All News articles – Page 1908
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Public pain , private gain
PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTENERSHIPS: Public-private partnerships have stirred up much controversy, but Karen Bryson and colleagues defend one project in which seven private hospitals treated 1,000 NHS patients who had been waiting over a year
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Hazard lights
OPEN SPACE: We should accept risk and imperfection in the health service.After all, says Stephen Pattison, It is no less than what we do in the rest of our lives
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Hearing Voices - a new occupational hazard
COMMENT: Frantic attempts to find replacement to CHCs is getting out of hand
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A shotgun marriage
NEWS FOCUS: What is stopping trusts from reaching long-term agreements with private healthcare providers? Information about the concordat is difficult to come by, so Ann McGauran took a closer look
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Waits and measures
COMMENT: Progress on these targets is key to future of service - and government
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Out of sight, out of mind
NEWS FOCUS: Moves are being made to put prison health services on the straight and narrow.Laura Donnelly joined prison service director general Martin Narey on a visit to one prison struggling to turn its service around
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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.