All Peter Carter articles – Page 3
-
NewsNHS to raise funds selling off excess land
NHS managers are being asked to raise funds for the health service by identifying surplus land that could be sold, the government announced today.
-
NewsMaternity services need radical reform - RCOG
Maternity services should be radically reformed so that women receive the best care in the right place, according to a group of leading health experts.
-
CommentMedia Watch: printing the unprintable on hospital closure
The papers have been jostling to say the previously unsayable this week and break the political taboo that some hospitals must close if the NHS is to remain clinically safe and financially viable.
-
NewsNo requirement to include doctors and nurses on boards
Commissioning consortia should not be required to formally include doctors and nurses on their boards, the NHS Future Forum has recommended.
-
NewsExclusive: GP commissioning consortia boards must contain a doctor and nurse
David Cameron has announced a radical reworking of the government’s NHS reform plans which will give hospital doctors and nurses mandated places on GP commissioning consortium boards.
-
NewsMilton backs increments freeze deal amid congress heckles
Health minister Anne Milton drew heckles at the Royal College of Nursing congress after insisting a national pay increments freeze rejected by the union would remain on the table at local level.
-
NewsReforms could be 'biggest disaster in history' of NHS
The Royal College of Nursing’s chief executive has insisted industrial action must remain an option for nurses and warned that the health reforms could become the “biggest disaster in the history of our public services”.
-
NewsNHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
The NHS will not be able to meet the demands of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and asthma unless it changes, according to the health secretary.
-
News53,000 NHS jobs 'under threat'
More than 50,000 NHS jobs face being axed, including doctors, nurses and dentists, because of government spending cuts, “destroying” claims about the funding of the health service, a new report claims.
-
NewsNHS treatment of elderly failing 'basic human needs' - ombudsman
NHS treatment of older people is “failing to meet even the most basic standards of care” in some areas, a report published today by the health service ombudsman has found.
-
NewsStaff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
-
NewsBarts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
-
NewsChiefs urge further talks as unions reject pay deal
Trusts are hoping to continue talks on a proposal to freeze pay increments and offer greater job security for staff despite it being dismissed by the main health unions involved.
-
NewsRCN 'extremely disappointed' at lack of nurse inclusion in reforms
Government reforms will “struggle to succeed” without more engagement with nurses, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
-
NewsDorrell's committee warns about impact of 'unprecedented' efficiency target
The Commons health committee has warned real terms cuts to adult social care will almost inevitably translate into unfunded extra demand on the NHS.
-
NewsPCT job losses 'will happen within a year' - Unison
The loss of thousands of jobs through the abolition of primary care trusts will happen within a year, instead of the previously expected two years, union leaders have claimed.
-
-
NewsNHS chiefs criticised for taking large pay rises
NHS chief executives must not freeze Agenda for Change increments while awarding themselves “indefensible” pay rises, Royal College of Nursing chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter has argued.
-
NewsNHS staff criticise white paper over lack detail and pace of change
NHS staff representatives have issued stinging criticisms of the government’s white paper.
-
NewsHSJ100: Staying power is at the heart of NHS influence
As we prepare our list of the most influential people in health in 2010, Alastair McLellan and Darius McQuaid look back at who has wielded most power in the NHS during the last four years
- Previous Page
- Page1
- Page2
- Page3
- Page4
- Next Page