News – Page 1811
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Treasury eyes hidden PCT surpluses
Increased demand for health services as recession bitesTwo-year timetable for service reconfiguration and investmentSurpluses vulnerable
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Mental health response was united
You suggest there was a lack of criticism concerning the Today programme's story on secure care.
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Patients need access to data
Your supplement on information was both interesting and useful, and I was pleased to see the NHS Information Centre puts patients and the public at the centre of its lovely diagram.
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Politicians are poor persuaders
Interesting to see Simon Stevens' comments on the science of persuasion. Clearly our politicians have much to teach us about how to motivate the public - as demonstrated by the general (let alone local) election turnouts. Strange, isn't it, that people who have money, education and access to affordable leisure ...
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The quest for the perfect NHS leader
Martin Marshall's analysis of the state of NHS leadership is only partially correct. Much more has been achieved than he gives credit for.
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Annual health check: quality leap sees PCTs drag behind
More than half of NHS organisations are now providing excellent or good services, according to the third annual health check.But the annual assessment scores, published today by the Healthcare Commission, expose a widening gap between the performance of steadily improving trusts and floundering commissioners.The proportion offering excellent services has leapt ...
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Healthcare Commission head looks back on a turbulent era
Anna Walker joined the Healthcare Commission with only two months until its launch. As it prepares to merge into a new super-regulator, she reflects on four testing years at the helm. By Charlotte Santry
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GP earnings drop slightly
Average GP earnings before tax fell by 2.1 per cent between 2005-06 and 2006-07 to £107,667, a report from the NHS Information Centre has found.Although gross GP income increased by 1 per cent to £247,362 in that period, GP tax returns showed a 3.5 per cent increase in claimed expenses.
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Wales sets out health spending priorities
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has set out priorities for spending increased health and social services funding. It is to go towards neonatal services, eating disorders, waiting times, mental health and autism.
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Scotland consults on EU patient mobility directive
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on how the draft EU directive on patient mobility affects Scotland and Scottish patients.
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Alan Langlands to chair academic health science centre panel
Sir Alan Langlands has been appointed as chairman of the International Academic Health Science Centre Designation Panel, which has responsibility for recommending to the health secretary which hospital partnerships should be awarded the AHSC status.
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Annual health check case study: Rotherham foundation trust
Rotherham foundation trust chief executive Brian James has made significant changes since joining three years ago, and seen ratings of fair for quality and good for resources improve to double excellent, writes Dave West.
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NHS Employers calls for 2 per cent pay rises
NHS Employers has called for pay rises in 2009 for NHS doctors and dentists to be limited to 2 per cent.In evidence to the doctors' and dentists' review body, it argues a balance has to be struck between fairness to staff and affordability.
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Rise in GP practices offering extended hours
A census carried out on 22 September shows that 51.4 per cent of GP practices are now offering extended hours.
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Patient safety research fund launched
A £5m research programme to look into service quality and patient safety has been launched.
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Changes to general medical services contract agreed
Changes to the general medical services contract for 2009-10 have been agreed. They include alterations to how quality and outcome framework payments are calculated to reflect the prevalence of long-term conditions and the reallocation of 72 QOF points, which will be awarded for a range of clinical interventions.
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Primary care can tackle health inequalities - World Health Organisation
Striking worldwide inequities in healthcare - including outcomes, access, annual government expenditure and what people have to pay - could be improved through integrated primary healthcare, a report by the World Health Organisation has said.
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DH survey reveals slow progress on patient choice
Results from the Department of Health's patient choice survey have revealed slow progress in increasing choice.The proportion of patients who recalled being offered a choice of hospital for their first outpatient appointment was 45 per cent in May, down from 47 per cent in March but up from 30 per ...
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Harefield heart transplants under review
The Healthcare Commission has begun a review of heart transplant services at Harefield Hospital after the national specialised commissioning team informed it of a rise in mortality rates.