managers need is clarity on what is expected of them and what they can expect from the centre'
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Tough decisions still need to make a case
Managers attempting to restructure services across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire strategic health authority may feel they have at last got friends in the right places.
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Operating framework: prepare for worst case, trusts told
Next year's operating framework places a new accent on planning for worst-case scenarios and allowing 'headroom' for change.
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Targets in danger as London PCTs expect to spend a sixth of Choosing Health cash
London primary care trust boards are being forced to slash funding set aside to meet the targets set out in the Choosing Health white paper by more than three-quarters as a result of financial problems in the NHS, HSJcan reveal.
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Merger plans for six trusts as Welsh NHS feels cash squeeze
Six acute trusts across Wales are facing mergers after the Welsh Assembly launched a consultation on reconfiguration.
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Local government white paper: Confed urges caution over restructuring
Any changes to local authority boundaries under the local government white paper should be considered very carefully, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Pressure group celebrates MTAS legal ruling
Pressure group Remedy UK is claiming a 'mild victory' following a judicial review into the medical training and application system.
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Census reveals duplicate jobs
Thousands of NHS workers have been inaccurately recorded as having two jobs, the latest workforce census has revealed.
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Central procurement to fill GP gaps
The government is to take control of the majority of procurements for GP services in 30 under-doctored areas in England, HSJ has learned.
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Scotland: first privately run treatment centre signed
Contracts were signed last week for Scotland's first privately run regional treatment centre for NHS patients.
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Information Centre prepares to expand role
The role of the Information Centre for health and social care in the NHS is set to be stepped up, NHS chief executive David Nicholson has revealed.
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Lord Hunt: NHS too centred on cost to innovate
Commissioners are failing to embrace advances in medical science, health minister Lord Hunt has warned.
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MPs find no evidence of improved value from independent treatment centres
There is no evidence that the Department of Health's independent treatment centre programme represents value for money or performs better than the NHS, according to a damning report.
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Chair quits over private power
A primary care trust chair has resigned in protest at the increasing role of the private sector in the NHS. Rochdale PCT chair Debbie Abrahams spoke to HSJ after her announcement at a public demonstration in Manchester.
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Interim chair named for 'perilous' Yorkshire trust
An embattled Yorkshire trust has appointed an interim chair after its former chair was sacked and two directors resigned in December.
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Warner rebuffs diversity slur on SHA chairs
Health minister Lord Warner has denied that the appointment of eight male chairs and only one woman to the new strategic health authorities is unrepresentative.