News – Page 1650
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NewsLabour plans would cut thousands of jobs, Tories say
Thousands of NHS medics will lose their jobs over the next five years under Labour’s “secret” cost-cutting plans, the Tories have claimed.
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NewsThousands of NHS jobs 'at risk'
Efforts to cut NHS spending could put more than 5,600 jobs at risk in England, leaving the system under “real strain”, it is claimed.
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NewsSacked NHS chief launches unfair dismissal claim
An NHS chief executive sacked for swearing too much at work is launching a claim for unfair dismissal, he has confirmed.
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NewsCall to merge children's cardiac units
Several children’s heart surgery units should stop performing operations and merge with bigger, specialist centres to improve patient safety and care, according to a new report.
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NewsStalking policy drawn up after staff followed
Scotland’s largest health board has said it had started to draw up a policy on stalking after staff had been followed, photographed and harassed.
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NewsExperts issue cancer care election challenge
A group of cancer experts have challenged political parties to explain how they would cut waits for diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which they said offered the greatest hope of saving lives and improving life expectancy.
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NewsNorman Lamb interview: the Liberal Democrats' health policy priorities
If Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb once felt ignored by the health world, he is clearly now enjoying the limelight generated by talk of a hung parliament.
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NewsTories call for locally sourced NHS hospital food
The Tories want details of food served in NHS hospitals published so the public can see if ingredients are locally sourced.
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NewsDrug firms lose battle over pricing
A government scheme encouraging doctors to prescribe low-cost medicines has overcome a legal challenge by pharmaceutical companies.
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NewsHealth Debate 2010: watch it here
Want to hear first hand what the three main parties have to say on health? Watch a health hustings event hosted by the Royal College of Nursing, The King’s Fund, NHS Confederation and the British Medical Association.
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NewsFoundation trust applications run into the ground
Foundation trust applications have slipped by an average of 11 months and some by as much as three years since last March, HSJ analysis reveals. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have pledged an all-foundation trust future.
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NewsNew doubt about mortality ratios
The appropriateness of using hospital standardised mortality ratios to judge hospital performance was further questioned this week.
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NewsLisa Rodrigues back-pedals on Sussex resignation
A trust chief executive has cancelled her resignation three months after handing in her notice.
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NewsNHS Confederation appoints ‘hands on’ chair
NHS East of England chair Keith Pearson has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Confederation.
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NewsClusters show potential to halve number of PCTs
New commissioning “clusters” could foretell a reduction in the number of primary care trust of up to 50 per cent, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS procurement probe was halted by last minute DH phone call
An eleventh hour phone call from the Department of Health stopped the cooperation and competition panel’s investigations into a primary care trust’s procurement arrangements.
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NewsAsthma and Parkinson's losers in policy battle
The Department of Health has been unjustly prioritising illnesses such as anxiety disorders and neglecting those such as asthma, Parkinson’s disease and back pain, its own national quality board has said.
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NewsBart's finance director resigns
The finance director at a trust facing a multibillion pound private finance initiative bill has resigned.
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NewsPCTs depend on commissioning support
The majority of primary care trust managers believe they cannot achieve top scores for their commissioning without outside help, according to research by the King’s Fund.
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Joint services may reshape NHS regulation
NHS regulators will “no longer be sustainable” in their present form if the trend to partnership working between trusts and councils continues, according to a report from the Centre for Public Scrutiny.