Health Service Journal
20 May 2010
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£100,000 fine over hospital death
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay £100,000 after a mother who had just given birth died due to a mix-up between “identical looking” drugs. -
Andrew Lansley's meeting with DH staff
Sir Hugh Taylor: Right shall we make a start. Welcome everybody; David and I were just remarking that this is an ever-bigger turnout than the one we got for Tony Blair; so that’s impressive. Something must be going on.Well the people have spoken, and after I think one of the most interesting weeks in our democratic history actually, all of us have been transfixed, haven’t we, by the twists and turns of the election itself and then the subsequent negotiations process. But we now have a -
Book Review: Do More Great Work: stop the busywork and start the work that matters
Out with the bad and in with the good is the message here, says Eileen Ball -
Cally Bann: it's going to be crap and we're all in it together
So now we know. From the bellowing pomposity at High and Mighty Hall, through the bemused gentlefolk of Meek and Mild Manor to the elitist piety at Pool and Field Palace our glorious NHS has spoken: it’s going to be crap and we’re all in it together. -
Cameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told. -
Chief resigns after CQC fears
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust, which was recently reprimanded by the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, has resigned. -
Coalition health policy: all action on the united front
NHS fortunes will rely on Tory and Lib Dem harmony as Andrew Lansley steps into the role of health secretary -
Coalition to deliver emergency Budget on 22 June
Chancellor George Osborne today announced that he will deliver his first emergency Budget on 22 June, exactly six weeks after the new coalition government took office. -
Dare one step further and keep Lansley in post for the full term
Andrew Lansley is the best prepared health secretary of modern politics. During his time as shadow health spokesman, Labour went through five health secretaries. -
Dave Prentis warns that NHS cuts will equal conflict
Managers should prepare themselves for a period of industrial unrest if planned spending cuts go ahead, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has told HSJ. -
DH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances. -
Former nurse Anne Milton given health minister job
Former nurse Anne Milton will be a junior minister at the Department of Health, HSJ understands. -
Freeze public sector pay immediately, says CBI
Business leaders have called for an immediate freeze in the public sector pay bill under moves to control public finances. -
GPs reassured over revalidation
Doctors who take career breaks should not be disadvantaged by the revalidation process, it is argued. -
Greater Glasgow and Clyde to cut 1,200 jobs
A health board has announced it is to cut more than 1,200 jobs in the next 18 months. -
GUM data ruled off limits to commissioners
Commissioners have no right to check where the users of their local acute trust’s genito-urinary medicine service are resident for billing purposes, according to a recent arbitration. -
Health checks for all?
The government has promised free health checks to everyone over 40 but how can PCTs ensure they are providing them effectively, and what role can pharmacies play in carrying out health MoTs? -
How to improve end of life care
The 2008 end of life care strategy allocated £286m to primary care trusts. Lynne Greenwood looks at some of the innovations and improvements being made with the cash -
Invitation to tender - Co-creating Health initiative requires quality improvement collaborative provider
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Junior doctors caring for up to 400 patients a night
Hospital doctors may be responsible for up to 400 patients a night and junior doctors may often be the most senior person on duty, according to a report from the Royal College of Physicians. -
Ken Jarrold on strategic planning in the NHS
Our new government could do worse than to engage in a little strategic planning. -
Lansley calls a halt to Darzi in London
The new government has put former health minister Lord Darzi’s major reconfiguration plan for London under review, HSJ has learnt. -
Lansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS reconfiguration in London. -
Lansley orders probe into chief's sacking
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered an investigation into NHS South West’s role in the sacking of a trust chief executive. -
Lansley to slash NHS management costs
Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, has warned Department of Health staff to brace themselves for a significant cut in their budget this year. -
Leaders inch closer to Lib-Con deal
The Conservatives appear to be moving closer to a deal with the Liberal Democrats which could see David Cameron finally installed in No 10 as prime minister. -
Lib Dem minister gets social care brief
Paul Burstow, the first Liberal Democrat health minister, will be responsible for social care, HSJ understands. -
Local food will save NHS millions
Cooking with locally grown produce could save the NHS £400m, the catering manager at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has claimed. -
Managers welcome Burstow
The appointment of Paul Burstow as minister of state for health has been welcomed by NHS managers keen to see social care reform move apace. -
Mental health trust appoints medical director
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust has a new medical director, after current director Dr Tim Webb decided to step down. -
Michael White: the new Lib-Con government
Well, it’s not going to be dull, is it? At a stretch you could even say that one of the dullest things about the new Lib-Con government is that Andrew Lansley was appointed health secretary. -
Midlands trust explores John Lewis staff model
A Midlands acute trust is investigating a staff ownership model as an alternative to becoming a foundation trust. -
Neil 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 -
New drug approval guidance issued
Guidance on when new drugs should be used could benefit patients and their families in Scotland, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said. -
NHS management consultancy bill defended
A trust facing the loss of up to 600 staff has defended its decision to spend £3.4m on management consultants in three years. -
NHS pay myths: do salary bonuses add up?
In the last in this series on public sector pay myths Peter Smith examines some ideas about bonuses in the public sector, and senior salary transparency -
NHS targets may be scrapped within weeks
The new government is considering scrapping controversial waiting times targets this year, HSJ understands. -
Nicola Sturgeon rules out compulsory redundancies
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon offered firm guarantees today that no NHS employee will face compulsory redundancy as part of plans to tackle public spending pressures. -
Osborne commissions audit of Whitehall spending
Chancellor George Osborne is to commission an independent audit of the Government’s books after finding examples of “crazy” spending decisions in Labour’s last year in power, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. -
Patient safety: the human factors
‘Human factors’ can create gaps in systems that endanger patients. In the second part in our series Helen Mooney explains how self-knowledge is the first step to safer care -
Paul Burstow
Paul Burstow’s background and voting record -
PCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes. -
PCT tells patients the cost of their care and services
A Yorkshire primary care trust chair is trying to drive up public awareness of the cost of services delivery by spelling out how much individual treatments cost. -
PCTs 'missing out' on Twitter power
Primary care trusts in England are failing to capitalise on the power of social media websites such as Facebook to reach out to their local community, a survey has suggested. -
Scotland hits record cancer referral rate
A record number of cancer patients in Scotland are being treated within two months, official statistics show. -
Simon Burns
Simon Burns’ background and voting record -
Tips for preventing hospital violence
From workplace design to forward planning, prevention is the watchword as trusts aim for a trouble free future -
'Train healthcare staff to fight HIV discrimination'
Healthcare staff should be trained to help combat discrimination against HIV patients, Welsh Assembly members have said. -
Trust facing sentence over patient death
A health trust is due be sentenced for breaching health and safety rules after a new mother died following a hospital blunder. -
'Trust' key to joint working between PCTs and pharma
Mutual trust and transparency is the key to successful joint working between primary care trusts and the pharmaceutical industry, according to a medical director who has worked for both sides. -
UCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
Senior managers in London are cooking up an ambitious plan to rescue Barts and the Royal London Trust from its unaffordable £1bn private finance initiative deal. -
Violent attack admissions fall
Hospitals saw a slight fall in the number of people needing treatment after being injured in violent attacks, academics have revealed. -
Warning issued over harmful breathing machines
A nationwide alert has been issued to hospitals after a series of incidents involving artificial breathing machines that have harmed patients. -
Warning on hidden NHS spending cuts
The health service should be alert to the “real risk” that spending areas outside of health will “leak” into the NHS’s budget responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned. -
Will Hutton to lead public sector pay inquiry
Prime minister David Cameron has signalled his intention to extend his “big tent” government beyond the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, talking to Labour MP Frank Field about poverty and appointing left-leaning economist Will Hutton to head an inquiry into public sector pay.
