http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/information-strategy-details-lansley-promises-online-gp-access-to-end-8am-rush/5045062.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/information-strategy-details-lansley-promises-online-gp-access-to-end-8am-rush/5045062.article The health secretary has promised patients easier interaction with GP practices, ahead of the publication of an NHS information strategy today. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-needing-bailout-support-almost-double-in-2011-12/5044910.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-needing-bailout-support-almost-double-in-2011-12/5044910.article Thirty-one trusts received bailout payments in 2011-12, information released to HSJ under the Freedom of Information Act reveals. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/information-centre-to-focus-on-cost-of-over-60s-hospital-care/5045112.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/information-centre-to-focus-on-cost-of-over-60s-hospital-care/5045112.article Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/pension-reform-deterring-would-be-doctors-bma/5045098.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/pension-reform-deterring-would-be-doctors-bma/5045098.article Junior doctors have been urged to fight for their pensions amid fears government reforms could dissuade talented students from studying medicine. Mon, 21 May 2012 10:14 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-kings-fund-blog/integrated-care-and-why-the-nhs-needs-more-deviant-leaders/5045078.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-kings-fund-blog/integrated-care-and-why-the-nhs-needs-more-deviant-leaders/5045078.blog Local leaders are ahead of the game, writes Chris Ham. Mon, 21 May 2012 09:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/burns-go-ahead-for-2012-clinical-excellence-awards/5045054.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/burns-go-ahead-for-2012-clinical-excellence-awards/5045054.article NHS doctors will be able to get their 2012 round of Clinical Excellence Awards after health minister Simon Burns gave the go ahead. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:06 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/governor-elections-for-mid-staffs/5045058.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/governor-elections-for-mid-staffs/5045058.article STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas. Fri, 18 May 2012 18:24 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-people-manager/the-fall-of-the-roman-empire/5045068.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-people-manager/the-fall-of-the-roman-empire/5045068.blog Following a humiliating defeat, those in charge blame the rank and file. Fri, 18 May 2012 17:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/rcn-prepared-to-battle-government-over-regional-pay-plans/5045055.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/rcn-prepared-to-battle-government-over-regional-pay-plans/5045055.article The Royal College of Nursing is “prepared to take the government on” in its plans to impose regional pay in the NHS, according to the college’s chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/the-18-week-waits-performance-in-your-region/5045046.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/the-18-week-waits-performance-in-your-region/5045046.blog The local picture on 18 weeks, with interactive maps showing the size of the challenge and where the long-waits are. Fri, 18 May 2012 11:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/government-announces-extra-mental-health-funding-for-veterans/5045047.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/government-announces-extra-mental-health-funding-for-veterans/5045047.article War veterans and their families are to be offered greater help with their mental wellbeing, it has been announced. Fri, 18 May 2012 11:23 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/mixed-sex-breaches-rise-across-the-nhs/5045040.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/mixed-sex-breaches-rise-across-the-nhs/5045040.article The number of breaches of rules on mixed-sex NHS wards rose by 98 last month, according to new figures. Fri, 18 May 2012 10:53 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/day-surgery-could-increase-by-15pc-say-analysts/5045034.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/day-surgery-could-increase-by-15pc-say-analysts/5045034.article Most hospitals could increase the amount of day surgery they do by up to 15 per cent, according to health data analysts. Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/another-record-breaking-performance-on-18-weeks/5044992.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/another-record-breaking-performance-on-18-weeks/5044992.blog All three 18-week targets were met again, with massive reductions in patients still waiting 18 weeks after referral. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/stephen-eames-is-it-time-you-turned-around/5044700.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/stephen-eames-is-it-time-you-turned-around/5044700.article Turnaround is seriously back in town. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/lansley-confirms-nice-will-no-longer-take-funding-decisions/5044978.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/lansley-confirms-nice-will-no-longer-take-funding-decisions/5044978.article The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will no longer directly decide whether the NHS funds a drug under the proposed new pricing system, health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed. Thu, 17 May 2012 13:17 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lansley-against-slamming-together-health-and-social-care/5044973.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/lansley-against-slamming-together-health-and-social-care/5044973.article The health secretary has reiterated his opposition to forcing mergers between health and social care commissioners, ahead of the publication of a white paper on the issue. Thu, 17 May 2012 13:02 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nurses-and-midwives-face-60pc-hike-in-registration-fee/5044983.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/nurses-and-midwives-face-60pc-hike-in-registration-fee/5044983.article The Nursing and Midwifery Council has proposed increasing the annual registrants’ fee to £120 from the start of next year. Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-eye-capital-gains-from-surplus-nhs-land-sales/5044832.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/trusts-eye-capital-gains-from-surplus-nhs-land-sales/5044832.article NHS organisations plan to place surplus land equivalent to 350 Trafalgar Squares on the market for housing development in the next few years, latest figures from the Department of Health reveal. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:21 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/senior-nhs-figures-shun-poisoned-chalice-cqc-job/5044865.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/senior-nhs-figures-shun-poisoned-chalice-cqc-job/5044865.article The head of the General Social Care Council and a Department of Health director general are among those believed to have applied to become chief executive of the Care Quality Commission. Thu, 17 May 2012 09:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/the-data-debate-needs-a-dose-of-pragmatism/5044969.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/the-data-debate-needs-a-dose-of-pragmatism/5044969.article Things could quickly turn sour despite best intentions of data-sharing plans. Thu, 17 May 2012 07:28 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/gps-vs-mps-the-new-battle-ground-for-a-redesigned-nhs/5044968.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/gps-vs-mps-the-new-battle-ground-for-a-redesigned-nhs/5044968.article Will reconfiguration be any different this time around? Thu, 17 May 2012 07:23 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-white-gap-between-lansley-and-nurses-threatens-to-grow/5044967.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-white-gap-between-lansley-and-nurses-threatens-to-grow/5044967.article Voting for extreme parties could happen here if patience runs out. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:15 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/thriving-in-the-nhs-five-tips-for-healthcare-leaders/5044333.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/thriving-in-the-nhs-five-tips-for-healthcare-leaders/5044333.article Redundancies, reduced budgets and endless uncertainty. Being a senior manager in the NHS certainly brings its challenges. But there is a way to turn almost every high-pressure situation into an opportunity to shine, as Judith Krichefski explanis. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/lansley-is-right-to-say-that-age-trumps-poverty/5044697.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/lansley-is-right-to-say-that-age-trumps-poverty/5044697.article Health secretary is bidding to meet the core prinicples of the NHS. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/media-watch-rcn-congress-sparks-raft-of-health-warnings/5044826.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/media-watch-rcn-congress-sparks-raft-of-health-warnings/5044826.article Health policy in the news this week. Thu, 17 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/a-culture-shift-can-help-reduce-prescription-wastage/5044704.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/a-culture-shift-can-help-reduce-prescription-wastage/5044704.article Patient involvement is paramount to prescription policy. Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/diabetes-audit-reveals-thousands-of-errors-in-one-week/5044906.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/diabetes-audit-reveals-thousands-of-errors-in-one-week/5044906.article Medication errors occur in the treatment of 3,700 inpatients with diabetes in hospitals in England and Wales each week, according to the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/dial-q-for-quality-the-programme-helping-healthcare-leaders-deliver-change/5044198.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/dial-q-for-quality-the-programme-helping-healthcare-leaders-deliver-change/5044198.article To improve quality leaders must focus on relationships that facilitate change. Daloni Carlisle looks at a project to develop the right skills. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/the-six-steps-to-delivering-better-stroke-care/5044173.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/the-six-steps-to-delivering-better-stroke-care/5044173.article Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/why-stroke-care-in-england-needs-modernising-further/5044175.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/why-stroke-care-in-england-needs-modernising-further/5044175.article The inconsistency in stroke care across England shows that although some issues have been addressed, there is still room for improvement, says Damian Jenkinson. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/it-e-health-and-e-medicine-resources/how-to-utilise-the-technology-that-can-transform-urgent-care/5044285.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/it-e-health-and-e-medicine-resources/how-to-utilise-the-technology-that-can-transform-urgent-care/5044285.article Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/noel-plumridge-in-the-savings-equation-the-answer-is-always-qipp/5044845.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/noel-plumridge-in-the-savings-equation-the-answer-is-always-qipp/5044845.article Where will 2011-12 savings end up? Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/how-to-implement-evidence-based-stroke-care/5044455.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/how-to-implement-evidence-based-stroke-care/5044455.article Alec Fraser and colleagues discuss four challenges that were overcome in successfully implementing better stroke services. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/london/royal-college-criticises-sha-for-moving-mental-health-funds/5044692.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/london/royal-college-criticises-sha-for-moving-mental-health-funds/5044692.article FINANCE: The president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said she is “deeply concerned” by a strategic health authority’s decision to cut a mental health budget in favour of cancer spending. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/commissioning-resources/how-to-improve-commissioning-for-long-term-conditions/5044288.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/commissioning-resources/how-to-improve-commissioning-for-long-term-conditions/5044288.article Don Redding of National Voices identifies three types of people who can enhance the commissioning of services for people with long term conditions. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/the-issues-facing-suitable-alternative-employment-changes/5044336.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/the-issues-facing-suitable-alternative-employment-changes/5044336.article Sejal Raja considers the issues faced by employers when seeking to redeploy employees and justifying that the new role is suitable alternative employment to avoid a redundancy payment being made. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/analysing-the-results-of-the-largest-ever-stroke-care-survey/5044327.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/analysing-the-results-of-the-largest-ever-stroke-care-survey/5044327.article The Stroke Association conducted the largest ever survey of stroke survivors undertaken in the UK to get a better understanding of the issues facing stroke survivors in their daily lives. Joe Korner looks at the responses. Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/feedback/readers-letters-17-may-2012/5044993.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/feedback/readers-letters-17-may-2012/5044993.article How advoates can improve clinical engagement, and why the veto on publishing the risk register is a threat to patient safety Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/does-cutting-long-waits-cause-a-jump-in-demand/5044903.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-waiting-time-guru/does-cutting-long-waits-cause-a-jump-in-demand/5044903.blog Long-waits were sharply reduced under the last Labour Government. Did GP referrals spike as a result? Maybe. Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/care-bill-to-follow-soon-after-white-paper/5044957.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/care-bill-to-follow-soon-after-white-paper/5044957.article Document to include Law Commission recommendations and ‘market oversight’ measures Wed, 16 May 2012 15:24 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/drug-costs-have-to-be-secret-under-new-pricing-system/5044948.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/drug-costs-have-to-be-secret-under-new-pricing-system/5044948.article Drug prices agreed under the government’s proposed new pricing system would have to remain secret if drug companies are to buy into it, a senior figure in the pharmaceutical industry has warned. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:35 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/concern-over-pledge-to-give-patients-access-to-gp-records/5044855.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/concern-over-pledge-to-give-patients-access-to-gp-records/5044855.article One of the leading figures in health information has cast doubt on the government’s ability to give all patients online access to their GP record by 2015. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/schools-could-have-health-and-wellbeing-board-role-lansley/5044869.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/schools-could-have-health-and-wellbeing-board-role-lansley/5044869.article The health secretary has hinted that he would welcome the inclusion of schools among those represented on health and wellbeing boards. Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/ccgs-choose-in-house-commissioning-support-ahead-of-outsourced-services/5044908.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/ccgs-choose-in-house-commissioning-support-ahead-of-outsourced-services/5044908.article Clinical commissioning groups are opting to host support functions in-house rather than outsource to “unproven” commissioning support services. Wed, 16 May 2012 11:50 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/miliband-attacks-on-nursing-are-totally-unfair/5044943.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/miliband-attacks-on-nursing-are-totally-unfair/5044943.article Attacking the nursing profession over isolated examples of bad practice “is totally unfair”, Labour leader Ed Miliband has told HSJ’s sister title. Wed, 16 May 2012 11:34 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/doctors-voting-on-pensions-strike-action/5044835.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/doctors-voting-on-pensions-strike-action/5044835.article Doctors across the UK have begun voting on whether to take industrial action for the first time in more than three decades. Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/it-e-health-and-e-medicine-resources/can-the-nhs-afford-not-to-adopt-mobile-working/5044850.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/it-e-health-and-e-medicine-resources/can-the-nhs-afford-not-to-adopt-mobile-working/5044850.article With £20bn savings needed and the demographic time bomb ticking, how can the NHS afford not to adopt mobile working? Wed, 16 May 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/derbyshire-mental-health-services-nhs-trust/derbyshire-iapt-services-on-move/5044849.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/derbyshire-mental-health-services-nhs-trust/derbyshire-iapt-services-on-move/5044849.article STRUCTURE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is moving psychological therapies as part of a plan to improve service delivery. Tue, 15 May 2012 18:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/chesterfield-royal-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/patients-to-tell-chesterfield-how-to-improve/5044902.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/chesterfield-royal-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/patients-to-tell-chesterfield-how-to-improve/5044902.article PERFORMANCE: A total of 850 former A&E patients at Chesterfield Royal Hospital are to be asked their views on how the foundation trust can improve its services. Tue, 15 May 2012 18:54 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/ed-miliband-calls-on-local-wellbeing-boards-to-defend-nhs/5044919.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/ed-miliband-calls-on-local-wellbeing-boards-to-defend-nhs/5044919.article Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on health and wellbeing boards to “defend the NHS” from privatisation and increasing competition. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:07 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/mike-rawlins-nice-drug-judgements-can-be-improved/5044916.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/mike-rawlins-nice-drug-judgements-can-be-improved/5044916.article Judgements on which drugs should be paid for by the NHS can be improved, the chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has said. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:13 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/dh-promises-openness-and-respect-in-bid-to-reach-outside-groups/5044898.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/dh-promises-openness-and-respect-in-bid-to-reach-outside-groups/5044898.article The Department of Health’s top priorities for the coming year include improving links with outside groups, partly as a response to concerns about failure to communicate the NHS reforms. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:25 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/pip-scandal-lessons-must-be-learned-says-lord-howe/5044851.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/pip-scandal-lessons-must-be-learned-says-lord-howe/5044851.article A review of the PiP breast implant scandal has concluded “serious lessons” must be learned and improvements made by the medicines and healthcare products regulator. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:18 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mps-warn-over-medicine-shortages/5044901.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mps-warn-over-medicine-shortages/5044901.article Patients are suffering because of a shortage of some NHS prescription medicines, a parliamentary group has warned. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/concern-over-board-ft-meetings-held-in-private/5044897.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/concern-over-board-ft-meetings-held-in-private/5044897.article Only two out of the five acute foundation trusts which hold board meetings in private in the East of England have changed their policies, nearly a year being told to do so by the health secretary. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:39 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/miliband-to-attack-government-handling-of-the-nhs/5044877.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/miliband-to-attack-government-handling-of-the-nhs/5044877.article Labour leader Ed Miliband will today accuse the government of acting like “the masters, not the servants” of the NHS. Tue, 15 May 2012 09:51 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/record-low-in-post-50-cancer-deaths-achieved/5044874.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/record-low-in-post-50-cancer-deaths-achieved/5044874.article The number of people in their 50s dying prematurely from cancer in the UK has reached a record low, new figures have revealed. Tue, 15 May 2012 09:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/rcn-chief-fears-for-commissioners-negotiating-with-private-sector/5044856.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/rcn-chief-fears-for-commissioners-negotiating-with-private-sector/5044856.article NHS commissioners will be “taken to the cleaners” by private sector providers, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has claimed. Mon, 14 May 2012 17:18 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/lansley-faces-nurses-cuts-and-pensions-complaints/5044839.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/lansley-faces-nurses-cuts-and-pensions-complaints/5044839.article The health secretary fought to rebut complaints about service cuts and damage to pensions in his speech to the Royal College of Nursing annual congress. Mon, 14 May 2012 14:15 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/leicester-receives-cqc-rebuke-over-trolley-waits/5044752.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/leicester-receives-cqc-rebuke-over-trolley-waits/5044752.article University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a Care Quality Commission warning notice after an inspection revealed lengthy trolley waits, resulting in “a lack of privacy and dignity”. Mon, 14 May 2012 12:46 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/leadership-in-mental-health/commissioning-board-must-safeguard-the-future-of-secure-care-services/5044827.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/leadership-in-mental-health/commissioning-board-must-safeguard-the-future-of-secure-care-services/5044827.blog The Commissioning Board takes over responsibility for specialised services in April 2013 and needs to focus on designing a system without the blockage problems of today if it is to commissioning secure care successfully. Mon, 14 May 2012 12:40 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-nhs-change-agent/debunking-some-myths-about-disruptive-innovation-in-the-nhs/5044820.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-nhs-change-agent/debunking-some-myths-about-disruptive-innovation-in-the-nhs/5044820.blog As the focus on innovation grows inside the NHS, some leaders have suggested that the really radical “disruptive” innovations that the NHS needs can only come from external sources. But where do the most radical, disruptive innovations come from? Mon, 14 May 2012 12:20 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/three-commissioning-support-services-fail-key-test/5044810.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/three-commissioning-support-services-fail-key-test/5044810.article Three out of 26 commissioning support service plans have been scrapped and a further nine have been identified as needing “rigorous management”, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced this morning. Mon, 14 May 2012 11:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-people-manager/holding-a-mirror-up-to-the-managers/5044831.blog?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/blogs/the-people-manager/holding-a-mirror-up-to-the-managers/5044831.blog “Mirror mirror on the wall, am I a good manager after all?” Mon, 14 May 2012 10:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/rcn-warns-of-treatment-in-corridors-and-long-trolley-waits/5044814.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/rcn-warns-of-treatment-in-corridors-and-long-trolley-waits/5044814.article Patients are being routinely left on trolleys for hours and treated in corridors and other inappropriate areas, the Royal College of Nursing has warned in the wake of new survey results. Mon, 14 May 2012 10:29 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/will-economic-problems-finally-fix-london-health-care/5044804.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/will-economic-problems-finally-fix-london-health-care/5044804.article And, can London focus on the future when the present is so tough? Mon, 14 May 2012 09:45 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/new-medical-unit-at-south-essex-ft/5044766.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/new-medical-unit-at-south-essex-ft/5044766.article SERVICES: A new short stay medical unit has been opened in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Fri, 11 May 2012 17:36 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/breastfeeding-award-for-west-suffolk/5044771.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/breastfeeding-award-for-west-suffolk/5044771.article PERFORMANCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust has taken the first steps towards UNICEF’s Baby Friendly accreditation. Fri, 11 May 2012 17:33 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/exclusive-plans-for-national-communications-service-scrapped/5044746.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/exclusive-plans-for-national-communications-service-scrapped/5044746.article Plans to set up a national communications service for clinical commissioning groups have been abandoned, HSJ has learnt. Fri, 11 May 2012 14:06 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/patients-to-self-check-in-at-robert-jones/5044730.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/patients-to-self-check-in-at-robert-jones/5044730.article SERVICES: Patients at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust will be able to ‘self check-in’ at a new £2.7m hospital entrance. Fri, 11 May 2012 11:34 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/pharmaceuticals/increased-sleeping-pill-use-costs-nhs-50m/5044719.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/pharmaceuticals/increased-sleeping-pill-use-costs-nhs-50m/5044719.article The NHS spent nearly £50m on sleeping pills last year, a sharp rise on previous costs, new figures reveal. Fri, 11 May 2012 10:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/health-workers-strike-over-nhs-pension-proposals/5044686.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/health-workers-strike-over-nhs-pension-proposals/5044686.article Up to 100,000 workers across the NHS were expected to take part in strike action today in protest at the government’s controversial pension refoms. Thu, 10 May 2012 10:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/dh-appoints-civil-servant-to-prepare-for-mid-staffordshire-report/5044583.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/dh-appoints-civil-servant-to-prepare-for-mid-staffordshire-report/5044583.article A senior Whitehall civil servant has been put in charge of preparing the government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry. Thu, 10 May 2012 09:40 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/commissioning-board-moves-to-halt-nhs-director-exodus/5044578.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/commissioning-board-moves-to-halt-nhs-director-exodus/5044578.article The NHS Commissioning Board is attempting to stem the rapid drop in the number of senior clinical advisers by bringing in more expertise from primary care, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has told HSJ. Thu, 10 May 2012 06:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-white-driving-down-the-cost-of-drug-deals/5044663.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-white-driving-down-the-cost-of-drug-deals/5044663.article The NHS should have little sympathy for Big Pharma. Thu, 10 May 2012 05:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/clinical-engagement-cannot-be-considered-too-expensive-now/5044485.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/clinical-engagement-cannot-be-considered-too-expensive-now/5044485.article HSJ interviews Dr Richard Bohmer on the scale of challenge facing NHS organisations. Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-worskett-implementing-reforms-requires-collaborative-open-minds/5044490.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-worskett-implementing-reforms-requires-collaborative-open-minds/5044490.article It’s time to discuss the practical business of healthcare. Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/pcts-failing-to-implement-continence-guidance/5044525.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/pcts-failing-to-implement-continence-guidance/5044525.article Primary care trusts are neglecting to assess need and implement national guidance when it comes to continence services, according to a national audit. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/joint-working-to-prevent-falls-could-save-cash/5044668.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/joint-working-to-prevent-falls-could-save-cash/5044668.article A more integrated approach to preventing falls could cut incidents by up to 30 per cent, saving money and bed days, a report from the NHS Confederation has found. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/wonderful-workplaces-how-to-design-doable-jobs-for-staff/5043545.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/wonderful-workplaces-how-to-design-doable-jobs-for-staff/5043545.article Staff are happiest and most productive when their jobs are “doable” – so how do we go about achieving this state of workplace nirvana, ask Lubna Haq and Sharon Crabtree. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/referral-management-admissions-and-discharge-resources/how-enhanced-recovery-can-improve-elective-surgery-experiences-and-outcomes/5043550.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/referral-management-admissions-and-discharge-resources/how-enhanced-recovery-can-improve-elective-surgery-experiences-and-outcomes/5043550.article An enhanced recovery pathway at a London trust has led to benefits including earlier discharge for patients. Lisa Hollins and colleagues explain how they did it. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/local-integration-resources/why-its-time-community-healthcare-providers-stepped-up-to-the-mark/5043554.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/local-integration-resources/why-its-time-community-healthcare-providers-stepped-up-to-the-mark/5043554.article There has never been a better opportunity for community health services to demonstrate and evidence the significant contribution it can make to the transformation of healthcare across the system, writes Tracy Taylor. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/seeing-gp-of-choice-would-cut-elective-admissions-study/5044529.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/primary-care/seeing-gp-of-choice-would-cut-elective-admissions-study/5044529.article Significant hospital savings could result from ensuring patients see the doctor of their choice when they visit their GP, latest research findings suggest. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/commissioning-resources/why-ccgs-should-prepare-for-managing-financial-risk/5044220.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/commissioning-resources/why-ccgs-should-prepare-for-managing-financial-risk/5044220.article Managing financial risk is key for clinical commissioning groups so incentives and accountability measures must be established, say Joanne Buckle and Simon Moody. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/four-principles-to-improve-the-care-of-older-patients/5043552.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/best-practice/care-pathway-resources/four-principles-to-improve-the-care-of-older-patients/5043552.article Ian Philp offers four key principles for overhauling services for ageing patients. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/how-nhs-employers-can-successfully-resolve-workplace-conflicts/5043546.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/leadership/how-nhs-employers-can-successfully-resolve-workplace-conflicts/5043546.article Gemma Brown identifies the key points to enable NHS employers to make the most of bad situations. Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/feedback/readers-letters-10-may-2012/5044685.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/feedback/readers-letters-10-may-2012/5044685.article There’s no place for gags about the Samaritans. Plus, commissioners must not rule out telehealth yet Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/growth-of-senior-managers-pay-stalls/5044662.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/growth-of-senior-managers-pay-stalls/5044662.article Senior health service managers have seen their pay “grind to a halt”, new data suggests. Wed, 9 May 2012 18:17 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/burstow-attacks-move-to-close-his-local-ae/5044671.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/burstow-attacks-move-to-close-his-local-ae/5044671.article A panel appointed to look at the options for downgrading a hospital in south west London has recommended closing health minister Paul Burstow’s local A&E and maternity department. Wed, 9 May 2012 17:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/ombudsman-criticises-care-at-sherwood-forest-trust/5044471.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/ombudsman-criticises-care-at-sherwood-forest-trust/5044471.article PERFORMANCE: A patient’s life might have been saved if care at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust had not been so poor, according to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman. Wed, 9 May 2012 17:55 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/how-many-care-scandals-are-we-missing-as-reform-rolls-on/5044650.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/leader/how-many-care-scandals-are-we-missing-as-reform-rolls-on/5044650.article Reforms’ upheaval threatens care quality and safety. Wed, 9 May 2012 13:14 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/gloucestershire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/monitor-directs-foundation-trust-to-tackle-ae-performance/5044488.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/gloucestershire-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/monitor-directs-foundation-trust-to-tackle-ae-performance/5044488.article PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust regulator has stepped in at Gloucestershire Hospitals in a bid to redress its “persistent failures” to tackle long waits for accident and emergency treatment. Wed, 9 May 2012 12:11 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/monitor-admits-credit-ratings-agency-plan-may-not-be-feasible/5044586.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/monitor-admits-credit-ratings-agency-plan-may-not-be-feasible/5044586.article Monitor is reviewing its controversial proposals to require key service providers to receive external credit ratings or have limits placed on their debts. Wed, 9 May 2012 12:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/ccgs-appointing-non-nhs-staff-must-justify-redundancy-costs/5044562.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/workforce/ccgs-appointing-non-nhs-staff-must-justify-redundancy-costs/5044562.article Clinical commissioning groups that choose to appoint staff from outside the NHS, adding to redundancy costs, should be prepared to publicly justify their decisions, the NHS Commissioning Board has said. Wed, 9 May 2012 11:56 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/local-commissioning-board-offices-will-be-fewer-than-planned/5044634.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/local-commissioning-board-offices-will-be-fewer-than-planned/5044634.article The NHS Commissioning Board has announced it is rethinking the structure of its local offices to avoid “crowding out” clinical commissioning groups. Wed, 9 May 2012 11:32 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/safety-fears-grow-as-upheaval-of-care-quality-staff-triples/5044598.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/commissioning/safety-fears-grow-as-upheaval-of-care-quality-staff-triples/5044598.article The government’s health reforms have sparked a tripling of turnover among the NHS managers, nurses and doctors responsible for monitoring hospital care quality. Wed, 9 May 2012 11:30 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/air-ambulance-suspension-lifted-after-fault-concerns/5044632.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/air-ambulance-suspension-lifted-after-fault-concerns/5044632.article Suspended air ambulance services across England will resume operation this week after being grounded over safety fears. Wed, 9 May 2012 11:03 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sally-gainsbury-new-bailouts-required-for-new-deficits/5044571.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/opinion/columnists/sally-gainsbury-new-bailouts-required-for-new-deficits/5044571.article One dastardly deficit decision and where it got us. Wed, 9 May 2012 06:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/social-care-bill-delay-sparks-backlash/5044470.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/social-care-bill-delay-sparks-backlash/5044470.article Health and social care organisations have warned the government not to kick the issue of social care funding “into the long grass”, following the absence of a full bill on the issue from today’s Queen’s Speech. Wed, 9 May 2012 00:01 GMT