News – Page 1658
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NewsDH explains QIPP plans to 340,000 clinicians
The Department of Health has distributed more than 340,000 copies of a document explaining the need for efficiency savings to clinicians.
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NewsSacked trust chief executive to stand against health minister
A trust chief executive who was sacked from his job is to stand against health minister Gillian Merron in the general election.
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NewsA&E alternatives ‘confuse’ the public
Many of the health centres presented as alternatives to hospital accident and emergency offer unreliable services and confuse the public, advisers to the Department of Health have warned.
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NewsWest Midlands to cluster PCTs to reduce management costs
NHS West Midlands is to “cluster” its primary care trusts to reduce management costs and strengthen joint working on quality and productivity.
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NewsHow Labour saved the NHS from the brink
Nigel Crisp believes that when Labour inherited the NHS in 1997 it was ‘falling apart’. After four years away from the service the former chief executive reflects on the successes of the last 13 years - and the missed opportunities. By Alastair McLellan
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NewsRecycling awards to recognise public sector contributions
There is one week left to enter the 2010 National Recycling Awards, supported by HSJ and brought to you by our sister title MRW.
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NewsReactor repairs hold up diagnostic test supplies
Trusts are likely to face mounting delays in diagnostic tests for cardiac, cancer and kidney patients due to a worldwide shortage of a vital radioactive material.
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NewsNHS staff satisfaction on the up
NHS staff report feeling more satisfied in their jobs and more supported by their managers, but a minority of organisations are not committed to improving engagement, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsDarzi warns against cutting clinical staff
Cutting clinical staff to save money in the recession would be “catastrophic” for the NHS, surgeon and former health minister Lord Darzi has warned.
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NewsSpecialised commissioning advisory body to be created
A national advisory body is to be created for commissioning specialised services and treatments for extremely rare conditions.
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NewsNHS Direct cuts
The amount spent on NHS Direct from 2010-11 will be cut 8.5 per cent in real terms, the trust has announced.
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NewsIT value for money
An incoming government should review the national IT programme, says a report, Fixing NHS IT, by right leaning think tank 2020health.
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NewsPCTs 'slow to make decisions on business cases'
Only a quarter of GP practice based commissioning leads think primary care trusts make fast enough decisions on business cases, according to the Department of Health.
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NewsPM's pay advisers say senior pay should sometimes be cut
Approximately 5,600 public sector staff earn more than £150,000 a year, the government’s advisory body on senior pay has said.
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NewsBudget cuts NHS spending estimate by £500m
The Budget today reduces the Treasury’s estimate for NHS spending as a whole this year by £500m.
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NewsSenior staff must show leadership on pay restraint, says chancellor
The government will commit to a new code of practice on senior pay setting in the public sector, today’s Budget announces, with a warning senior staff should “show leadership in pay restraint”.
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NewsBetter alcohol services could save hospitals £393m
Tens of thousands of hospital admissions for alcohol could be prevented each year if services to help drinkers were improved, a new report claims.
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NewsObesity charity criticises QOF for incentivising list making
Doctors are being paid to compile lists of obese patients and then do nothing with them, the chair of the National Obesity Forum has claimed.
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NewsNew £1.5m NHS uniforms 'cause rashes'
A £1.5m programme to introduce colour-coded NHS uniforms in Wales could be scrapped after scores of nurses complained that the items caused painful rashes.
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NewsBurnham, Lamb and Lansley clash in health debate
The three main political parties all accused each other of “failing the NHS” before Thursday evening’s televised debate between the Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat leaders.