All Health Service Journal articles in 8 July 2010
View all stories from this issue.
-
HSJ KnowledgeThe government’s plan for the NHS: the health white paper analysed
Watch HSJ’s free online webcast to get to grips with the government’s plans for the NHS. Available on demand
-
NewsUNISON announces HCAs conference
UNISON has announced it will be holding its healthcare assistants conference in September. It will look at how HCAs should be regulated in the future.
-
NewsMPs given access to NHS comments and complaints
A new services is giving MPs easy access to patients’ comments and complaints about the NHS in their constituency.
-
NewsNHS trusts may be left out of pocket by migrant visa proposals
The NHS would be placed in the “very strange” position of having to pay for its foreign workers’ private health insurance, under government immigration plans.
-
NewsLansley outlines plans for ‘health outcome’ measures
The government will identify a small number of quality measures that will be used to judge a wide range of NHS activities, from commissioning to hospital care.
-
CommentMichael White: libertarians and public health
We know he has had a tough week, but do go easy on Andrew Lansley.
-
-
NewsSouth Essex FT named top healthcare employer
South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust is the top NHS healthcare employer, this year’s Healthcare 100 reveals.
-
NewsDH forced to rethink NHS vision
Health secretary Andrew Lansley is battling to publish his “white paper” on NHS reform next week amid government concern there is too little detail on his reform programme.
-
NewsJust one in six CQC staff think regulator is well managed
Only 16 per cent of the Care Quality Commission’s employees think it is well managed, internal staff survey results leaked to HSJ reveal.
-
News
West London Mental Health Trust CQC rating
On 20 May under the headline “Trust’s CQC rating hit by transgender issue”, HSJ published an article about the Care Quality Commission’s rating of West London Mental Health Trust having been affected by gaps in the data provided to the CQC as part of minimum dataset requirements.
-
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.
-
CommentShould the irresponsible have a right to NHS care?
It is time to ask whether people who do not look after themselves should pay or wait longer for treatment
-
NewsImperial recruits PCT chief in integrated care drive
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has hired a primary care trust chief executive to lead its work to become an integrated healthcare organisation.
-
NewsBroadmoor trust makes ‘significant progress’
A mental health trust has made “significant improvements” since a Care Quality Commission report last year which criticised it for delays in investigating incidents.
-
NewsStudies back NHS competition and choice
Competition among NHS hospitals in England reduces death rates and decreases patients’ overall length of stay at no extra cost, researchers have found.
-
NewsCost of axing hospital redesigns must be counted
The financial consequences of halting proposed service changes should be taken into account, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has said.
-
NewsGovernment tells CQC to drop annual health check reviews
The government has told the Care Quality Commission to scrap its annual review of health service organisations immediately, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsTrusts admit emergency patients at last minute
The number of patients dealt with in the last 20 minutes of the four hour accident and emergency target window has increased to more than 40 per cent, a group of emergency care doctors have found.
-
NewsUCLH says acute care centralisation is better
London’s controversial centralisation programme is delivering lifesaving benefits to patients, according to one of England’s largest foundation trusts.