HSJ Editor Richard Vize

PCTs bend pay rules to fill senior jobs

PCTs bend pay rules to fill senior jobs Subscription Required

18 March 2010 | By Charlotte Santry, Sally Gainsbury

Primary care trusts are being forced to bend official pay rules to fill board level posts at a time when recruitment problems are predicted to deepen.

Gary Belfield

World class commissioning scores to top charts Subscription Required

18 March 2010 | By Steve Ford

The Department of Health is expecting the best primary care trusts to receive the highest score available under world class commissioning this year for the first time.

NHS Alliance chief officer Mike Sobanja

SHAs pressurising PCTs into vertical integration Subscription Required

18 March 2010 | By Sally Gainsbury, Steve Ford

Primary care trusts in at least four regions are under pressure from their strategic health authorities to vertically integrate their provider arms with acute or mental health trusts, HSJ has learned.

Phil Hope

Social care integration drive Subscription Required

18 March 2010

Joint commissioning of social care by primary care trusts and local authorities is likely to be made mandatory.

Sir Liam Donaldson

DH action needed to fill gaps in NHS data Subscription Required

16-Mar-2010 | By Steve Ford

Filling huge gaps in primary care data is vital if commissioning is to become more effective, public health experts have warned.

Rape victims 'need more NHS support'

Rape victims 'need more NHS support' Subscription Required

16-Mar-2010

Every victim of rape should be offered a choice of a male or female doctor on the NHS, a landmark review has recommended.

Research points to huge out of hours spending variations

Research points to huge out of hours spending variations Subscription Required

12-Mar-2010 | By Steve Ford

The Patients Association has criticised primary care trusts over significant variations in out of hours spending.

Chief exec swaps Norfolk for Channel Islands

Chief exec swaps Norfolk for Channel Islands Subscription Required

12-Mar-2010 | By Steve Ford

The chief executive of NHS Norfolk has announced she is to step down in order to take up a post in the Channel Islands.

NHS managers demand power to fire GPs

NHS managers demand power to fire GPs Subscription Required

11 March 2010 | By Dave West

Managers are calling for the power to “fire” GPs and to get rid of small practices to make the huge spending cuts needed in coming years.

NHS Manchester tables complex community restructuring plan

NHS Manchester tables complex community restructuring plan Subscription Required

11-Mar-2010 | By Steve Ford

Community services in Manchester look set to be split up and integrated among a wide range of providers under a complex set of proposals.

David Campbell Bannerman

UKIP would scrap PCTs and make managers ‘happier’ Subscription Required

11 March 2010 | By Charlotte Santry

The UK Independence Party would save £2bn-£3bn by scrapping primary care trusts and strategic health authorities and having services run as franchises, its deputy leader has told HSJ.

Out of hours GP contracts need greater transparency

Out of hours GP contracts need greater transparency Subscription Required

11 March 2010 | By Steve Ford

A network of small out of hours providers has criticised primary care trusts for “trading off” contracts to other providers without retendering.

NHS is yet to capture the wealth of the net

NHS is yet to capture the wealth of the net Subscription Required

18 March 2010 | By Dave West

Texting appointment reminders is a good start but the health service lags far behind leading industries in exploiting the rich potential of the digital revolution, reports Dave West

Andrew Lansley points to joint powers in public health

Andrew Lansley points to joint powers in public health Subscription Required

11 February 2010 | By Rebecca Evans

Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley wants a Conservative government to keep a firm hand on public health. In a joint interview with HSJ and sister title Local Government Chronicle, he tells Rebecca Evans how local collaboration will be vital

David Cameron

Tories need clear vision and a stronger message on health Subscription Required

22 October 2009 | By Andrew Haldenby

The Conservatives have pronounced themselves the party of reform but are too wedded to the status quo. Andrew Haldenby argues they need to spend more energy advocating change

Noel Plumridge

Noel Plumridge on the rules of payment by results Subscription Required

By Noel Plumridge

A rules-based system. That was the aspiration in 2004 when payment by results was introduced to England’s NHS.

Mark Britnell on Agenda for Change

Mark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change Subscription Required

By Mark Britnell

Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly

Alan Maynard: could the Tories give PCTs bite?

Alan Maynard: could the Tories give PCTs bite? Subscription Required

By Alan Maynard

The ‘toothless bulldogs’ of the NHS might hope for more control over purchasing under the Conservatives

NICE completes the commissioning cycle

NICE completes the commissioning cycle Subscription Required

By Jennifer Taylor

Embedding clinical guidance into the full commissioning cycle offers support at all levels, from planning to procurement to public involvement, says Jennifer Taylor

Discharge notes: how to save time and reduce errors

Discharge notes: how to save time and reduce errors Subscription Required

The problem of delays in GPs receiving patients’ discharge details is being resolved across Cheshire through a shared electronic communications system

Transforming community services for people with long term conditions

Transforming community services for people with long term conditions Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

Community healthcare is widening the focus from just a patient’s condition to their whole life, says Stuart Shepherd

How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning

How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning Subscription Required

By Jennifer Taylor

Helpful guidance now explains how to make the best use of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations. In the first in a three part series Jennifer Taylor looks at how it is helping to improve commissioning

Transforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future

Transforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future Subscription Required

By Jamie Foster, Jane Gateley

Transferring community services to a foundation trust allows one PCT to focus on choice, say Jamie Foster and Jane Gateley

Public health: Birmingham gets fit with a purpose

Public health: Birmingham gets fit with a purpose Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

An HSJ Award winning scheme is out to discover how much fitter a whole city can become. Stuart Shepherd reports

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