All articles by Tash Shifrin – Page 7
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Acute pressure begins to build as Hutt issues winter advice
Welsh trusts were running at full capacity last week as guidance aimed at relieving acute pressures next winter was issued by health secretary Jane Hutt.
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Patients are doing it for themselves
The NHS plan says bye bye CHCs, hello patient advocates - but one community group is ahead of the pack.Tash Shifrin reports
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Can't pay, won't pay
THE NHS PLAN The government has said no to free personal care in nursing homes. But the pressure is now on Tony Blair to change his mind, says Tash Shifrin
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Crash course
NHS trainee managers were hanging on to their hats last week when they piloted their way through HSJ's one-day simulation event. Tash Shifrin reports on the ups and downs of the day
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Manager numbers increase despite 'red tape' pledge
The government's NHS reforms have brought a substantial increase in the number of health service managers, despite pledges to cut 'red tape'.
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'Crude' league tables 'fail to provide answers' say critics
A revised set of NHS 'league tables' was published this week amid warnings that they beg more questions than they answer.
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Glasgow rangers
The Gorbals has got a bit of a reputation - infamous, notorious, hard. Just the sort of place for a coach party of senior NHS managers, in fact.
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Generics price cap is up by 500%
The government has increased proposed maximum prices for generic drugs by up to 500 per cent after the UK's biggest manufacturer threatened to stop production.
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'X'marks the split
Unison is rethinking its relationship with the Labour Party and there are signs it may be moving towards a more oppositional stance. Tash Shifrin reports
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NHS Wales HR strategy set to embrace common core training
The NHS in Wales is to push ahead with 'common core training' for health professionals - an idea still being debated by England's modernisation action teams.
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Furious juniors threaten ballot on action against 'cruddy' sub-consultant scheme
Junior doctors have threatened industrial action against a proposed new sub-consultant specialist grade.
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A sense of detachment
The dispersal of asylum seekers around the country is revealing disturbing gaps in continuity of care. Tash Shifrin reports
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Ledward case shows up disciplinary failings
The chief executive of the trust at the centre of the Rodney Ledward scandal has called for disciplinary processes against consultants to be 'streamlined'.
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Injection of urgency
Are today's 13 to 14-year-olds to enter adulthood unimmunised against tuberculosis because manufacture of the BCG vaccine relies on the whim of the free market? Tash Shifrin reports
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Drugs producer threatens to halt production after DoH price cap
The UK's biggest manufacturer of generic drugs has threatened to stop production in the wake of the government's move to cap prices.
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We have turned corner on deficits, says Wales director
The director of the NHS in Wales has told HSJ he has 'very mixed feelings' about leaving the health service.
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Bevan can wait
The father of the NHS, Nye Bevan, was against hospitals relying on private charity - so what would he have thought of an attempt in the 21st century to build a children's hospital by public subscription? Tash Shifrin examines the scheme
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DoH awaits cost of Euro court's landmark ruling over pensions
The government has been struggling this week to assess the cost to the NHS of a landmark European Court ruling on pension rights.
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Extremely simulating
HSJ 's Management Challenge gave contestants a vivid insight into the demands of their jobs - and one vowed to be nice to the city council for the rest of her life.Tash Shifrin was there