All articles by Steve Ford – Page 11
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NewsMental health trusts pose 'challenge' to integration with community
Mental health trusts are a major barrier to developing mental health wellbeing services in community settings, a GP specialist in the field has said.
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NewsGovernment 'expects' DPHs to report to council chief execs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said it is his “expectation” that directors of public health will report directly to council chief executives.
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NewsFuture Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge
Many clinical commissioning groups are currently “too small to survive”, NHS Future Forum chair Steve Field has warned.
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NewsCMO to 'twist arms' over public health medic job crisis
Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has said she will try and “twist some arms” to find a solution to the unemployment crisis facing the public health medical workforce.
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NewsDH commits funds to support health and wellbeing board development
The government announced today it was committing £985,000 to support the development of health and wellbeing boards.
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NewsPublic health expertise losses begin to bite
Local public health expertise is starting to drain away as budget cuts bite and staff await transfer to local authorities, evidence presented to HSJ reveals.
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NewsDH comms director general is latest to announce departure
The Department of Health director general of communications has become the fourth senior figure to signal their departure from the NHS or DH in the space of a week.
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NewsBernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
The chief executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to take early retirement, HSJ understands.
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NewsHealth secretary and NCB will only intervene when failure is 'significant'
The health secretary will only have powers to intervene directly in the running of national NHS bodies where failure is deemed to be “significant”, the government has stated.
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NewsCommissioners will have duty to tell patients about waiting time rights
Commissioning groups will have a duty to ensure patients are aware of their rights to access services within maximum waiting times, the government’s full response to the Future Forum has said.
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NewsConsortia rebrand required to 'clearly link' with locality
The creative names chosen by many shadow commissioning consortia – now rebranded clinical commissioning groups – are to disappear under the amendments to the Health Bill.
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CommentMedia Watch: a Lib Dem battle victory in reform war
Never mind that the “pause” was supposed to be about allaying the concerns of clinicians, apparently the amendments to the Health Bill are in fact a Liberal Democrat victory.
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NewsIn full: government responds to NHS Future Forum
The government has responded to the NHS Future Forum, confirming agreed changes to its overhaul of the service.
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NewsBeefed up health and wellbeing boards extend council powers
Councils have been handed greater influence over healthcare commissioning following the government’s decision to bolster the power of health and wellbeing boards.
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NewsFuture Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia
The health secretary must remain “ultimately” accountable for the NHS, Monitor’s proposed role in promoting competition should be “diluted” and consortia must have a governing body that meets in public, the Future Forum has recommended.
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CommentSouth East Coast trusts chasing foundation status
Like many trusts around the country, those in the South East Coast are busy considering ways of getting themselves to the holy grail of foundation status.
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CommentMedia Watch: waiting for the pause to fast forward
Every paper told a different story at the start of this week, despite speculation growing ahead of the arrival of the Future Forum’s recommended amendments to the Health Bill.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards 'lack real influence'
“Weak” health and wellbeing boards could result in the NHS Commissioning Board playing the leading role in driving the performance of GP consortia, the King’s Fund has warned in a report.
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NewsNew guidance warns of higher bar for JSNAs
The new “enhanced” joint strategic needs assessment does not represent “business as usual” for the NHS, guidelines have warned.
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NewsPublic health funding cut threatens skilled staff
Valuable health intelligence expertise is facing “fragmentation and dissolution”, following a 30 per cent cut in the core funding of public health observatories, MPs have been warned.