All News articles – Page 2055
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Wanted: feet to fill big shoes
Any structural shake-ups following Sir Alan Langlands' departure must get to grips with how the centre relates to local service providers, writes Stephen Thornton
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Budget beyond wildest dreams
Chancellor leaves pundits gasping with huge vote of confidence in NHS
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Grin and bear it
The prime minister was kept on his mettle when he appeared - on a giant screen - to reassure a GPs' conference. Kaye McIntosh was there
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In brief: NHS Information Authority
The NHS Information Authority has launched a service to help NHS-registered organisations to obtain patients' NHS numbers and administrative details. The first phase of the NHS Strategic Tracing Service builds on the existing Initial Tracing Service.
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'No strings attached' funding plea
Health service managers issued a last minute pre-Budget plea to a government 'hooked on targets' to inject the NHS with 'cash without strings'.
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Health minister launches trust's anti-violence policy
An anti-violence policy has been launched by junior health minister Gisela Stuart at Sandwell Healthcare trust, where 38 per cent of staff have been subjected to violence or aggression at work in the past 12 months. The policy, which is part of the government's zero-tolerance zone campaign, includes training for ...
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In brief: London Ambulance Service
London Ambulance Service trust has started two pilots for dispatching alternative response vehicles to routine maternity calls and non-urgent alarm-line calls. It receives 2,300 assistance-only and 7,800 routine maternity calls across London every year.
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What happened at Alder Hey?
Alder Hey has the biggest collection - over 2,000 - of paediatric hearts in the country, amassed over 50 years.
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CHC aids campaigners in banned petition row
Leicester community health council has joined the ongoing row over a 150,000-name petition protesting at plans to shake up services at the city's three major hospitals.
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IT strategy defended after 'hiccup'
The billion-pound NHS IT strategy has been vigorously defended against accusations that it is failing to deliver results.
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Confidentiality body to advise Caldicott 'guardians'
A National Confidentiality and Security Advisory Body will be established to provide advice to local 'guardians' of patient confidentiality - appointed in the wake of the Caldicott report - and promote best practice on the confidentiality of patient information. It will also advise ministers and NHS bodies on a wide ...
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A patient address on code-breaking and LSD
I was surfing the web at my own sedate pace in search of wisdom about the beta interferon debate when the newspapers hit the mat on Monday morning. Usually I take their front pages in my stride.
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Parents seek 'accountability' over Alder Hey organ scandal
Furious parents are demanding further action at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital after the chair was asked to leave last week.
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Sackings sparked by 'abuse' review
An external review of North Lakeland Healthcare trust has led to the sacking of its chair and the suspension of a number of senior managers.
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Campaign seeks to recruit 300 drugs counsellors
The government has launched a national advertising campaign to recruit an additional 300 drugs counsellors as part of its 10-year strategy, Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain . The two-week campaign will aim to recruit workers for the prison, probation and police services, voluntary sector and local authorities. The ...
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'Urgent' action demand by NAO as Welsh deficit reaches £80m
The financial performance of the NHS in Wales is continuing to deteriorate, with its underlying cumulative deficit set to rise to £80m by the end of the current financial year, according to the National Audit Office.