All News articles – Page 1905
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Sacked boss cleared of harassment sues trust
A chief executive sacked after being cleared of sexual harassment at an employment tribunal is to sue his former trust.
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Last-ditch push for social care bill
The government faces its toughest battle so far in its bid to push controversial measures in the Health and Social Care Bill through the House of Lords this week.
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Benefit of modifying fat consumption is 'limited'
Coincidence or a straw in the wind? In March, two of the world's leading research journals carried reports that make gloomy reading for anyone with an interest in public health. One was a systematic review of published research, the other a journalistic essay. But both pointed to quietly accumulating weaknesses ...
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Looking behind the screens
Keeping healthy 'down below' Sheila Hollins and Jackie Downer Gaskell 47 pages £10 Looking after my breasts By Sheila Hollins and Wendy Perez Gaskell 53 pages £10
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Fox pledge to banish 'postcode lottery'
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has described health authorites as a 'bureaucratic burden' - and promised an end to the 'postcode lottery' of treatment should his party win the election.
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BMA to ballot GPs over mass resignation proposal
All GPs are to be balloted by the British Medical Association on whether they would be prepared to resign from the NHS in a year's time. The decision to ballot was taken by the BMA's GP committee, which wants to know if GPs would be prepared to take action if ...
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NHS Confederation backs better prison healthcare
Calls for action to boost standards in prison healthcare have been backed by the NHS Confederation. The organisation was responding to a report by the British Medical Association, which said the service was in crisis, arguing many doctors and nurses were leaving prisons because working conditions were so poor. Sandy ...
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Shopping around for new models
Improving the environment for 'customers' and making their experience of the organisation better are not issues confined to the NHS.
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Separation angst
Single-sex wards are not strictly part of the PEAT work - but are a continual source of complaints and concern, says the Patients Association. 'We have seen not just mixed-sex wards but patients in corridors waiting for Xrays with their bums hanging out, ' says assistant director Simon Williams, who ...
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Scottish Executive highlights large spending variations among trusts
The gap between the financial performance of Scotland's acute trusts reached 23 per cent in the last financial year, according to a report by the Scottish Executive.
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PCGs confident of normal service despite calls for GPs to take action
Primary care organisations are not expecting any significant disruption to GP services next week or in the near future, despite calls for GPs to take action on 1 May and recent campaigning by the British Medical Association to cut GP workload.
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Medical secretaries act over pay grading
Medical secretaries across the NHS could resort to industrial action as anger deepens over their continuing grading dispute.
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Birmingham: 'Some people have never accessed NHS dentistry'
Birmingham doesn't have a problem with the total number of NHS dentists available, only with the locations of services.
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Apex urges RCN staff to accept revised pay offer
Royal College of Nursing staff are being advised by their union Apex to accept a revised pay offer of 4. 8 per cent following a dispute over changes to their pay formula. Apex is recommending that the 700 staff agree to the uplift, though the existing pay formula would have ...
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Trust fears a £4m shortfall in equipment funding
University Hospitals of Leicester trust is predicting a £4m shortfall in funding for medical equipment. Trust medical director Dr Allan Cole told a board meeting that the trust needed £8m 'just to stand still', but has only £4m to spend. 'The funding for emergency medical equipment has always been inadequate. ...
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Alder Hey compensation claim could run to £15m
The Alder Hey organ retention scandal looks set to spark one of the biggest compensation claims in the history of the NHS. Parents of children whose organs were retained are seeking compensation payments from Alder Hey and Liverpool University which could cost the health service £15m. Around 500 parents have ...
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£1bn investment targets 'not achievable'
The government's £1bn investment plans for primary care premises are unworkable and cannot be achieved within the timescale set, according to a national survey of GPs and managers reported exclusively in HSJ.