News – Page 1509
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NewsBlackpool deficit hints at tough era for foundations
Monitor has found significant financial and governance problems at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsRead this week's issue
Due to the severe weather this week, delivery of your print copy of Health Service Journal may be delayed. To make sure you do not miss out, we have made the issue available online, exclusively for subscribers.
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NewsNHS Partners in row over ‘cosy’ deal
The carve-up of primary care trust provider arms has seen mental health and acute trusts pick up the greatest amount of work while the private sector will secure the least.
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NewsCircle wins battle to run hospital
Private provider Circle is set to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust in Cambridgeshire for 10 years under an operating franchise.
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NewsPCTs restrict many treatments as overspend looms
Treatment restrictions such as bans on “low priority” procedures or tough referral thresholds are now common across the NHS, HSJ has established.
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NewsMedics’ needs may dominate training
The training needs of nurses and allied professionals could be undermined if the government merges the three main clinical education advisory bodies.
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NewsWinter deaths fall despite cold weather
The coldest winter in 14 years did not drive an increase in deaths during the December 2009 to March 2010 period.
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NewsDepartment of Health maps end of PCTs and SHAs
The Department of Health will publish a “road map” for the abolition of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities before Christmas, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said. He warned there will be no “slow down” in the process.
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NewsMental health moves in public health white paper welcomed
Measures in the public health white paper to promote mental well-being have been welcomed by leading psychiatrists.
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NewsHSJ Award 2010 winners announced
In the toughest year for the NHS for over a decade, the HSJ Awards have proven once again that the service remains a centre of excellence.
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NewsFinance special report: No time like the present
HSJ examines the financial demands on NHS managers, including shared decision making to deliver higher quality services, successful service design, the emergence of commissioning consortia and the opportunities for outsourced expertise.
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NewsTreasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director
Taking on commissioning budgets may force GPs to give up their historic independence and potentially integrate with secondary care, the NHS medical director has suggested.
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NewsAshford achieves foundation status, as Royal Free starts application
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Trust has been authorised to become a foundation.
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NewsPublic health white paper stalls on handover to councils
The government has confirmed that public health funding is likely to be around £4bn, but has delayed shifting responsibility for local public health spending to councils until at least April 2013.
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NewsDH backs plan to award 5.3 per cent pay rises
The Department of Health has written a detailed analysis in support of plans to award lower paid staff pay rises of up to 5.3 per cent, amid growing concern that the NHS paybill is unsustainable.
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Call to link executive pay to staff levels
A review of fair pay in the public sector has suggested top executives should no longer be paid more than 20 times the wages of other staff.
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NewsGovernment 'tinkering' with alcohol tax criticised
The government has been accused of “tinkering at the edges” over plans to tackle problem drinking by driving up taxes on super-strength beer and lager.
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Lack of clarity on GP role in public health
The public white paper lacks clarity on several crucial issues, both the NHS Confederation and the BMA have said.
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NewsPublic health drive starts with NHS staff
NHS Employers has pledged to continue to work in improving the health of the NHS workforce as outlined by the public health white paper.
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NewsPublic health faculty in resource warning
New public health services must be properly resourced and staffed if the white paper is to achieve its aims, a leading expert has said.