News – Page 1803
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Brown promises to support NHS staff
The prime minister has promised the government's priority for 2008 will be to support NHS staff in tackling infection and improving access to services.
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NHS 'split' across UK, says Confed
The NHS is providing different services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NHS leaders honoured for services to healthcare
Robert Naylor, chief executive of University College London Hospitals foundation trust, has been awarded a knighthood in recognition of his services to healthcare.He was among tens of healthcare professionals to be honoured in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.
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Local involvement network plans 'woolly'
The Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health has condemned the government's plans for local involvement networks as 'vague and woolly'.
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Child vaccination data missing, say Conservatives
Poor software systems mean that London primary care trusts do not know how many of the 450,000 children in their areas have been given essential vaccinations, the Conservatives have said.
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Scotland caps NHS car parking charges
NHS facilities in Scotland will have to cap the maximum charge for car parking at £3 a day, health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced today.NHS Scotland health boards will be issued guidance on the cap early next year.
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Consultation to extend GP opening hours
The government is today expected to launch a 13-week statutory consultation to change the GP contract to ensure the average practice is open for an extra three hours a week.
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In this week's HSJ
NewsThe Department of Health is keeping back up to£870m in NHS funding, HSJ has been told - and is suspected of hoarding the cash to pay for extra initiatives next year.Eleven foundation trusts are being scrutinised for failing to hit performance targets they claimed they would meet.Primary care trusts will ...
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Alan Johnson's Christmas message
Most people are fortunate enough to be able to forget about work during Christmas. But for thousands of NHS staff, it will be business as usual as they work round the clock providing the care that the public values and relies upon.
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Confed rejects LGA call for new 'hire and fire' powers
NHS organisations have rebuffed a call for councils to hold the power to hire and fire trust chief executives.
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Fears DoH could claw back foundation trust surpluses
A dispute between University College London Hospitals foundation trust and the Department of Health has fuelled fears that the government will claw back surpluses from foundation trusts.
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Guidelines plea over ambulance volunteers
The Healthcare Commission has called for national guidelines to ensure the safe management of volunteers who support ambulance services.
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Scotland's pledge on opening hours faces GP resistance
The Scottish government has set itself on a collision course with GPs by promising extended practice opening hours as part of a package to improve access to primary care.
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DoH faces long bureaucracy battle
The Department of Health has a long way to go to meet its commitment to cut the administrative burden on regulation of NHS services by 2010, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Government ignored warnings over medical training reforms
The government sidelined two top medical advisers to rush through the doomed online recruitment system for junior doctors, MPs were told last week.
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Operating framework reasserts DoH's central control
NHS chief executive David Nicholson's exhortation to look out to communities, not up to the DoH at Richmond House, is starting to look like lip service, given the new operating framework's raft of extended targets, writes Sally Gainsbury
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11 foundation trusts face probe for missing targets
Eleven foundation trusts are being scrutinised for failing to hit performance targets they claimed they would meet.
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Specialist mental health services at risk, say campaigners
The closure of a psychiatric hospital could be a 'warning sign' that specialist mental health services across the country are at risk, campaigners fear.
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Connecting for Health will be leaderless for months
The Department of Health will not appoint a new chief for NHS Connecting for Health until spring 2008 at the earliest.
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Neonatal nurse shortage raises concerns
The National Audit Office has raised concerns over the capacity of NHS neonatal services, describing them as 'challenged'.