All News articles – Page 1906
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A poor performance
WAIT WATCHER: In the first of a monthly series tracking progress in cutting waiting times, John Yates guages the scale of the task ahead - and questions the chances of achieving it
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IN PERSON
Wendy Saviour is the new chief executive of Melton, Rutland and Harborough primary care trust.She was director of strategic development at Lincolnshire health authority.Mike Alexander has also been appointed as director of finance for the trust.He was acting chief executive at the PCT on secondment from United Lincolnshire Hospitals trust, ...
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Temporary setback
NEWS FOCUS: Bank and agency staff are often inexperienced and ill-prepared for the task, says the Audit Commission.And they are costing too much.Paul Stephenson reports
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Strain spotting
COUNSELLLING SERVICES: One acute trust has set up a counselling team for staff and patients to ease the stress of the hospital environment.Greg Madison explores the benefits of such an arrangement
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Number of SHAs drops to 28 as consultation begins on outline
The NHS will next week begin a 12-week consultation on the shape of 28 strategic health authorities.
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'Failure' of acute trusts seen as ruse to ease their demise
The apparent failure of many of Scotland's acute trusts to keep within budget could hasten their demise, senior managers claimed last week.
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Another minister orders slaughter of cows
Only a few will benefit from U-turn on treatment abroad
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Sexual assault case triggers calls for change to complaints system
An investigation into shamed GP Peter Green, who was jailed for eight years for sexually assaulting patients, is expected to call for changes to NHS complaints procedures and moves to strengthen GP accountability.
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Managers cautious as Milburn backtracks on foreign care
Health service managers have expressed caution over moves to allow patients to receive treatment paid for by the NHS in other European countries.
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Beleaguered breast-screening unit shaken by top-level resignation
The manager of the imaging directorate which runs a breastscreening unit under investigation by the Commission for Health Improvement has announced her resignation.
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Research in trouble both sides of pond
Are medical errors responsible for as many deaths as believed; how easy is it to predict the future of healthcare; and why are so few doctors embracing scientific research? This month's column examines these issues
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News in brief
Professor Ray Jones, director of social services for Wiltshire county council, has been appointed chief executive of the newly created Social Care Institute of Excellence, a not-for-profit company which will evaluate developments and produce guidelines on best practice in social care.
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Nurses slam overseas students' bursary cut
Unions fear that nurse recruitment will be hit by the government's withdrawal of bursaries for overseas students on nursing diploma courses.