All News articles – Page 619
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NewsHSJ Live 12.06.2014: Colchester suspends employee over cancer data probe
Member of staf suspended in relation to investigation into alleged wrongful manipulation of cancer patients’ waiting time data, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsPolitical consensus grows on merging health and social care budgets
A political consensus is emerging in support of pooling all NHS and social care funding, with the idea now openly backed by both the shadow health secretary and his Liberal Democrat counterpart.
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NewsHunt moves to shield hospitals from integration fund failure
Jeremy Hunt warned that there must be a ‘proper risk sharing profile’ in all better care fund plans to protect hospital finances
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NewsWilful neglect offence to become law by 2015
Wilful neglect could become a criminal offence next year after the government last night tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.
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NewsLorenzo implementation linked to data delays
Three of the seven trusts that were unable to provide waiting times data in time for its planned publication by NHS England last month linked the delay to the implementation of the Lorenzo electronic record system, a technology the Department of Health has paid trusts to adopt.
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NewsDelayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
A charity for older people has warned of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care.
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NewsNHS England mulls young people's mental health tender
NHS England is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services out to tender in a bid to tackle “out of area” placements for vulnerable young people.
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NewsVirgin Care is only GP provider not to respond to FOI request
The British Medical Association has called for freedom of information law to apply equally across all GP providers, after it emerged that Virgin Care was required by its contract with NHS England not to respond to requests.
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NewsHSJ Live 11.06.2014: Delayed discharges cost NHS £526m, warns Age UK
Older peoples’ charity warns of a “marked rise” in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsTrust misses urgent cancer wait target for one in five patients
A surge in referrals and lack of capacity saw a large hospital trust miss the two-week cancer wait target by 13 percentage points.
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NewsWilletts announces £48m of health research investment
Science minister David Willetts has announced £48m of new investment to help fund research projects aimed at tackling health problems including Alzheimer’s and cancer.
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NewsCall for salary rise for non-foundation trust chairs
A survey of chairs working across the NHS provider sector has found unanimous support for the view that NHS trust chairs are underpaid compared with their foundation trust counterparts.
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NewsWelsh NHS Confederation pushes public health responsibility message
People in Wales are being urged to take responsibility for their health, rather than relying on the NHS.
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NewsHSJ Live 10.06.2014: Call for salary rise for non-foundation trust chairs
A survey of chairs working across the NHS provider sector has found unanimous support for the view that NHS trust chairs are underpaid compared with their foundation trust counterparts, plus the day’s news and comment
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NewsA&Es miss target for a month
Accident and emergency departments have missed the target to see, treat, admit or discharge 95 per cent of patients within four hours for the fourth week in a row as demand on the service grows.
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NewsBurnham: Mid Staffs is being used to drive privatisation
The government is using the Mid Staffordshire scandal to soften up the NHS for privatisation, the shadow health secretary has said
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NewsMonitor: 'Clusters' to remain in mental health funding regime
The regulator has sent a strong signal that using ‘patient clusters’ as a means of funding for mental health service will be maintained
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NewsDH expects to lose 85 per cent of overseas visitors and migrants costs
The Department of Health expects to recover up to around 15 per cent of the estimated £2bn of costs shouldered by the NHS for overseas visitors and migrants
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NewsNHS England defends Care.data following 'enormous outcry'
NHS England has defended the controversial patient record-sharing programme Care.data following what it admits was an ‘enormous outcry’ in the way it was initially implemented.
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NewsHSJ Live 09.06.2014: Commons health debate - The Queen's Speech
The third day of debate on the Queen’s Speech in the House of Commons, focusing on health, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.