All News articles – Page 840
-
News
'No evidence' that collaborative procurement lowers prices, FT Network says
The Foundation Trust Network has published a study which it says found “no evidence” that collaborative purchasing leads to lower prices for medical supplies.
-
News
Strike ballot 'extraordinarily difficult' for managers, admits MiP
Managers in Partnership has written to members explaining the “extraordinarily difficult” decision to ballot for strike action over pensions changes.
-
News
IT decisions 'down to trusts' despite contracts
The NHS IT scheme’s remaining contracts will not stop the government from devolving decisions locally, the Department of Health’s new informatics chief has claimed.
-
News
Ban commissioners from setting minimum waiting times - CCP
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has told health secretary Andrew Lansley that commissioners should be banned from setting minimum waiting times for procedures.
-
News
Growing financial pressure on most-challenged acutes
The financial position of the most challenged acute providers is falling further behind that of their peers, the first NHS-wide financial reports for 2011-12 reveal.
-
News
Wide variety in UK organ donation rates
The number of organs donated for transplant across the UK varies markedly, new research has suggested.
-
News
CQC Mid Staffs evidence 'wishful thinking'
Evidence given to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry by Care Quality Commission board members was “aspirational” and did not reflect what was happening in practice, the inquiry has heard.
-
News
Lansley: I have fought 'misinformation and misrepresentation' over reforms
The government has battled “misinterpretation, misinformation and misrepresentation” in its efforts to reform the NHS, health secretary Andrew Lansley told the Conservative party conference today.
-
News
Circle pulls out of bid to run hospital
Private healthcare firm Circle has pulled out of a bid to run a hospital in Surrey.
-
News
Unison 'will not campaign' against all reconfigurations
A senior Unison figure has revealed to HSJ that the union is prepared to accept some hospital reconfigurations.
-
News
NHS managers to be balloted for industrial action, HSJ learns
Members of Managers in Partnership will be asked whether they want to join action being planned by unions including Unison, to which MiP is aligned, against changes to public sector pensions.
-
News
Mid Staffs to close 165 beds on road to recovery
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to close nearly 40 per cent of its beds as part of a recovery plan designed to tackle its growing deficit.
-
News
Overseas doctors face English tests before starting work
Foreign doctors will be made to take language tests before starting work in the NHS, under new rules being introduced in the wake of a number of scandals involving overseas medical professionals.
-
News
Government to oppose Lords move for extra Health Bill scrutiny
The government will strongly resist calls for large parts of its Health Bill to be referred to a select committee in the Lords – a move which would further frustrate its progress through Parliament – HSJ understands.
-
News
Former Mid Staffs chief admits to considering suicide
The former chief executive of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has revealed he considered taking his own life in the wake of the fallout from the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into the trust.
-
News
Pull bill now, public health doctors urge Lords
The government’s health reforms will do “irreparable harm” to the NHS, a group of public health doctors and specialists, including Sir Michael Marmot, have warned.
-
News
Farrar clashes with Lansley over 'over-managed' claim
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has been forced to defend himself against charges that patients will suffer due as a result of management cuts.
-
News
Government sets out limits of Health Bill compromise
The government is prepared to compromise over how the Health Bill sets out the health secretary’s duties to ensure the NHS provides services, HSJ has been told.
-
News
Cigarette vending machines ban to improve health in children
A ban on vending machines selling tobacco that comes into force in England today will reduce the access children have to cigarettes and cut down the number of young smokers, it is hoped.
-
News
NHS 111 to go nationwide
The non-emergency telephone number aiming to provide around-the-clock access to NHS services is to get a national roll out.