Health Service Journal
Paul Dinsdale
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Integrated care connections
8-Sep-2008
The Connected Care project involves healthcare organisations genuinely listening to local people. Paul Dinsdale tunes in -
'Exceptional circumstance' clause for PCT outsourcing
14-Feb-2007
Primary care trusts will only be able to outsource all of their commissioning expertise in 'exceptional circumstances', with plans to be signed off by the Department of Health. -
Charity calls for urgent action on hepatitis C
1-Jan-2007
Primary care trusts must invest more and improve co-ordination with local genito-urinary and hospital hepatology clinics if they are to hit government targets, managers have been told. -
Two-year turnaround visits likely
1-Jan-2007
Some turnaround teams sent in to trusts could be there for up to two years, the head of the NHS has admitted to MPs. -
BMA takes action in 'turf war' over community work
30-Nov-2006
The British Medical Association is drawing up guidance for consultants 'stuck in the middle' of turf wars between acute and primary care trusts trying to protect their incomes. -
PCTs told to implement radical changes to LAAs
2-Nov-2006
Primary care trusts will be expected to develop more flexible agreements with councils under proposals outlined in a white paper for local government reform. -
Audit Commission report criticises Ipswich trust as deficit reaches £24m
5-Oct-2006
An NHS trust has been strongly criticised for its financial management during a year in which it had four different deputy directors of finance. -
Foundation trusts out-performing NHS trusts, says Monitor
28-Sep-2006
Foundation trusts are out-performing NHS trusts on a number of key indicators and have a greater than expected surplus for the first quarter of 2006-7, according to Monitor. -
Healthcare Commission to phase in developmental standards over three years
28-Sep-2006
Developmental standards for trusts are to be phased in over three years to allow time for organisations to adapt to the new requirements, following criticism of the Healthcare Commission's original proposals. -
GP contract leads to sharp increase in A&E attendance
14-Sep-2006
Hospital accident and emergency departments are facing increased demand as a result of the changes to the GP contract introduced two years ago, according to a study. -
NICE to weed out inferior treatments
14-Sep-2006
The role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to be extended to identify ineffective treatments and to advise on reducing costs to the NHS. -
New skills for new era of nursing
7-Sep-2006
Nurses will be expected to work more flexibly and gain increased 'entrepreneurial skills' under an NHS plan to modernise their careers. -
Patients give thumbs-up - except for primary care
21-Apr-2005
SERVICE PERFORMANCE Seven-year survey reports improvement -
A BUG'S LIFE
31-Mar-2005
PROGRESS REPORT -
The real frontline service
21-Oct-2004
medical reservists -
Trust asks McDonald's to politely burger off
3-Jun-2004
Published: 03/06/2004, Volume II4, No. 5908 Page 5 -
The wheels go round
1-Apr-2004
Published: 01/04/2004, Volume II4, No. 5899 Page 36 37 -
Minister rules out obesity framework
18-Mar-2004
Published: 18/03/2004, Volume II4, No. 5897 Page 9 -
What a performance
18-Apr-2002
news focus: A full 18 days into one of the most momentous bouts of service reorganisation, what do senior NHS managers think of the show so far? Paul Dinsdale reports -
Ladies who launch
28-Feb-2002
news focus: After years in the background providing vital support to the NHS, could a new initiative by the Women's Royal Voluntary Service be the solution to the crisis in social services? Paul Dinsdale reports -
Safe conduct
8-Nov-2001
NEWS FOCUS: Anthrax could be the least of our problems, according to a Royal College of Physicians seminar that sought to reassure health workers. Paul Dinsdale listened to the advice -
Trust chairs fear Appointments Commission will erode their role
11-Jan-2001
Trust chairs fear that the new NHS Appointments Commission may erode their influence in recommending non-executive members of trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities. -
Backlash grows against anti-flu drug's clinical efficacy and cost
30-Nov-2000
Senior influenza experts have joined a growing backlash against the anti-flu drug Relenza which they fear could have potentially serious financial effects on the NHS and they claim is of unproven clinical effectiveness. -
GMC buys extra time in row over cancer registry privacy
23-Nov-2000
The General Medical Council has moved to try to head off the potential collapse of the UK cancer registration programme.
