Health Service Journal
Mary-louise Harding
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Central procurement to fill GP gaps
1-Jan-2007
The government is to take control of the majority of procurements for GP services in 30 under-doctored areas in England, HSJ has learned. -
Comms failure hampered London bombing response
1-Jan-2007
London Ambulance Service trust has accepted that the breakdown of the mobile network and the configuration of its radio system led to 'communications difficulties' that hampered the NHS response to the bombings in London on 7 July last year. -
DoH invites private bids for PCT management
1-Jan-2007
Scores of private consultancy and insurance firms are vying to win a place on a list of companies government-sanctioned to manage commissioning for primary care trusts. -
DoH opts out of traffic light rating for PCTs
1-Jan-2007
The Department of Health has decided not to give primary care trusts an overall traffic-light rating at the end of fitness for purpose assessments. -
Education hit hard by SHA cutbacks
1-Jan-2007
University of West of England faces multi-million pound losses as course funding axed -
Ex SHA leaders call for a 'radical' vision
1-Jan-2007
The government must paint a coherent vision of the NHS's future and give more support to managers in implementing it, according to senior leaders leaving their posts this week. -
Foundation concern over £28m in unpaid bills
1-Jan-2007
Nine foundation trusts have 'significant concerns' over whether outstanding bills will be paid by primary care trusts. The trusts are warning that £28m might have to be written off. -
Hurt as chiefs fail to make the grade
1-Jan-2007
NHS Employers has moved to defend the selection process for primary care trust chief executives after rumours of upset circulated in the service last week. -
Inside track: primary care
1-Jan-2007
Lack of jobs, money and clarity on reform are the main ingredients of primary care trust managers' daily grind at the moment. It hardly makes an attractive package. One PCT senior manager told Inside Track that they are moving sector after a career in primary care, because they are 'buggered if they're going to stick around and let the local political willy-waving bugger up my career after the reconfigurations'. -
Lord Warner: PCT commissioning advert blunder 'only human'
1-Jan-2007
Health minister Lord Warner has labelled his department's hurried withdrawal of an advertisement to contract out primary care trust management services as 'unfortunate' ' but stood by the government's assertion of the need to bring in private sector commissioning experience. -
Managers betrayed by outsourcing, says union
1-Jan-2007
The government expects private companies to form consortia to bid for places as approved commissioning support suppliers, NHS acting chief executive Sir Ian Caruthers has revealed. -
Media Watch
1-Jan-2007
Flinging a 'small morsel of red meat' to the pack would only make them salivate even harder for more -
Media Watch
1-Jan-2007
Everyone was looking the other way on 16 June when the Financial Timesbroke the story that the government was advertising for private sector primary care trust management services. -
Media watch
1-Jan-2007
The paper suggested that any 'sentient being' would be so aghast at the details of the Cornwall report that they would immediately want to turn to the sports pages -
Preferential pay-off deals protected
1-Jan-2007
Staff facing the axe under NHS restructuring will be protected from worsened redundancy and retirement terms resulting from new anti-age discrimination laws. -
Union votes show reform anger from staff and doctors
1-Jan-2007
ballots Protests at private 'take-overs' and BMA leadership 'failure' -
Unions unite to oppose reform pace and lack of consultation
1-Jan-2007
Managers, doctors, nurses, paramedics and porters were set to unite against government NHS reforms this week as their unions met to draw up a collective battle plan. -
Employee contributions rise in bid to save final salary pension
3-Aug-2006
Pension contributions for senior managers will rise by as much as £140 a month under new proposals. -
Ham hits out at policy 'incoherence'
15-Dec-2005
REFORM AGENDA Former DoH strategy chief urges government to be bold in reform -
Ham hits out at policy 'incoherence'
15-Dec-2005
REFORM AGENDA Former DoH strategy chief urges government to be bold in reform -
MEDIA WATCH
15-Dec-2005
Published: 15/12/2005 Volume 115 No. 5986 Page 10 -
MEDIA WATCH
15-Dec-2005
Published: 15/12/2005 Volume 115 No. 5986 Page 10 -
MEDIA WATCH
15-Dec-2005
Published: 15/12/2005 Volume 115 No. 5986 Page 10 -
RCN asks nurses to police primary care plans
15-Dec-2005
RECONFIGURATION -
RCN asks nurses to police primary care plans
15-Dec-2005
RECONFIGURATION -
Hewitt, Herceptin and the £100m bill PCTs can't afford to pay
8-Dec-2005
DRUG FUNDING -
Staff protection extended
8-Dec-2005
NEWS - PRIMARY CARE Reorganisation timetable shows revised pay guarantee -
MEDIA WATCH
1-Dec-2005
Published: 01/12/2005 Volume 115 No. 5984 Page 10 -
Redundancy review to hit over-40s
1-Dec-2005
EQUALITY Age discrimination shake-up could see preferential redundancy deals phased out -
MEDIA WATCH
24-Nov-2005
Published: 24/11/2005 Volume 115 No. 5983 Page 10 -
Government says sorry for anxiety
17-Nov-2005
PRIMARY CARE Patricia Hewitt and Sir Nigel Crisp both apologise for being too prescriptive -
NHS Direct urges DoH to continue national contract
17-Nov-2005
WHITE PAPER Government could break up advice and info services -
White paper to push for extended GP hours
17-Nov-2005
PRIMARY CARE NHS Alliance conference: GP opening-time incentives; listening 'not enough' -
MEDIA WATCH
3-Nov-2005
Published: 03/11/2005 Volume 115 No. 5980 Page 10 -
Angry Milburn campaigns to save local control
20-Oct-2005
Published: 20/10/2005 Volume 115 No. 5978 Page 9 -
Emergency comms strategy must be tested twice a year
20-Oct-2005
Published: 20/10/2005 Volume 115 No. 5978 Page 6 -
MEDIA WATCH
13-Oct-2005
Published: 13/10/2005 Volume 115 No. 5976 Page 10 -
Unions celebrate contract staff pay deal
13-Oct-2005
AGENDA FOR CHANGE -
Call to act on palliative care
6-Oct-2005
LABOUR ROUND-UP 'Integration' is key for end of life patients -
Managers hit hardest by recruitment cut-backs
6-Oct-2005
WORKFORCE -
PCT upheaval could kill clinical engagement, PEC chairs warn
6-Oct-2005
EXCLUSIVE GP involvement in NHS reform programme is being put at risk, survey reveals -
Inspection focus will shift to commissioners by 2008
29-Sep-2005
EXCLUSIVE Anna Walker plans new model to echo social care sister organisation -
Ambulance trust numbers face two-thirds cut by April
22-Sep-2005
EXCLUSIVE New emergency organisations designed to fit with government office regions -
MEDIA WATCH
22-Sep-2005
Published: 22/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5967 Page 10 -
What's on managers' minds this week
22-Sep-2005
INSIDE TRACK: PUBLIC HEALTH -
MEDIA WATCH
15-Sep-2005
Published: 15/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5973 Page 10 -
Clinical engagement at risk, caution chiefs
8-Sep-2005
PCT SURVEY Managers concerned that practice-based commissioning roll-out will also be hit -
MEDIA WATCH
8-Sep-2005
Published: 08/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5972 Page 15 -
'The right thing done the wrong way' - chief execs speak out
8-Sep-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Survey reveals widespread anger and frustration over PCT reconfiguration -
Bacon to SHAs: stop 'headlong rush' to transfer PCT services
1-Sep-2005
EXCLUSIVE Service delivery chief says provider changes should not be included in October plans -
Decision veto follows plea to Crisp
1-Sep-2005
PROVISION NHS Alliance and NHS Confederation apply pressure in bid to slow planning rush -
MEDIA WATCH
1-Sep-2005
Published: 01/09/2005, Volume II5, No. 5971 Page 9 -
Primary care workforce awaits its rescue
1-Sep-2005
HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE HOSPITALS -
Burns demands six-month deadline
25-Aug-2005
RECONFIGURATION SURVEY Trent PCT chairs express concern over 'accelerated timescale' -
MEDIA WATCH
18-Aug-2005
Published: 18/08/2005, Volume II5, No. 5969 Page 10 -
PCTs celebrate U-turn by DoH
18-Aug-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Government reverses decision to cap allocations under payment by results -
MEDIA WATCH
11-Aug-2005
Published: 11/08/2005, Volume II5, No. 5967 Page 10 -
MEDIA WATCH
4-Aug-2005
Published: 04/08/2005, Volume II5, No. 5967 Page 10 -
PCT reform strategy slammed as 'intellectually incoherent'
4-Aug-2005
AMESPCTs Sir Nigel Crisp blueprint attacked for plans to impose severe restrictions on service provision -
You choose: new forces to be reckoned with in primary care
4-Aug-2005
HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE HOSPITALS -
Asylum seekers 'must not be denied treatment' promise
28-Jul-2005
ANTENATAL CARE -
Foundations and private sector to enter primary care arena
28-Jul-2005
PROCUREMENT -
Choice of providers 'is key to reforms' warning
21-Jul-2005
PRIMARY CARE Patient-led NHS needs capacity, says Corrigan -
MEDIA WATCH
14-Jul-2005
Published: 14/07/2005, Volume II5, No. 115 Page 10 -
DIVERSE CHALLENGES
30-Jun-2005
RACE EQUALITY -
All aboard: the ministerial merry-go-round rotates again
12-May-2005
Published: 12/05/2005, Volume II5, No. 5955 Page 6 -
INSIDE TRACK: AMBULANCES
12-May-2005
What's on managers' minds this week -
NHS failing to hit key AfC deadline
12-May-2005
HR IN THE NHS Conference hears warning over targets; trusts told to prepare for age legislation -
Central body could crack down on 'Wild West' PbR
5-May-2005
FINANCE Confederation finance adviser proposes automatic system -
Managers blamed for targets row
5-May-2005
ELECTION PCT network lead calls on managers to take responsibility for access targets -
MEDIA WATCH
5-May-2005
Published: 05/05/2005, Volume II5, No. 5954 Page 10 -
Tory 'mistake' exposed
21-Apr-2005
CLEAN HOSPITALS SUMMIT Michael Howard backs down over misleading MRSA figures -
Contract doubts will not derail commuter centres
14-Apr-2005
PRIMARY CARE Private walk-in centres to get £25m over three years -
'Dating agency' aims to improve ideas sharing
7-Apr-2005
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT Body to encourage community engagement -
Orthopaedic waiting times slashed
7-Apr-2005
PERFORMANCE New figures rushed out ahead of general election announcement -
DoH sweetener for APMS deals
31-Mar-2005
PRIMARY CARE Advice team will prompt reluctant high-street chemists to expand services -
Political pressure undermining finance reforms, warns Dredge
24-Mar-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Adjustments are a 'fudge' warns architect of payment by results policy -
SHAs take on NHSU role
17-Mar-2005
TRAINING Chief executive laments body's struggle against uncertainty -
Trusts may get MRSA fines
10-Mar-2005
Reid could bring in statutory hygiene code for hospitals -
Primary care chief warns that nursing pledge will be tough
24-Feb-2005
NURSING Staff could be lured from acute sector to meet target -
Just enough cash, but little to spare for drive on inequalities
17-Feb-2005
PRIMARY CARE FUNDING -
One in four PCTs will miss patient choice deadline
20-Jan-2005
PRIMARY CARE 2005 target in jeopardy, says Audit Commission -
Pension plans could undermine recruitment of 'high calibre' bosses, senior managers warn
13-Jan-2005
EMPLOYMENT -
A&E target and PbR hit trusts with finance double whammy
6-Jan-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Acute trusts' 'perverse double incentive' could trigger meltdown: pages 5-6 -
A&E target and PbR hit trusts with finance double whammy
6-Jan-2005
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Acute trusts' 'perverse double incentive' could trigger meltdown: pages 5-6 -
Sir Nigel: stick together and seize the moment
9-Dec-2004
PROGRESS REPORT NHS chief exec thanks service for year of reform -
Deadline niggles persist as pay reform roll-out begins
2-Dec-2004
PAY R EFORM Service primed for Agenda for Change implementation -
Foundation seeks rescue plan approval
2-Dec-2004
FINANCE Bradford board to present recovery strategy to Monitor -
Enthusiasts pose risk of ill advice
25-Nov-2004
Public health: faculty fears on 'trainer' skills -
Guidance aims to cool row
25-Nov-2004
HSJ EXCLUSIVE PCTs advised to negotiate optometrists' role in choice -
What's on managers' minds this week
18-Nov-2004
INSIDE TRACK: PRIMARY CARE -
Curtain up on £1bn health investment in capital of culture
28-Oct-2004
Published: 28/10/2004, Volume II4, No. 5929 Page 14 15 -
No PCT promise from Hutton
28-Oct-2004
Published: 28/10/2004, Volume II4, No. 5929 Page 5 -
Fines have halved waits for discharge
21-Oct-2004
Published: 21/10/2004, Volume II4, No. 5928 Page 6 -
GP budgets set to take hold, but do not write off PCTs - yet
21-Oct-2004
the big story -
Practice-led commissioning could lead to PCT tension
21-Oct-2004
Published: 21/10/2004, Volume II4, No. 5928 Page 5 -
inside track . . . primary care
7-Oct-2004
What's on managers'minds this week -
Diversity no charity case
30-Sep-2004
Published: 30/09/2004, Volume II4, No. 5925 Page 26 27 -
do not mind us: nobody else does, says ad man
30-Sep-2004
Published: 30/09/2004, Volume II4, No. 5925 Page 9 -
White paper to focus on personal responsibility
30-Sep-2004
Published: 30/09/2004, Volume II4, No. 5925 Page 8 -
AfC delay will allow time to cost final bill
9-Sep-2004
Published: 09/09/2004, Volume II4, No. 5922 Page 6 -
SHA chiefs urge sharing of surpluses
26-Aug-2004
Published: 26/08/2004, Volume II4, No. 5920 Page 6 7 -
Luck of the draw
19-Aug-2004
Published: 19/08/2004, Volume II4, No. 5919 Page 26 27 -
Another brick in the wall
1-Jul-2004
Published: 01/07/2004, Volume II3, No. 5912 Page 34 35 -
Frail safe
6-May-2004
Published: 06/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5904 Page 24 25 -
Staff turnover costs NHS 'at least £1.5bn'
6-May-2004
Published: 06/05/2004, Volume II4, No. 5904 Page 3 -
Stretcher cases
22-Apr-2004
Published: 22/04/2002, Volume II4, No. 5902 Page 32 33 -
Nature and nurture
8-Apr-2004
Published: 08/04/2004, Volume II4, No.5900 Page 36 37 -
Agenda for delay
25-Mar-2004
Published: 25/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5898 Page 42 43 -
Ballots could see delay back on the Agenda
11-Mar-2004
Published: 11/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5896 Page 6 7 -
On the shelf
11-Mar-2004
Published: 11/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5896 Page 32 33 -
Trusts to be rated on race equality
11-Mar-2004
Published: 11/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5896 Page 9 -
Geography lesson
4-Mar-2004
Published: 04/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5895 Page 31 -
Fellow the leader
26-Feb-2004
Published: 26/02/2004, Volume II2, No. 5894 Page 21 23 24 -
Share options
26-Feb-2004
the hsj interview: Denise Platt -
The English patients
26-Feb-2004
Published: 26/02/2004, Volume II2, No. 5894 Page 3 4 5 6 -
Senior and heard
12-Feb-2004
elderly care -
Up the Agenda
5-Feb-2004
news focus -
From exile to Main Street
22-Jan-2004
Published: 22/01/2004, Volume II4, No. 5889 Page 3 4 5 -
Key to the door
27-Nov-2003
Published: 27/11/2003, Volume II3, No. 5883 Page 32 33 -
Foreign legion
2-Oct-2003
Published: 02/10/2003, Volume II3, No. 5875 Page 37 38
