All Policy articles – Page 119
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NewsFlory: trusts still face April 2014 target for FT status
NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory insists there has been “no change” to the policy of driving trusts through the foundation trust pipeline by April 2014.
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NewsExclusive: Government faces Lib-Lab challenge over Health Act regulations
The government is facing a joint Labour-Liberal Democrat challenge to Health Act regulations which impose restrictions on the membership of clinical commissioning group governing bodies.
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NewsPatient data may give NHS an unfair edge
Powerful patient-level costing systems may give NHS hospital providers an unfair advantage in contract negotiations unless they are required to share their data with commissioners.
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NewsBurstow admits to budget cuts
Former health minister Paul Burstow has admitted there were cuts to mental health services under his watch at the Department of Health.
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Two of George Eliot's suitors announce alliance
Two of the bidders to take over the management of a district general hospital trust have announced a partnership deal.
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NewsNew health ministers' portfolios unveiled
The Department of Health has announced the full ministerial portfolios for its new team of junior ministers.
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NewsMajor survey finds increased support for public spending
The results of the British Social Survey have been published, showing the proportion of people who want to see more public spending has increased for the first time in nearly a decade.
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NewsNew minister admits government 'screwed up' on NHS reform
A newly-promoted health minister has admitted the government “screwed up” its handling of its controversial NHS reforms.
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NewsStop gag on NHS whitleblowers - MP
NHS lawyers should not be able to gag whistleblowers from revealing damning information in the public interest, an MP has said.
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NewsRegional pay plans short-sighted - BMA
A group of NHS trusts has been accused of making “short-sighted” plans to introduce regional pay and conditions which would “undermine the national ethos of the NHS”.
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CommentTalking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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HSJ KnowledgeThe power behind the chairs
Governors are becoming the lynchpins of greater local accountability
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NewsIndependent review to look at CQC handling of Morecambe Bay
The Care Quality Commission has ordered an independent review into its involvement with troubled University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsSmaller FTs face viability reviews
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAttitude change needed to increase organ donation
The UK’s transplant waiting list will never be significantly reduced in size unless public attitudes towards organ donation change, according to a charity.
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NewsMiliband tells unions not to strike
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told union leaders that their members and the public did not want strikes, amid the growing prospect of industrial action against the government’s austerity measures.