News – Page 1612
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NewsMinisters unsure over free homecare cost
The government reveals the calculations behind its offer of free personal care at home - and admits it does not know if the benefits outweigh the costs
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NewsTories pledge maternity support
Funding for innovative NHS maternity services is to be proposed by the Conservatives in recognition of the additional pressures that higher birth rates have created.
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NewsCommons to debate personal care bill
Older people could benefit from free personal home care if Department of Health proposals are passed by Parliament.
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NewsPatient safety reporting still fails to reach boards in 1 in 10 acute trusts
One in 10 hospital trusts have confessed to not regularly reporting patient safety and outcomes at board level, more than a year after Lord Darzi’s next stage review said care quality should be “at the heart of the NHS”.
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NewsDH and unions thrash out deal on transfer of NHS staff pensions
The Department of Health and unions are close to a deal on allowing NHS employees who transfer to the private sector to keep their NHS pension, HSJ has been told.
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NewsLondon hospital managers cleared of bullying
A report into the handling of concerns by doctors involved in the Baby P case will clear hospital managers of bullying and harassment, HSJ understands.
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NewsMike O’Brien paints ‘shame’ profiles
Health minister Mike O’Brien has described the types of NHS managers who will be named and shamed for introducing “slash and burn” cuts.
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NewsNHS constitution: report says staff need more enthusiasm
The NHS constitution suffers from a “vision gap” and is having less impact than strategic health authorities think, according to research commissioned by the Department of Health.
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NewsGP spending role debated
Practice based commissioning should be replaced by consortia with “real” budgets but comprising clinicians from both primary and secondary care, according to a think tank report.
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NewsNorth London acute trusts considering merger
Two hospital trusts in north London are considering a merger.
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NewsA&E services under threat in £20m dispute
Two services that could ease winter pressures on accident and emergency at an acute trust in the West Midlands are under threat from a funding row.
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NewsConfused patients appeal for simplified NHS regulation
Health profession regulators should standardise how they work, or even merge, to improve safety, patient groups have said.
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NewsAlastair Henderson leaves NHS Employers
NHS Employers deputy director Alastair Henderson has been appointed Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chief executive.
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NewsDH accepts full staff health and wellbeing recommendations
Every NHS organisation must draw up a plan to improve the health and wellbeing of its staff, following the acceptance of the Boorman review’s recommendations in full by the government.
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NewsConservative win could kill local NHS shake-up plans
The Conservatives have pledged to scrap current government proposals for reconfiguration in major services if they are voted into power. What could this mean for the many local changes already being deliberated? Alison Moore reports
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NewsDiversity ambassador appointed
NHS Nottinghamshire County assistant director of strategy Kate Davies has been made a national ambassador for increasing diversity in public appointments.
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NewsSwine flu virus may have infected a third of children
Experts say the swine flu virus may have hit thousands of children without them even knowing it - with as many as a third of school-age youngsters contracting it in parts of England.
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Next year's tariff delayed until mid-February
The Department of Health has warned the payment by results tariff for 2010-11 will be delayed due to the late publication of the pre-budget report this year.
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NewsCall for increased HIV support
Despite progress in combating the spread of the HIV epidemic in England over the past 20 years, more work is needed to improve prevention and address the changing needs of the HIV positive population, a report says.
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NewsNHS 'must boost use of technology'
The NHS is falling behind other European health services in the uptake of life-saving technologies, according to a report by the Medical Technology Group, a coalition of UK industry groups and patient charities.