Health Service Journal
BY LYN WHITFIELD
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NAO launches inquiry into crisis-hit blood service as chief gets the sack
28-May-1998
The National Audit Office has launched an investigation into Britain's crisis-torn blood service. -
Auditors argue for housing focus to beat bed blocking
21-May-1998
Emergency hospital admissions and bed blocking could be reduced if health authorities and local authorities tackled basic housing issues, a spending watchdog has argued. -
Dobson spends on 'rebuttal officer' as waiting lists soar
21-May-1998
Health ministers have come under attack for spending thousands of pounds on a unit to defend government policy as waiting lists head for another record high. -
New approach to tackling Welsh health inequalities
21-May-1998
The government has unveiled a 'new approach' to tackling some of the worst health problems in Europe in a widely applauded green paper. -
CHCs attack bids to remove chairs
14-May-1998
Community health council leaders are calling for a review of rules amid fears that health officials are seeking to oust effective CHC chairs. -
Scots trusts told to open PFI plans to public scrutiny
14-May-1998
Scottish trusts have been told to open up key private finance initiative documents to public scrutiny. -
Scotland warned over cash targets
7-May-1998
Scottish health organisations have been warned against manipulating payments to meet cash targets by the head of the National Audit Office. -
Confidential memo brings secrecy out into the open
30-Apr-1998
Managers have been told to implement a new policy of openness about private finance initiative projects - in a confidential memo to regional offices. -
HA halts service transfer after threat of legal action
5-Mar-1998
A health authority has stopped the transfer of specialist children's surgery between two London hospitals following a threat of legal action. -
Joining health and social services 'not on agenda'
5-Mar-1998
Integrated health and social services organisations are 'not on the current agenda', senior Department of Health officials have told MPs. -
Ministers told to stump up extra cash to 'save' Bart's
12-Feb-1998
The Royal Hospitals trust is lobbying ministers to back their decision to 'save' St Bartholomew's Hospital with extra cash. -
Test blunders claimed eight women's lives, report reveals
5-Feb-1998
The deaths of eight women have been linked to smear-test blunders by the cervical cytology screening service run by Kent and Canterbury Hospitals trust. -
Sing le-trust consultation process condemned by CHCs
29-Jan-1998
Critics of plans to create a single ambulance trust in Wales have issued a declaration of no confidence in the consultation process, which ended this week. -
Welsh white paper outlines different GP structure plus role for Assembly
22-Jan-1998
Health professionals last week cautiously welcomed the white paper on the future of the NHS in Wales, but cast doubt on government claims that it will save pounds50m. -
Hospital project is 'proof' of new co-operation in NHS
15-Jan-1998
An agreement between a health board and two trusts to build a new children's hospital in Scotland was hailed last week as proof of a new climate of co-operation in the NHS. -
Government to target high-spending trusts in management costs drive
8-Jan-1998
Trusts and health authorities with higher than average management costs will be targeted in the government's latest drive against 'NHS bureaucracy'. -
Welsh O f fice jumps gun over trust job adver ts
8-Jan-1998
The Welsh Office has come under fire for advertising top posts in an all-Wales ambulance service trust before the end of public consultation on whether one should be set up.
