All News articles – Page 2053
-
News
Co-operation without politics
With less than a month before the London mayoral election, most voters are none the wiser about which candidate is most likely to work effectively in the interests of Londoners' health.
-
News
The directors' cut
The medical director wields great influence and is better paid than some chief executives. But reconciling the demands of management and medicine can be tricky. Barbara Millar reports
-
News
Experts query role of mental health 'czar'
The government has at last appointed a mental health 'czar' - six months after launching the national service framework.
-
News
Days like this
'Keep internal market simple'. . .Quality of care warning. . .London surgery threat. . .HAs' huge budget cuts. . .Fears for community care. . .
-
News
Dear Mel. . .
At one time it was very important to consider the length of time patients waited for admission to hospital. Is this still the case?
-
News
NHS 'struggling' to meet needs of diabetes patients
The Audit Commission has found that some parts of the NHS are 'struggling' to meet the needs of diabetes patients , and improvements will be needed if it is to meet rising demand . Diabetes currently accounts for £2bn of hospital costs each year, and this is set to double ...
-
News
How Tone's tunnel vision was diagnosed on spec
We should have spotted how enthusiastic - and how calculating - Tony Blair was going to get over health politics when he hosted that 'joint ministerial committee'on health matters in Cardiff the other Friday.
-
News
Well disposed
Judy Ormerod, a nurse at Kirkstall Road Medical Centre in Leeds, demonstrates a disposal unit on display at Missing the Point, a conference on reducing common needlestick injuries to healthcare workers. Significant advances have been made in developing both needle-free and needle-safe devices, but their adoption in the UK has ...
-
News
'Elbow room' runs out in island's PCT rejig
The smallest health authority in England is almost certain to disappear amid plans to create a primary care trust covering the same area.
-
News
NHS 'masterplan' teams are sworn to secrecy - or else
The government has launched three months of consultation ahead of 'a national plan for the NHS' by urging the modernisation action teams involved to keep their talks under wraps.
-
News
NHS Executive 'learned' from previous IT strategy
The Commons public accounts committee has concluded that the NHS Executive 'learned lessons' from its 1992 information technology strategy - even though this was never evaluated.
-
News
Pay negotiators to reveal slow going
Negotiators who have been locked in talks on a new pay system for the NHS for almost a year will reveal limited progress this week, days after health minister John Denham launched an action plan for involving staff in decision-making.
-
News
It's good to talk
health minister John Hutton talks to patient Ann Thorpe and clinical lead Margaret Evans during a visit to the new NHS walk-in centre in Liverpool.
-
News
Patients' guarantee is Trojan Horse: Milburn
The Labour and Conservative parties have spent the week exchanging insults over health policy.
-
News
Say whatever you like, but keep it strictly to yourself
A mature, open debate on the NHS is impossible if dissent is quashed