All News articles – Page 841
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Ambulance services strive to avoid A&E
Two of England’s ambulance services have reduced the proportion of patients they convey to accident and emergency departments by more than 7 per cent since April, new figures from the Department of Health show.
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Number of trusts predicting 2011-12 deficit trebles compared with last year - DH report
The number of NHS trusts predicting a full year deficit at the end of the first quarter of 2011-12 trebled compared with the same period last year, new Department of Health figures show.
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CCP puts patient benefit over patient choice in acute merger
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has advised, for the first time, that a merger between two rival providers can go ahead, because the potential benefits outweighed the reduction in patient choice.
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RCN agrees not to ballot over pensions immediately
The Royal College of Nursing has decided not to ballot members for industrial action for now, but has warned it could do so if pensions talks fail.
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Third of CCGs reluctant to become statutory bodies, PM warned
The prime minister and health secretary have been warned that a third of clinical commissioning groups would rather not become statutory bodies because of the burden of bureaucracy involved.
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Health Bill risks 'weakening ministerial accountability' - Lords committee
The Lords committee which reviews the constitutional implications of new legislation has said the Health Bill poses a risk that “individual ministerial responsibility to parliament will be diluted or that legal accountability to the courts will be fragmented”.
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NHS costs cut by smoking schemes, study shows
A new report which found that tobacco control programmes can cut health care costs has been hailed by anti-smoking campaigners Ash Scotland.
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'Medical tourism' warning over government cuts
The number of patients travelling abroad for medical treatment could rise significantly due to government cuts, a new report has suggested.
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HealthWatch faces further delays
The establishment of HealthWatch England may be further delayed due to the parliamentary timetable.
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Medicine no longer an "old boys club"
An increase in the number of doctors referred to the General Medical Council by their medical colleagues shows the profession is moving away from being “an old boys’ club”, new research has suggested.
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CQC says it faces 'unsustainable' expectations
Expectations about what the Care Quality Commission can achieve may be “unrealistic and unsustainable”, an internal review has found.
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Number of financially troubled FTs doubles
The number of foundation trusts with serious financial problems has doubled since the last quarter, new data shows.
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DH considers a country-wide push on reconfiguration
The Department of Health is considering a national drive to make the case for large scale service reconfiguration to deflect criticism from commissioners opting for local service redesign.
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Monitor threatens collective punishment for Greater Manchester over cancer
Monitor has threatened to downgrade the governance ratings of nine foundation trusts in Greater Manchester if waiting times at the Christie Foundation Trust do not improve in the next six months.
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Trusts' cancer targets being missed - Monitor
Almost a quarter of foundation trusts are failing to hit cancer waiting targets while some are also breaching new rules on A&E, according to a new report.
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Critical care is risking lives, say surgeons
Thousands of patients who need emergency surgery are having their lives put at risk by poor NHS care and delays in accessing treatment, according to a damning report.
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Exclusive: few GP commissioners in DH top leaders list
Only 4 per cent of people on the Department of Health’s list of the 918 NHS most talented leaders deemed capable of senior roles are GPs, HSJ can reveal.
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Exclusive: government funding changes 'will transfer £700m from poor to rich areas'
The government’s decision to give less weight to health inequalities when allocating NHS funds will ultimately lead to £718m a year being transferred from areas with poor health to those with good health, research suggests.
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Exclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'
The Health Bill is likely to be amended to clarify responsibility for data security, the chair of the national information governance board has told HSJ.
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Monitor could suspend competition to encourage integration models
Monitor’s chief executive has set out a range of measures the future regulator will consider as it works to reconcile competition and service integration.