Health Service Journal
Daniel Martin
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News Analysis: Next era of reform will hinge on Brown being as bold as Blair
4-Jan-2007
With Gordon Brown almost certain to take over as prime minister this year, and his reputation for springing surprises, people in the health service are beginning to wonder what it will mean for them and the NHS reform landscape. Daniel Martin looks for clues -
Hewitt promises to back 'unpopular decisions'
1-Jan-2007
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has given her strongest promise yet that she will back managers wanting to drive through difficult hospital closures and service reconfiguration. -
Media Watch
1-Jan-2007
A pledge made 10 years ago by Tony Blair returned to haunt him this week. -
Media watch
1-Jan-2007
'Researchers have found that the 29 primary care trusts in surplus in 2004-05 were mainly in inner-city areas' -
NHS Blood and Transplant to cut 400 jobs
1-Jan-2007
Four hundred staff are set to be cut following the closure of three of the country's 10 blood centres and the sale of the only government-owned bio products laboratory. -
Specialist trusts lobby ministers for change in tariff
1-Jan-2007
Britain's five specialist orthopaedic hospitals say they will be forced to cancel operations and cut services unless the government adjusts the way they are paid. -
Monitor will demand service level figures from foundation trusts
7-Dec-2006
Monitor is set to instruct foundation trusts to provide more accurate information about the financial performance of each of their services. -
Dossier reveals true extent of management consultant spend
30-Nov-2006
The imposition of turnaround teams on cash-strapped trusts has cost the NHS more than £22m, new figures reveal. -
New agenda replaces targets
30-Nov-2006
The Department of Health is to focus on quality, safety and patient experience - leaving the Healthcare Commission to ensure compliance against locally set priorities, according to director of commissioning Duncan Selbie. -
PEC proposals promise equality for clinicians and managers
23-Nov-2006
Clinicians and managers will be expected to work together to take joint decisions on commissioning under radical proposals to reform professional executive committees. -
Turnaround help for a third of acutes as deficits reach £1.2bn gross
16-Nov-2006
More than one-third of all acute trusts and a quarter of all primary care trusts are receiving turnaround support as it was revealed that deficits in the NHS are climbing again. -
Nicholson urges MPs to show courage on reconfiguration
9-Nov-2006
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has urged MPs to concentrate not just on 'how many hospitals we have, but how many lives we can save and improve'. The plea was contained in an impassioned letter laying out the case for service reconfiguration. -
Efficiency savings costed at £2.2bn
25-Oct-2006
The Department of Health is to expand the number of productivity indicators on which trusts are compared as the first set of figures revealed the NHS could save £2.2bn a year if it improved its efficiency. -
Dignity nurse plan scrapped
19-Oct-2006
Plans for hospitals to appoint a 'dignity nurse' have been dropped after the proposal was 'misinterpreted'. -
'Unbundling' options promised soon
19-Oct-2006
Ministers are to review financial incentives to encourage the NHS to rehabilitate older people in the community, rather than acute settings. -
Wanless warning: future of NHS hangs on obesity action
19-Oct-2006
The government has failed to tackle obesity - and unless it does so, the future of the NHS hangs in the balance, says the man who persuaded ministers to pump record sums into the service. -
Choice: NPSA attacks 'meaningless glossy menus'
12-Oct-2006
The National Patient Safety Agency is to push for better information to inform choice after branding the sort of information available to patients as 'meaningless'. -
Conservative conference: charities push for changes to GP incentive framework
12-Oct-2006
Two charities are planning to launch a campaign to push for GPs' incentive payments to be based much more on their success in improving public health. -
Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
12-Oct-2006
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week. -
Lansley: PBC is not enough
5-Oct-2006
GPs would be handed direct responsibility to manage demand under a Conservative government because the party does not believe primary care trusts are up to the task. -
NICE chief calls for QOF recognition
5-Oct-2006
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has criticised the government for not taking account of its guidance when drawing up the quality and outcomes framework. -
Tories will not rule out increased NHS spend
5-Oct-2006
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has hinted that a Conservative government could spend more on the NHS than a Labour government under Gordon Brown. -
Tory pledge for more nurses
5-Oct-2006
Every school would have a school nurse under the Conservatives, Andrew Lansley told the party conference. -
Mass A&E downgrade predicted
21-Sep-2006
Up to 15 hospitals in one English region alone may need to downgrade to ensure that all accident and emergency units can operate safely, a new study claims. -
IT review confirms iSoft woes
31-Aug-2006
Troubled software firm iSoft has announced massive losses and admitted it is in dispute with its partners. -
NPSA chief executives put on leave
10-Aug-2006
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency have been put on 'extended leave' while an inquiry takes place into the running and structure of the organisation. -
Divide and rule plans for DoH
15-Dec-2005
EXCLUSIVE Provision and commissioning to split as top civil servants' 'fitness' is reviewed -
Divide and rule plans for DoH
15-Dec-2005
EXCLUSIVE Provision and commissioning to split as top civil servants' 'fitness' is reviewed -
EU budget cuts sought by Blair put public health at risk
15-Dec-2005
EXCLUSIVE Already oversubscribed fund will be slashed by over 40 per cent if Britain gets its way -
EU budget cuts sought by Blair put public health at risk
15-Dec-2005
EXCLUSIVE Already oversubscribed fund will be slashed by over 40 per cent if Britain gets its way -
Shortlist of options revealed
8-Dec-2005
NEWSPRIMARY CARE -
One in three PCTs in the red
1-Dec-2005
FINANCE 2004-05 accounts show £1.4bn was spent on additional staff and £2bn extra on pay -
The third sector: far from third rate
24-Nov-2005
PROVISION -
Bill to safeguard gay and lesbian healthcare rights
17-Nov-2005
EQUALITY Discrimination on sexual orientation to be made illegal -
'Consult before conclusions'
3-Nov-2005
SERVICE REDESIGN -
INSIDE TRACK: POLITICS
3-Nov-2005
What's on politicians' minds this week -
Arm's-length body savings cost government £37m
27-Oct-2005
COST CUTTING -
Calls to increase GP work health expertise
27-Oct-2005
JOINT WORKING -
First look at the primary care revolution
27-Oct-2005
PCT RECONFIGURATION -
HSJ draws map of new PCT boundaries
27-Oct-2005
RECONFIGURATION We reveal all the options on the table -
'Information is power' say patients
6-Oct-2005
CONSULTATION Findings could lead to local campaigns and better training for primary care staff -
Bid to boost independence in medical errors bill
29-Sep-2005
Published: 29/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5975 Page 13 -
NICE appeals to DoH for faster referral of new drugs
29-Sep-2005
Published: 29/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5975 Page 8 -
Getting down to nuts and bolts
22-Sep-2005
HEALTH HOTEL -
'Keep politicians out of NHS budgets'
22-Sep-2005
LIB DEM CONFERENCE Health spokesman demands independent body to dictate spending levels -
White paper task forces start work
22-Sep-2005
CONSULTATION The first of four public engagement events gets under way in Gateshead -
Lansley back-tracks on patient passports
15-Sep-2005
POLITICS Shadow health secretary abandons controversial policy -
Customer standard 'will boost quality'
8-Sep-2005
PATIENT CHOICE -
PCTs face merger 'bamboozle'
25-Aug-2005
RECONFIGURATION SURVEY NHS Alliance says SHAs are taking decisions behind closed doors -
Sir Nigel's streamlining could see PCT numbers cut to 144
25-Aug-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Survey reveals SHAs' likely intentions over imminent NHS structural overhaul -
A golden opportunity to get it together
18-Aug-2005
HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE HOSPITALS -
'Duty to co-operate' mooted
18-Aug-2005
PARTNERSHIP DoH considering shared legal obligation for primary and social services -
Ambulances to join foundation revolution
4-Aug-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Service receives new-found 'freedom to innovate' with some scepticism -
Hewitt special adviser is ex Fabian chair
4-Aug-2005
Published: 04/08/2005, Volume II5, No. 5967 Page 9 -
6-month scan wait pledge aims to beat bottlenecks
28-Jul-2005
DIAGNOSTICS Hewitt moves to tackle pre-op 'hidden waiting lists' -
NHS to play part in reducing culture of dependency
28-Jul-2005
BENEFITS Blunkett's DWP could pay health service for extra work -
Number of ambulances could be halved by 2011
23-Jun-2005
NEWS - HSJ EXCLUSIVE Review will aim for 1 million fewer patients to be taken to A&E -
MEDIA WATCH
9-Jun-2005
Published: 09/06/2005, Volume III, No. 5959 Page 10 -
That was a week, that was: 'listening' Hewitt turns tough
19-May-2005
THIRD-TERM LABOUR -
Trust invaded by zombies, pigs and walking dummies
5-May-2005
TV Hospitals' starring role in Doctor Who pays for new garden -
Charge of the fight brigade
28-Apr-2005
INTERVIEW JOHN REID -
New community hospitals will be 'inside the NHS'
28-Apr-2005
ELECTION Reid pledges PCTs will run institutions, with private sector funding -
Crunch time for managers
21-Apr-2005
INTERVIEW PAUL BURSTOW -
Conservatives step up fight for cleaner hospitals
14-Apr-2005
ELECTION Shadow health secretary calls for more power for infection control teams -
Hutton leaves options open over SHA future
14-Apr-2005
ELECTION Health minister blasts Lib Dems; managers told to expect short shrift from manifestos -
Bureaucrat basher who 'believes' in the NHS
7-Apr-2005
INTERVIEW ANDREW LANSLEY -
PCTs must make sexual health a priority, minister warns
17-Feb-2005
PUBLIC HEALTH No ring-fencing, but 'rigorous inspection' promised -
What's on managers' minds this week
10-Feb-2005
INSIDE TRACK: POLITICS -
What's on managers' minds this week
13-Jan-2005
INSIDE TRACK: FINANCE -
New age of targets feared under 'intensive' regime
2-Dec-2004
PERFORMANCE MEASURES 472 'prompts': a light touch? -
Shirt row descends into farce
2-Dec-2004
UNION ACTION -
Two-thirds of patients not seen within 48-hour target for 2008
25-Nov-2004
Chlamydia two-day wait 'plain stupid': infection should be treated as emergency
