Health Service Journal
Edward Davie
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Mental health moves in public health white paper welcomed
1-Dec-2010
Measures in the public health white paper to promote mental well-being have been welcomed by leading psychiatrists. -
Lack of clarity on GP role in public health
30-Nov-2010
The public white paper lacks clarity on several crucial issues, both the NHS Confederation and the BMA have said. -
Public health drive starts with NHS staff
30-Nov-2010
NHS Employers has pledged to continue to work in improving the health of the NHS workforce as outlined by the public health white paper. -
Public health faculty in resource warning
30-Nov-2010
New public health services must be properly resourced and staffed if the white paper is to achieve its aims, a leading expert has said. -
Ex-RCGP chair to head new health inclusion board
30-Nov-2010
Former chair of the Royal College of GPs Steve Field is to head a new “health inclusion board” with goals outlined in the public health white paper. -
Few surprises in public health white paper
30-Nov-2010
Andrew Lansley has unveiled the public health white paper saying it goes further and faster in tackling causes of premature death and illness and reducing health inequalities. -
Public health body fears PCTs are ‘asset stripping’
25 November 2010
More than a quarter of London primary care trusts have no public health director and 13 per cent of PCTs in England have also failed to fill the key post. -
BMA warns managers not to instruct consortia
25 November 2010
British Medical Association GPs committee chair Laurence Buckman has attacked primary care trusts and strategic health authorities for attempting to control the creation of fledgling GP consortia. -
Competition panel bans exclusive provider deals
25 November 2010
Exclusive framework agreements between commissioners and providers have been dealt a major blow by an NHS cooperation and competition panel judgement. -
PCTs need to up game on out of hours coding
23-Nov-2010
Many primary care trusts do not always record whether out of hours patients go on to hospital and need to improve clinical coding in this area, according to a report by the Primary Care Foundation. -
BMA calls for GP consortia elections
16-Nov-2010
The future leaders of GP consortia should be elected, with the process overseen by local medical committees acting as “honest brokers”, the British Medical Association has said. -
DH claims retaining top managers is a priority
16-Nov-2010
Retaining talented primary care trust and strategic health authority mangers in the system is a “top priority”, the Department of Health’s new permanent secretary has said. -
Lansley promises 'robust' working time directive talks
11-Nov-2010
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has promised to take a “robust approach” to future negotiations on the European working time directive. -
Elderly miss out on post surgical care
11-Nov-2010
Managers have been urged to improve the treatment of elderly patients after a survey found that only a third of older patients who died in hospital following surgery received good care. -
SHA failing on stroke care
9-Nov-2010
South Central is the only strategic health authority in England to have failed to improve stroke care. -
Strategic NHS planning 'may follow SHAs into oblivion'
8-Nov-2010
A lack of strategic health planning will follow the demise of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts, senior NHS figures have warned. -
GP consortia accountability questioned
4 November 2010
Questions about the financial accountability of GP consortia have been raised in the House of Commons. -
Top-up reduction proposal news 'not that new'
4 November 2010
Most of the news this week was not that new. -
Voluntary MARS pay-off plan attracts very few takers
3-Nov-2010
A key government initiative to reduce NHS management costs is heading for failure, HSJ research suggests -
GP consortia pathfinder guidelines published
28-Oct-2010
Specific guidance on establishing GP consortia “pathfinders” has been sent to all strategic authority chief executives. -
Expert predicts GP consortia failure
28 October 2010
Many GP led commissioning consortia will fail, a US expert on doctors’ groups has told a Nuffield Trust lecture. -
Capita eyes NHS quangos
28 October 2010
Outsourcing firm Capita is looking to take over at least four NHS quangos that currently employ nearly 12,000 people and have a combined budget of more than £2.6bn. -
'Health outcome bond' pilot to attempt hospital admissions cut
28 October 2010
A private company plans to launch a “health outcome bond” to provide NHS commissioners with private investment capital in an effort to cut emergency hospital admissions. -
Lansley warns councils against ‘empire building’ in healthcare
28 October 2010
Councils have been warned by Westminster politicians not to use their new responsibilities over health to “empire build” or encroach on health service budgets. -
Mental health order use 'very worrying'
27-Oct-2010
Concerns have been raised about how Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) forcing mental health patients to take their medication are being served and carried out. -
Fair trading complaint raises healthcare competition warning
21 October 2010
Lax regulation is keeping new private and NHS entrants out of the healthcare market, reports Edward Davie -
Commissioning will cost 'less than 5 per cent'
19-Oct-2010
Commissioning costs will fall to “significantly less” than 5 per cent of the total NHS budget for England, the organisation’s chief executive has said. -
MPs express consortia governance fears
19-Oct-2010
Cross-party concerns have been raised about the governance arrangements surrounding GP consortia and the national commissioning board. -
BMA should 'rethink' private sector opposition
19-Oct-2010
Doctors leaders should not block private sector involvement in healthcare provision, the body representing independent providers has said. -
Judge rejects union call for white paper judicial review
14-Oct-2010
Unison has lost its High Court bid to force the government to consult more widely and thoroughly on proposed changes to the health service.
