All News articles – Page 2161
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Information holder should be go-between to preserve confidentiality
I wish to clarify certain matters mentioned in your report of my recent speech to the Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate (news focus, page 6, 8 April).
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Our experience of making major insurance claim paved way for constructive talk, not hostility
Your claim that I 'protested' (news, page 2, 22 April) against the new NHS risk-pooling insurance scheme is misleading.
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Morgan set to resign as chair
Rhodri Morgan, chair of the select committee on public administration, has told HSJ that he may resign following his election to the Welsh Assembly as member for Cardiff West.
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MPs urge 'Do your duty on care plans'
MPs have warned the government that it will be guilty of a 'serious dereliction of duty' if it fails to act urgently on the proposals of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, published in March.
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Charge of the Right brigade
Conservatives toiling on the Health Bill standing committee have been fearless in their doomed attempts to gain some ground, writes Patrick Butler
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Compensation seen as brake on litigation
A powerful Commons committee has called for more compensation payouts from the NHS to stem a rising tide of litigation.
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Nuts and bolts: how local healthcare co-operatives work
Co-operatives cover 'natural communities' of between 25,000 and 150,000 people.
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Trust chiefs' pay falls behind
Trust chief executives earned an average of £70,000 last year, compared with £114,000 for those working in the private sector, according to Pay and Workforce Research.
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RCN joins legal battle on fees
The Royal College of Nursing has joined a legal case in which the government is backing a health authority in an appeal against a landmark High Court ruling on paying for long-term care.
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Rationing gets WHO backing
The World Health Organisation has strongly backed publicly funded healthcare systems, while arguing that rationing must be a feature of them.
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Wrong to cast aspersions on trust's finances
Your news focus (page 10, 22 April) about the financial difficulties faced by Leeds mental health services does not convey the full story of how the deficit has occurred.
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Keep the applicants' names but vet the panels
I was sorry to see Naaz Coker ('Minority shares scheme',page 32, 15 April) repeating the line that applicants' names should be removed from their papers for shortlisting panels.
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Union applauds NHS Executive guidelines on whistleblowing
Health union MSF has welcomed guidelines from the NHS Executive which support 'whistle blowing' as part of a drive against fraud.
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Alliance v NAPC: the numbers game
Both groups are coy about membership, and both claim it is expanding.