All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 17
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Comment'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
No one in healthcare doubts that the public debt crisis has initiated a period of radical change across the NHS. The essential challenge is to become more efficient and flexible.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to set up a mutual organisation
Mutual ventures offer ways to make use of the health white paper’s business opportunities, says Mark Johnson
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HSJ KnowledgeSocial enterprise: one step beyond healthcare
Social enterprises are being heralded as champions of the ‘big society’, but there are serious questions to ask before setting one up in health or social care
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CommentPaul Corrigan on how the third sector will save the NHS
The NHS, like all other healthcare systems in developed countries, will soon run out of money.
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HSJ KnowledgeConnected Care model seeks to ease local service integration
Connected Care aims to allay the fears of commissioners about integrating local services, says Helen Mooney
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HSJ KnowledgeNeurological care
The Neurological Alliance is chairing the main day of the HSJ’s conference, Delivering Patient Centred Neurological Services, in London this week.Clare Moonan and Katie Smith, chief executives of the Neurological Alliance, say that the Alliance has been a key partner in shaping this unique event which has a central theme ...
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CommentCally Bann: Volunteers and Friends
So they’ve debated, they’ve negotiated, they’ve coalesced and they’ve agreed.
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NewsPoor DVT policies 'putting lives at risk'
Patients’ lives are being put at risk by NHS bosses failing to take adequate steps to prevent them developing deep vein thrombosis, a charity has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe third sector post election
Mark Johnson assesses the post-election landscape for third sector and social enterprises delivering more health and social care services.
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CommentNeil Churchill: NHS savings on long term conditions
Encouraging patients to be more self sufficient could go quite a way towards realising the required savings of £2.7bn a year by 2014 from the NHS’s long term conditions budget
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HSJ Knowledge
Resolving NHS complaints
Complaints about treatment and care are inevitable, but involving the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service in the process can help make a real difference to all concerned.
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NewsJulia Palca named new Macmillan chair
Macmillan Cancer Support has announced it has appointed a new chair to take over from existing chair Jamie Dundas who will step down after the charity’s annual general meeting on July 29.
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CommentJeremy Taylor on involving patients in hospital closures
It is nearly a year since NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson announced the need for £15bn-£20bn of NHS efficiency savings.
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CommentAndrew Jones on the rise of the health consumer
Writing an HSJ opinion column in the last week before the election, should I be defending the policy of Her Majesty’s opposition, claiming interest in my small contribution; should I be defending the interest of the independent sector, which pays my salary; or should I be defending the vested interests ...
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NewsNext government must quash preferred provider policy
The next government must scrap any notion of a “preferred provider” policy and ensure a level playing field for all potential service suppliers, according to a report from the NHS Confederation’s NHS Partners Network.
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NewsCardiac surgery reconfiguration plans get charity backing
A national children’s heart charity has expressed its support for a report calling for the reorganisation of congenital cardiac surgical services in England.
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NewsNHS procurement probe was halted by last minute DH phone call
An eleventh hour phone call from the Department of Health stopped the cooperation and competition panel’s investigations into a primary care trust’s procurement arrangements.
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CommentAlan Maynard: axe must swing on NHS jobs and pay
While politicians are fighting on the campaign trail they will not reveal how they intend to drive up productivity. But once reality is restored the pain will begin
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NewsLabour pledges personalised care revolution
Personalised healthcare tailored to the needs of individual patients is a centrepiece of Labour’s general election manifesto.
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NewsMarie Curie Cancer Care appoints chairman
Former chief executive of the NHS in Scotland Sir Don Cruickshank is to be the new chairman of Marie Curie Cancer Care.