All Policy articles – Page 161
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NewsNicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has paved the way for primary care trusts to be merged as a means to make significant savings while implementing the health white paper.
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NewsUnion leaders draw battle lines over cuts
Unions are preparing to confront the government over “obscene” cuts to public services and England’s biggest council is set to be the first battleground of a campaign to fight spending cuts that could spark a wave of strikes in the coming months.
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NewsCancer linked to lifestyle choice is 'global challenge'
Cancers linked to unhealthy lifestyles are “one of the biggest challenges facing the world”, an expert has said.
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NewsScottish adviser recommends charging for NHS services
A senior advisor the Scottish Parliament’s finance committee has said that patients should pay for NHS services to help out health budgets.
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NewsPorn in IVF units criticised
Trusts have been criticised for supplying pornography in IVF facilities.
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NewsJunior doctors 'spend too long on admin'
Junior doctors spend more time on admin than they do on formal medical training, research suggested today.
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NewsWeight loss surgery could save NHS £56m a year
Primary care trusts are ignoring national guidance on who should be eligible for obesity surgery, a report by the Office of Health Economics says.
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NewsDH to have veto over DPH appointments
The new “public health service” will “not be a separate legal entity from the DH” and its directors will be jointly appointed by the Department of Heath and local authorities, a DH briefing document seen by HSJ states.
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NewsAlcohol consumption plummets
Alcohol consumption in the UK has seen its biggest decline in 60 years, according to new industry figures.
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NewsMinimum alcohol price 'will save £700m'
A minimum price for alcohol of 45p a unit would save Scotland more than £700m in 10 years, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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NewsPatient organisations fear losing voice
The government will do “nothing”, or “not much” for the NHS, according to a survey of almost 900 patient organisations, shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsBudget risk to future MRSA success
The downward trend in the number of deaths involving MRSA and C difficile revealed by official figures could be reversed as a result of budget cuts, an infection control specialist warned last week.
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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
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NewsPCT flouts NICE by suspending IVF treatment
A primary care trust in Cheshire has stopped funding in vitro fertilisation services in a cost cutting move that challenges national guidance.
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NewsPoor data reporting skews palliative care spending picture
A government report has pointed to significant variations in the amount primary care trusts spend on end of life care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to lead through transition
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson said recently that managers have performed “heroics” over the past few years and made the NHS a much better service.
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NewsCall to keep visa levy to fund public services
A levy imposed on the visas of non-EU migrants should continue to be used to help ease the pressure of immigration on public services, shadow home secretary Alan Johnson has said.
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LeaderNHS spending debate focuses on the wrong type of consultant
Why is health secretary Andrew Lansley still acting like an opposition politician? That is the question raised by the government’s haranguing of primary care trusts for their use of management consultants.
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CommentNHS efficiency does not automatically equal value
There was an undignified spat on BBC radio on Monday between Evan Davis of the Today programme and Bob Neill, the pugnacious local government minister, over the price of bagels charged to the public purse.
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NewsGP largesse alarms Lansley’s colleagues
The prospect of GPs blowing the NHS commissioning budget remains the prime concern of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s Westminster colleagues.