All News articles – Page 1410
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GP-led firm is favourite to run six London practices for PCT
A London primary care trust has selected a GP-led company as preferred bidder to run six practices.
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No fence for LINks
Funding for local involvement networks will not be ringfenced, the government has announced. In its response to consultation to its July proposal to establish the networks, the Department of Health said that funding to local authorities would be 'allocated as a targeted but not ringfenced grant'.
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Inside track: finance - what's on managers' minds this week
'What we don't need is more negative images perpetuated by those at the centre'
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Penalty fines total millions on IT
Trusts are being fined millions of pounds for failing to lend staff to computer contractors running the troubled national IT programme.
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Stockton-on-Tees - Strength in firm foundations
'In partnership with the community and voluntary sector, we have sought to involve local people in identifying both needs and solutions'
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Government and unions join policy forum
The government, unions and NHS Employers have committed to a new forum for partnership working.
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Foundation will take on troubled Good Hope
Heart of England foundation trust has been given the go-ahead to take over Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.
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Work together to lessen the gap
Local government can play a key role in improving the quality of people's lives. Achieving this requires stronger partnerships at local level and aligning incentives for health inequalities
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Petitioners could get right to a response
Primary care trusts will be forced to react to petitions from service users and the public if controversial proposals from the Department of Health get the go ahead.
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Getting involved improves your health
New research shows that social participation is just as important for improving the health of older people as medical intervention.
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NAO quizzed on 'glowing' IT report
The National Audit Office has been told to continue to monitor the progress of the national programme for IT in the NHS after producing a report which surprised MPs with its positive conclusions.
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Performance: patients' reviews to go online
Patients will be given the chance to rate the service they have received from GPs and hospitals on a website set up by Department of Health.
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GP rewards for innovation
Primary care trusts should 'invest to save' by handing out more cash incentives to GP practices to help with achieving system reform priorities, the government has said.
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Lord Warner to limit GP pensions
The government has moved to limit increases in GP pensions, claiming patient services could be at risk if it did not act.
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Trust withdraws GP letter
A trust has been ordered to retract a letter suggesting patients pay for surgery if they do not want to wait four-and-a-half months for it.
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Tribute to 'hounded' GP
Health chiefs who were accused of 'hounding' a GP who eventually hanged himself have set up an award to commemorate his work.
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Are GPs making inappropriate referrals to orthopaedic surgeries?
General practitioners have a pivotal role in providing medical care for the NHS - acute referrals to various hospital specialties are often arranged by them. But inappropriate referrals can cause unnecessary inconvenience for the patients and affect the target times for care provision in A&E.
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Half of new nurses out of work
Almost half of newly qualified nurses have not been able to find jobs this year, MPs heard last week.
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How to run health networks for young people
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has released a report calling for health services for children and young people to be delivered within networks of care.