All Policy articles – Page 247
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HSJ Knowledge
Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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HSJ Knowledge
Will community treatment orders work?
Compulsory treatment orders are on their way but critics claim there is a worrying lack of evidence that they can help 'revolving door' patients, writes Mark Gould
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health professions - whose job is it anyway?
New professional roles that have come with the Mental Health Act 2007 have been broadly welcomed, despite continuing debate about other opportunities that have been missed. Stuart Shepherd explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Age-appropriate mental healthcare - making strides
Services for children and teenagers have long been neglected but extra funds - and a drive to keep these users off adult wards - are positive steps, says Mark Gould
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Comment
Kremlin correction
The doctored image of Richmond House in your mighty organ includes domes from St Basil's Cathedral, not the Kremlin, says Niall Smith
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News
NHS constitution dangerous, warns King's Fund
The proposed NHS constitution could provide real benefits, but there could be dangers if it is not thought through with care, warns a report published today by the King's Fund.
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News
Action needed to curb drug waste
The parliamentary public accounts committee has today called for more efficient management to make the NHS primary care drugs bill more affordable without affecting patient care.In the 10 years to 2006, the number of primary care prescriptions dispensed rose from 485 million to 752 million, while the primary care drugs ...
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News
Government trumpets health research excellence
The NHS is well on the way to becoming a centre for world class health research, according to a progress report from the National Institute for Health Research published today.
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Comment
Media Watch: organ donors
Prime minister Gordon Brown's Damascene conversion to presumed organ consent was, naturally, a hot topic for the press.
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News
Lib Dem leader outlines plans for the health service
The new leader of the Liberal Democrats has outlined his party's proposals for all patients to be given a set of 'entitlements' to treatment, based on their condition.
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News
Royal Marsden's cool heads and smart systems
In the wake of the west London fire, Ingrid Torjesen looks at how the hospital coped and whether emergency planning has moved on since 7/7
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News
Questions over infection control funds
The NHS Confederation has questioned Department of Health claims that its infection control strategy is being supported by £270m of new money.
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News
Unions call for rethink on pay index measure
NHS managers should receive a pay rise at least equal to the retail price index, Managers in Partnership told the NHS pay review body this week.
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News
Exclusive: leaked letter shows tensions over C diff outbreak
A letter leaked to HSJ has revealed the strained relationship between the government and the Healthcare Commission following the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells infection outbreak.
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News
NHS constitution should spell out 'where the buck stops'
The King’s Fund has called for the creation of an NHS constitution to curb political interference and devolve real power to local managers.
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Comment
Michael White on Brown's plans for health
Gordon Brown's Big NHS Speech, to which HSJ gave front-page treatment last week, was full of virtuous declaration about what needs to be done to manage rising - and costly - demand in healthcare systems around the world.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on Brown's first health speech
Until last week, Gordon Brown had been surprisingly - even painfully - quiet on where he thought the NHS should be headed. But last Monday he finally showed some leg, in the form of his first major health pronunciamento since moving into Number 10.
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News
BMA under fire over GP pay row 'scare tactics'
Primary care trusts have rounded on the British Medical Association for drawing patients into its pay row. The accusation comes after the doctors' union distributed thousands of posters warning the public that the family doctor service is under threat.
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News
Scots asked if they want to elect health boards
Scottish people are being asked if they want to spend £5m on introducing direct elections to NHS boards.
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News
Ann Keen tours hospital ahead of transplant report
Health minister Ann Keen toured the dialysis unit at Hammersmith Hospital in west London ahead of publication of a report by the Organ Donation Taskforce this week.