All News articles – Page 2273
-
News
monitor
Who says the NHS Confederation never upsets anyone? The row after its pay evidence featured on Radio Four's To d a y programme as 'previously unpublished' proof of a nursing crisis had to be heard to be believed. It seems Confed boss Stephen Thornton anticipated an uproar and tried to ...
-
News
Widdecombe sets out stall in right-wing vision for NHS
The Conservatives broke 16 months of near-silence on health this week to emerge with a bold, distinctly rightwing vision of a 'core' NHS, supplemented by private healthcare.
-
News
Nyes not Tonies
An award for good practice named after the founder of the NHS was one of the 'appetisers' thrown to Labour delegates at Blackpool, but they made it clear that pay is still the key issue. Patrick Butler reports
-
News
On the record
PHIL GRAY became chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy this summer. He was formerly head of labour relations for the Royal College of Nursing.
-
News
WEB WATCH
Rumour and speculation are rife during times of change, says Manchester health authority chief executive Neil Goodwin. And the best way to counter them, of course, is to provide access to reliable and comprehensive information - which is just what the HA is doing with its new website.
-
News
Complaints about equal opportunities do not paint the whole picture
Your news story on equality practice (page 2, 10 September) pointed showed many trusts not turning policy into action.
-
News
London still needs to address:
the large number of premises requiring upgrading or replacement;
-
News
GPs set to benefit from telephone advice ruling
Health authorities could have to pay thousands of pounds in back pay for GP telephone advice, following a landmark ruling by the NHS appeals authority.
-
News
Let's have a very long and wordy headline here AKA guardian down page stories
Government efforts to improve care in the community will fail unless shortages of supported and secure accommodation are remedied, according a report.
-
News
New approach to the waiting list problem
I was interested to read John Henderson's letter (13 August) on waiting list management in child and adolescent mental health services.
-
News
Nostalgic look back at past caring
Headline Health: Health Service Journal History of the NHS Edited by Wendy Moore Emap Healthcare 125 pages 13.99
-
News
True-life tale of blood, sweat and tiers
Bloodllines Real lives in a Great British hospital Andrew Davidson Little Brown
-
News
Brenda Howard
Brenda Howard has been seconded to the policy development group of the Trent regional office of the NHS Executive. Ms Howard, director of operations (surgical services) and planning at Barnsley District General Hospital trust, will further the government's
-
News
Time for ministers to bring the execs in from the cold Practical politics demands that chief executives be given more trust
You do not need to be a student of Machiavelli to realise that anyone who seeks to lead a large-scale enterprise must rely on able and committed lieutenants on the ground to bring their plans to fruition. Fostering a sense of well-being among them is crucial to success. And integral ...
-
News
Genetic revolution which could force rethink on nurse training will catch managers on the hop
David Hunter ('Live from Leeds', 3 September) is absolutely right to highlight the almost total failure so far to pay proper attention to the impending genetic revolution in healthcare.
-
News
Chips with everything
Already stretched to their limits by the year 2000 bugging imbroglio, IT managers are now be asked to deliver on Frank Burns' punishing new strategy. Can it be done, wonders Peter Mitchell
-
News
In a class of their own
The Liberal Democrats took a leaf out of education policy with calls for a health National Curriculum. Patrick Butler listened to heated debates on rationing