All News articles – Page 289
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New NHS price comparison tool in the pipeline
A new price comparison tool is being designed by NHS technology officials which could be rolled out to trusts later this year, HSJ has learned.
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NHS calls on private sector as waiting list spirals
NHS leaders in Manchester will send more patients to privately-run hospitals to tackle a spiralling waiting list for elective procedures.
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Former Tory adviser and Guardian columnist join NHS Assembly as full list revealed
A former special adviser to senior Conservative Iain Duncan Smith and a Guardian commentator have joined the new NHS Assembly, alongside a diverse group of leading NHS figures, charity chiefs and patient champions.
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Special measures ambulance trust appoints new chief
A former army officer who served in Afghanistan has been appointed the new chief executive of an ambulance trust in special measures.
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New GP network plans likely to be 'rudimentary'
The initial core agreement between GPs that will underpin new primary care networks is likely to be fairly undeveloped to allow for future flexibility, the chair of the British Medical Association’s GPs committee has suggested.
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DHSC sets up hotline for Brexit disruption to supplies
NHS suppliers have been told to contact a new 24/7 call centre run by the Department of Health and Social Care if they experience disruption to their deliveries following a no-deal Brexit.
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Daily Insight: Primary care prologue
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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'Revolving doors' for failed managers must be stopped
Ministers should take action to prevent managers guilty of serious misconduct from “rattling around the system”, the leading barrister who oversaw a recent review of the NHS’s fit and proper person test has told HSJ.
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Labour to green-light all NHS visas
The Labour party would ensure work visas for anyone who has a job offer in the NHS “at whatever level”, shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth announced today.
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Hancock tech adviser slates 'insane' outsourcing of NHS data
One of the health secretary’s main technology advisers has called the secrecy and outsourcing of hospital performance data “insane”.
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Revealed: 'Concerning' rise in longer out of area placements
Concerns have been raised over the rising numbers of longer out of area placements for mental health patients.
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Daily Insight: Not getting Carter
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Councils seek NHS funding to cover drug trial pressures
Councils in London are seeking additional funding from NHS England to help deal with cost pressures arising from trials for an HIV drug.
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Revealed: The trusts failing to meet national efficiency targets
NHS trusts continue to miss targets aimed at helping hospitals spend millions of pounds more effectively, HSJ can reveal.
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Hancock halts long-awaited A&E downgrades
The health and social care secretary this afternoon ruled out the downgrades of two accident and emergency units, proposed as part of a contentious reconfiguration.
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Daily Insight: The wait continues
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NHS workforce decisions on hold until autumn
The interim workforce implementation plan will not answer key questions until after the spending review, its national executive lead has told HSJ.
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Trust launches just culture approach to errors
A Manchester mental health and community trust has become the latest to attempt an organisation-wide just culture approach to learning from errors.
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Health minister resigns over Brexit
A minister in the Department of Health and Social Care resigned last night so he could vote against the government on a Brexit-related issue.
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New report stresses link between nurses and safety
A new review of safe staffing evidence has warned increasing the proportion of healthcare assistants on wards can raise the risk of poor care.