News – Page 1531
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NewsCriticism launched at ‘armchair audit’ idea
Concerns have been raised about the abolition of the Audit Commission by the chair of the government’s independent ethics advisory body, the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
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NewsNursing regulator to explore extension of powers
The Nursing and Midwifery Council plans to explore how to monitor “systemic failure” in NHS trusts.
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NewsLabour in the Health Hotel
The opposition gets a chance to hit back at health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS next week at the Labour Party conference in Manchester.
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NewsPatients’ details left on train
A hospital trust has agreed to tighten security after a doctor left a memory stick containing unprotected and sensitive patient information on a train.
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NewsNHS London revives Queen Mary's Sidcup closure plans amid patient safety concerns
NHS London has recommended “temporarily” closing the accident and emergency and maternity units at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
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NewsFormer BMA chair acted like 'caricature of surgical arrogance'
Surgeon and former British Medical Association chair James Johnson left a surgical clip inside a patient, shouted at junior staff and behaved like a “caricature of surgical arrogance”, a disciplinary hearing has heard.
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NewsNew chief exec takes over at Hertfordshire PCT
NHS Hertfordshire has announced that its deputy chief executive has been appointed chief executive.
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NewsHealthWatch must have no monopoly
The Care Quality Commission has warned that the government’s new patient advocacy service must not “crowd out” the views of other patients’ bodies.
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NewsFTs call for lighter control
Foundation trusts are in conflict with Monitor over the future regulation of their financial planning and governance.
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NewsEight PCTs to share single management
Representatives of eight London primary care trusts have agreed to put their organisations into three clusters under one management framework, saving £48m.
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NewsClinicians dominate NHS top pay list
Just 7 per cent of the highest paid individuals in the NHS are in non-clinical roles, according to an analysis by HSJ of the latest figures on public sector pay.
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NewsWoman wins court bid to have gastric bypass
A mother of three is believed to have become the first person in the country to use a judicial review to force the NHS to give her a gastric bypass so she can lose weight, her solicitor has said.
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NewsHart denies misleading Assembly over NHS report
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has denied opposition claims she misled the Assembly about the existence of a report into the NHS.
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NewsPay database reveals top earners
More than 26,000 NHS staff earn over £100,000, according to a comprehensive public pay database.
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NewsBarbara Young appointed head of diabetes charity
Former chair of the Care Quality Commission Dame Barbara Young has been appointed chief executive of the charity Diabetes UK.
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NewsTrust breached data laws over lost USB
A trust breached data protection law when a doctor lost a memory stick containing sensitive patient details on his train home, the information watchdog has said.
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NewsPace of public spending cuts 'not set in stone'
The pace and scale of public spending cuts is not set in stone and could be changed if the policy fails to rescue the economy, a Liberal Democrat cabinet minister has said.
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NewsDementia costs 'equal to 1% of global GDP'
The global cost of dementia this year will be £388 billion - more than 1% of GDP, according to a report out today.
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NewsCall for ban on cheap alcohol
Doctors have called for happy hours and the sale of cheap alcohol to be banned.
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NewsScots twice as likely to die from alcohol
Scottish people are more than twice as likely to die as a result of alcohol than those born in England and Wales who live north in Scotland, new research suggests.