All Policy articles – Page 219
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Leader
NHS top-ups are no substitute for offering a death with dignity
The response to Mike Richards’ review of co-payments has been largely positive. The cancer czar had a tricky job to do, forced to navigate choppy ideological waters and land at a practical resolution.
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News
Edwina Hart delays reform schedule in Wales
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has accepted that the wholesale overhaul of the NHS in Wales will not be complete until next October.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prison mental healthcare: pushing up standards
Access to mental healthcare remains an obstacle for prisoners. The solution, say Andrew Forrester and colleagues, is a dedicated, unitary 'prisoner care trust' for commissioning
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News
Media Watch: top-ups
Now that government policy on co-payments has become clearer, it's interesting to learn that MPs have been benefiting from 'top-ups' of their own.
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Comment
Sir Ian Kennedy on the future of the annual health check
The Act of Parliament that established the Healthcare Commission required us to assess on an annual basis the performance of every NHS organisation, taking account of the standards issued by the Department of Health. Out of this requirement grew the annual health check.
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News
Give asylum seekers access to NHS care, BMA urges
Restricting asylum seekers' access to primary care results in costly treatment having to be accessed later, MPs have been told.
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News
Scottish hospitals to face surprise hygiene inspections
All hospitals in Scotland face unannounced inspections to check they are clean and preventing the spread of infection.Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon announced the measure as part of a consultation on infection control.
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Comment
Mike Hobbs on clinical leadership and mental health
Mental health strategy has historically been seen as separate from mainstream health strategy and planning.
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News
Rise in alcohol-related A&E admissions among children
The number of alcohol-related accident and emergency admissions among children under 16 has increased by 17 per cent in five years, according to newly released figures.
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Comment
David Peat on lean times for the NHS
Without sounding overly biblical, but with the credit crunch in mind, is the NHS facing lean times after years of fat expenditure?
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HSJ Knowledge
Organ donation: a bit of give and take
The row over consent to organ donation is as old as transplantation itself. With a government task force due to make a final decision soon it has had to navigate some murky ethical waters, writes Daloni Carlisle
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HSJ Knowledge
World class commissioning: setting your priorities to deliver improved health outcomes
HSJ gathered some of the biggest names in primary care to discuss the Department of Health’s ambitious world class commissioning programme as part of a live, online debate. Andy Cowper listened in
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News
End of life care consultation begins
A consultation on end of life care has been launched by the Department of Health.
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News
Gordon Brown: press ahead with health equality drive
The prime minister has said the credit crunch is no reason to postpone plans to reduce health inequalities.Speaking at a World Health Organisation conference in London yesterday, Gordon Brown said 'there could be no worse time than this to turn back'.
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News
NHS Wales chief to step down to focus on 26-week target
The chief executive of NHS Wales is to stand down and focus on the country's 26-week referral to treatment target, which organisations are struggling to meet.
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News
PCTs outsource provider arms to foundation trust
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees teaching primary care trusts have outsourced their entire provider arms to a local foundation trust.
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News
Monitor attempts to keep DH 'at bay'
Monitor and the Department of Health could be heading for another tussle over central direction versus local freedoms.
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News
DH to enforce proportion of BME managers in the NHS
Managers will be given a target on the proportion of trust board members coming from black and minority ethnic backgrounds under plans being drawn up by the Department of Health.
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News
MP challenges foundation trust board secrecy
An MP has challenged the tendency of foundation trusts to hold their board meetings in secret and withhold documents from publication.
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Leader
NHS's irrational pay constraints are derailing the drive for quality
There is one aspect of competition the Department of Health has yet to grasp - the competition for management talent.