All News articles – Page 838
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NewsGovernment 'duty of candour' plans criticised
Government proposals to contractually oblige organisations providing NHS services to inform patients of mistakes in their care have been criticised as inadequate.
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NewsThirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
Nearly 30 trusts are unlikely to hit the government’s intended date for them to become foundation trusts, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NewsNicholson: trusts' procurement costs will have to be 'explained'
NHS trusts that spend more on goods and services than their peers will have to “grow up” and justify why they are doing so, under a scheme announced last week by Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsNew Labour competition reforms did not increase health inequalities
The pro-competition NHS reforms introduced over the past decade of Labour governments did not affect deprived communities’ access to healthcare, a York University study has found.
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NewsUnion ballots a million workers on pensions action
Over a million public sector workers including NHS managers, nurses and other healthcare staff are being balloted this week on strike action over pensions changes
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NewsLords pass Health Bill at second reading
The House of Lords has voted through the government’s Health and Social Care Bill at its second reading, defeating motions to place sections under greater scrutiny or stop it in its tracks altogether.
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NewsDH to 'bring in line' commissioners who ration treatments
The Department of Health is moving to “bring into line” commissioners who are increasingly restricting access to treatments and medicine, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLansley: QIPP savings £1bn lower than expected
The savings the NHS estimates it will need over the next four years are more than £1bn lower than the often-quoted £20bn target, the health secretary said this week.
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NewsHealth inequalities scheme flagging as GPs shun 'charity work'
The NHS health check programme – aimed at slashing health inequalities – is flagging, as GPs dismiss it as “charity work” that mainly benefits the worried well.
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NewsHouse of Lords set for Health Bill vote
The House of Lords will vote today on the government’s Health and Social Care bill, following a two-day debate involving 100 peers.
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NewsConsultant choice benefits based on 'limited evidence'
The benefits of enabling patients to choose consultant-led teams is based on “limited” evidence, the Department of Health has admitted.
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NewsPrime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
The prime minister has been accused by leading doctors of making false claims about their level of support for the Health Bill.
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NewsTwo more foundation trusts found in significant breach
Monitor has found two more acute trusts in significant breach of their terms of authorisation.
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NewsNHS London offers GPs training to smooth passage into CCGs
London’s GPs are being offered management training worth £7m in an attempt to smooth their passage to becoming clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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NewsEarl Howe urges Lords to pass bill quickly
Ministers wrote to all peers this morning appealing for their support on the Health Bill after talks between Conservative and crossbench peers broke down.
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NewsUneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year
Nearly eight per cent of hospital meals are returned uneaten at a cost to the NHS of more than £22m a year, according to trusts’ figures.
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NewsLord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
A motion to enable greater scrutiny of key sections of the Health and Social Care Bill has been changed at the last minute following discussions between ministers and crossbench peers.
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NewsMedics' calls to scrap reforms backed by high profile figures
Ministers are facing demands from more than 60 leading medical professionals to scrap or substantially rewrite the coalition government’s proposed NHS reforms.
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NewsHealth Bill: medical royal colleges and GPs step up concern
The medical royal colleges have today issued a joint statement to peers expressing concern the Health Bill “could damage patient care”, as a Royal College of GPs survey reports strong opposition among the profession.