Wealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
NHS earmarks £300m to put hospitals through failure regime
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are planning a £300m joint contract to pay for failing trusts to go through the special administration regime.
Trust failed to check paediatric staff criminal records for three years
Managers at Barts and the London Trust were unable to guarantee paediatric staff had passed Criminal Records Bureau checks for three years, following a series of human resources failings, HSJ has learned.
Nicholson: leading hospitals to be reshaped by commissioning board
The board will use its position as “a big, powerful commissioner” to reshape England’s largest teaching and specialist hospitals, says Sir David Nicholson.
Nicholson: 'more' community focused care required
Care for older people needs a fundamental shift towards caring for them in the community rather than hospitals that are “very bad places”, the chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
Patient leaders concerned over CCG lay member strength
Some clinical commissioning groups have appointed lay people with insufficient experience and skills, patient leaders have said.
Councils to lead key shift in care
The former council chief heading the sector’s efforts to improve living arrangements for people with learning disabilities has described the drive as a “seminal moment” in health and care services.
NHS austerity drives income fall for private mental health hospitals
The income of privately-run mental health hospitals fell by 3.3 per cent in 2011, driven by the start of the NHS’s unprecedented savings drive, according to a new report by market analysts Laing & Buisson.
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Mid Staffs struggles with patient satisfaction test
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Shortage of secondary care doctors for London CCG boards
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Mid Staffs Foundation Trust 'too small' to be sustainable
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Ombudsman to investigate more care failures
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Morecambe Bay mulls judicial review bid over vascular row
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Nineteen trusts will have less than a year to become FTs
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Hospitals 'must tackle surgery infection rate'
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Hunt admits IT plans are ‘brave’ as report lays bare challenge
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Plan to tackle breast cancer with prevention
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Commissioning board specialised service move 'could destabilise small trusts'
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Hospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
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New IFR policy could 'snuff out' innovation
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DH names new director general
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Hunt: NHS 'should go' paperless by 2018
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Hunt: Unsafe staffing 'totally unacceptable'
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Health committee calls for swift action on value based pricing
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Commissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
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Ofsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
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Hospital chief executive role for Matthew Kershaw
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Second trust takes financial help from DH for IT system
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Junior doctor contract negotiations 'will miss government deadline'
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Analysed: The renegotiation and future of junior doctors' contracts
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Sir David embraces partnership but 'hasn't given up on grip'
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Trust found to have altered waiting times figures
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Yeovil appoints Fitness First finance director
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Nicholson 'really sorry' for HR problems
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Monitor unveils shake-up of financial risk ratings
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Misconceptions rife over HIV
HSJ Live
HSJ live: rolling news 21.1.2013
Nicholson and Hunt both give national newspaper interviews and the rest of today’s news
The Min to close inpatient neuro services
STRUCTURE: The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust is to cease providing inpatient neurological rehabilitation services from the end of March.
HCA charged with rape at St Richard’s Hospital
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant has been charged with raping a patient at one of Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s hospitals.
