Health Service Journal
Primary care

Health and health services: the next 20 years

17-Jan-2013

Good nutrition can replace costly supplements in care homes

16-Jan-2013

EXCLUSIVE: Aviva in talks with DH over LIFT fears

11-Jan-2013

Cameron demands extension of friends and family test

4-Jan-2013

Chief executives and chairs in New Year's Honours list

3-Jan-2013

Readers' letters - 20 December 2012

20-Dec-2012

Warning over buying drugs online

17-Dec-2012

Bassetlaw CCG authorised in full

12-Dec-2012

Community physio 'first' awarded funding to spread

11-Dec-2012

GP contract: DH proposes new funding formula

10-Dec-2012

Take the tablets − an HSJ supplement on innovation through technology

06 December 2012

Family GP firm named preferred bidder for 20 practices

30-Nov-2012

Patients should pay for 'lifestyle' diseases - Tory MP

27-Nov-2012

Healthcare needs a radical response to the economic crisis

22-Nov-2012

QIPP lead: drugs bill will increase

19-Nov-2012

Drug action - an HSJ supplement on primary care

15 November 2012

Ombudsman calls for health staff to listen more to patients

9-Nov-2012

CCG Barometer: 'Weak support' a major concern for clinical commissioners

8-Nov-2012

Readers' letters - 8 November 2012

8 November 2012

HSJ Briefing: General practice service and policy - summary

1-Nov-2012

Revealed: the cost of standardising practices' core income

1-Nov-2012

HSJ Briefing: general practice services and policy

30-Oct-2012

Hunt urges culture of co-operation

26-Oct-2012

Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'

23-Oct-2012

They are the champions: volunteers in the community

16-Oct-2012

In full: CCG leader names

11-Oct-2012

Irresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?

11 October 2012

Health service in 'distress' after reforms

5-Oct-2012

Planning, complaints and collaboration are common problems for CCGs

2-Oct-2012

What's the alternative?

27 September 2012

Commissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff

19-Sep-2012

CCGs face temporary limits on authorisation

13 September 2012

Independent review to look at CQC handling of Morecambe Bay

12-Sep-2012

Commissioning board promises CCGs a lighter planning 'ask'

11-Sep-2012

The race to get the NHS online

6 September 2012

CFS patients 'neglected by NHS'

5-Sep-2012

Anti-reform doctor Kailash Chand elected as BMA deputy chair

3-Sep-2012

Steve Field appointed to NHS Commissioning Board

30-Aug-2012

Local nurses for local people

30 August 2012

Analysis: Nicholson triggers shift in control to new system leaders

21-Aug-2012

Call for NHS 111 rollout slowdown undermined

10-Aug-2012

Government called on to prevent fresh care home scandal

7-Aug-2012

Nine directors appointed to NHS property company

7-Aug-2012

Patients 'should take trusts to court' over drug access

3-Aug-2012

Some 'abolished' PCT and SHA staff to stay on after April 2013

30-Jul-2012

Thousands protest against heart surgery closure

24-Jul-2012

David Stout: what did PCTs ever do for us?

19-Jul-2012

CCG authorisation 'support' could see powers taken back

18-Jul-2012

Competition panel to probe referral management

11-Jul-2012

Royal Brompton rules out merger after losing heart services

11-Jul-2012

PCTs restricting access to sexual health services - report

10-Jul-2012

The NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services

28-Jun-2012

Keogh outlines junior doctor death-rate measures

25-Jun-2012

Get doctors off 'pedestals' urges DH patient lead

21-Jun-2012

Exclusive: struggling GP practices may be classed 'cause for concern'

20-Jun-2012

The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear

14-Jun-2012

Social care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey

12-Jun-2012

'Crisis' in child health could arrive in 12 months

7-Jun-2012

Unequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned

6-Jun-2012

NHS 111 commissioners told to protect staff or lose funding

31-May-2012

Primary care premises may prove too costly for independents

31-May-2012

Public pressure led to PCT inspection, MP claims

28-May-2012

'Landmark' agreement on 212 CCGs covering England

24-May-2012

Enhancing communication between GPs and hospital consultants

24 May 2012

Commissioning board seeks £130k GP to 'influence CCGs'

23-May-2012

Trusts eye capital gains from surplus NHS land sales

17-May-2012

Joint working to prevent falls could save cash

10-May-2012

Seeing GP of choice would cut elective admissions - study

10 May 2012

Sir John Oldham will not take up a role on NHS Commissioning Board

4-May-2012

Reducing emergency admissions in children and young people

3 May 2012

Commissioning Board guidance to resolve CCG boundary disputes

2-May-2012

Tighten GP practice rules to counter 'health tourism', group urges

30-Apr-2012

From healthcare to self care: services that help patients look after themselves

26 April 2012

Readers' letters - 26 April 2012

26 April 2012

Latest waiting times 'embarrassing' for government - Labour

20-Apr-2012

Out of hours performance data goes online

19 April 2012

New approach to back pain management could save NHS £120m

17-Apr-2012

An open source vision

12 April 2012

Exclusive: Poor patients face shorter GP opening hours

11-Apr-2012

How to inspire a generation of entrepreneurial leaders in healthcare

29-Mar-2012

PM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care

26-Mar-2012

How trusts can get value for money commissioning pathology services

22-Mar-2012

CQC criticises service delays for disabled

22-Mar-2012

Readers' Letters – 22 March 2012

22 March 2012

Wide variations in children's care across England

15-Mar-2012

Why clinical commissioners will be in search of a new approach

15 March 2012

Exclusive: commissioning support development falls to PCT staff

14-Mar-2012

Committee divided over alcohol pricing plan

8-Mar-2012

Safer passage: how care navigators help improve mental health services

6-Mar-2012

CCG performance framework missing key quality indicators

1-Mar-2012

Virgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical

1 March 2012

NHS to extend HIV care to overseas visitors

28-Feb-2012

Common cancers get faster referrals, study shows

24-Feb-2012

US private health firm cuts UK executive team

23-Feb-2012

Why trusts should pay closer attention to surgical site infections

23 February 2012

Standardised GP contract by 2015 is 'naive'

16-Feb-2012

'Prudent' regulator amasses 50 per cent surplus

15-Feb-2012

The benefits of delivering healthcare in patients' homes

14-Feb-2012

Revealed: CCG funding gulf could 'destablise services'

7-Feb-2012

Ideas to improve quality and safety in care homes sought

1-Feb-2012

LIFT companies seek NHS Property Services links

1-Feb-2012

Letters on PCT and SHA staff transfers sent today

31-Jan-2012

Consultant support sought for CCG authorisation process

27-Jan-2012

Risks facing the commissioning board: in its own words

26 January 2012

Commissioning by any other name: will 'clinical' become 'world class'?

24-Jan-2012

Managers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders

20-Jan-2012

Five integral steps to support commissioning headache services

19-Jan-2012

Exclusive: national company to take over PCT estate

17-Jan-2012

Exclusive: only half of CCGs will be ready - GP commissioning champion

11-Jan-2012

How doctor-patient phone calls can cut unnecessary emergency care attendances

10-Jan-2012

Sight loss patients 'need more help'

9-Jan-2012

PCT and SHA staff set to learn job decisions

5-Jan-2012

NHS Confederation home care call backed

4-Jan-2012

'Failing' social care system putting older people at risk

3-Jan-2012

Sexual health services should offer alcohol advice

30-Dec-2011

PCT and SHA staff to be told their 'expected destination' on 31 January

21-Dec-2011

Clinical commissioning group boards should have tenure and size limits

15-Dec-2011

Why shifting DVT management into primary care can improve clinical outcomes

15 December 2011

PCTs to receive flat 2.8pc increase next year

14-Dec-2011

Analysis: patients in poorer regions using A&E over GP

13-Dec-2011

PCTs take easy option on AQP

7-Dec-2011

Southern Cross care homes transfer ends

6-Dec-2011

CCG performance and payment regime allowed to include 'process' measures

2-Dec-2011

Commissioners require 'significant help' with mental health tariff

1 December 2011

Private sector could take £2bn slice of community services

30-Nov-2011

GPs claim CCGs are being 'bullied and coerced' by PCTs

30-Nov-2011

Strike cancels thousands of operations

28-Nov-2011

CCG staffing must be 'commensurate' with delegated budgets

24-Nov-2011

Cameron backs changes to GP sign off powers

24-Nov-2011

CCG staff assignment to accelerate despite redundancy fears

23-Nov-2011

Rise in PCTs reporting above-average costs

22-Nov-2011

New health inequalities group launched

21-Nov-2011

Devloping new structures for improved service delivery

15-Nov-2011

Lansley to announce 'ban' on minimum waiting times

14-Nov-2011

'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'

10 November 2011

Lack of female CCG leaders puts future success of NHS at risk, report finds

8-Nov-2011

Lung cancer causing 1,000 'unnecessary' deaths a year

4-Nov-2011

National framework launched for clinical commissioning leadership development

3-Nov-2011

Exclusive: equality concern as eight in 10 CCGs led by men

3-Nov-2011

Moving to fairer funding and standardised services for GP practices

2-Nov-2011

New care home operator takes over 240 Southern Cross sites

2-Nov-2011

Community care failing the vunerable, report claims

1-Nov-2011

Second PCT cluster chief resigns

27-Oct-2011

Independent NHS screening review launched

26-Oct-2011

Reform conflict of interest concerning most GPs

25-Oct-2011

NHS 111 could struggle to meet demand

20-Oct-2011

NHS missing an 'opportunity' over complaints

18-Oct-2011

Addiction help disadvantage for older people

17-Oct-2011

HSJ special supplement: primary care

13-Oct-2011

Health inequalities scheme flagging as GPs shun 'charity work'

12-Oct-2011

Treatments for drug addiction fall

7-Oct-2011

Ban commissioners from setting minimum waiting times - CCP

5-Oct-2011

NHS costs cut by smoking schemes, study shows

30-Sep-2011

Trusts' cancer targets being missed - Monitor

29-Sep-2011

'Deficient' practice slipped 'beneath the managerial radar'

28-Sep-2011

DH issues warning over use of flu vaccine in children

27-Sep-2011

Financial challenge facing NHS is 'unprecedented' - Farrar

27-Sep-2011

Doctors 'failing' cancer patients on side effects

26-Sep-2011

Integrated care needs the clinical-managerial marriage to work

23-Sep-2011

'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'

22-Sep-2011

Transfer of public health services to councils in doubt

22 September 2011

Exclusive: GP contract changes could standardise services and pay

21-Sep-2011

Ministers should be allowed to intervene in another Southern Cross, says Burstow

20-Sep-2011

Can US models of care delivery inform how CCGs should work?

20-Sep-2011

Changes to improve maternity care outlined

19-Sep-2011

BMA steps up opposition to Health Bill's quality premium and data plans

16-Sep-2011

DH: Clinical senates will not ‘interfere with or constrain’ CCGs

15-Sep-2011

CCGs setting spending priorities urged to 'be brave'

15-Sep-2011

How a landmark treatment programme is reducing alcohol related admissions

15 September 2011

Giving dementia the attention and support it needs - and deserves

12-Sep-2011

Referral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA

12-Sep-2011

Debate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?

9-Sep-2011

Pharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry

8 September 2011

'Misleading' cancer screening programme under fire

2-Sep-2011

Southern Cross chief executive rejects compensation payout

1-Sep-2011

PCTs urged to fill alcohol treatment gap in prisons

30-Aug-2011

Diabetes medication costing NHS £725m a year

25-Aug-2011

Chronic illness link with suicide revealed

23-Aug-2011

Sliding admissions contributed to Southern Cross crisis

22-Aug-2011

More long wait patients receive NHS treatment

19-Aug-2011

Social enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties

17-Aug-2011

'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services

17-Aug-2011

Exclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups

11-Aug-2011

Going green for public health: transforming cities to help health and wellbeing

10-Aug-2011

Low manager numbers risk care homes' future

8-Aug-2011

NHS lags behind in social enterprise drive

5-Aug-2011

Exclusive: GP data system to go live in September 2012

4-Aug-2011

NHS organisations treat equality duty as 'tick box' exercise

4-Aug-2011

The financial challenges GPs face in developing surgery estate

4 August 2011

Poor areas won't suffer under reforms, insists Lansley

1-Aug-2011

Lansley condemns commissioners as 'cynical' over choice restrictions

29-Jul-2011

Cancer tsar calls for radiotherapy investment

27-Jul-2011

Heart check target surpassed

27-Jul-2011

Commissioning Board will dish out public health funds

21 July 2011

Safeguarding: protecting the almost adult

20-Jul-2011

Musculoskeletal services: accessing physio need not be a pain in the neck

19-Jul-2011

Clinical portals - technology to empower health service delivery

14 July 2011

Five security threats to healthcare technology: how to protect your organisation

14 July 2011

Sir David sets out single commissioning vision

13-Jul-2011

NHS medical director: technology like international consultations will transform service

12-Jul-2011

IT can double patient contact time

11-Jul-2011

NHS managers to face tighter checks on behaviour

11-Jul-2011

Monitor directors say FTs 'opportunistic' in acquiring community services

8-Jul-2011

PCT legacy shows 'significant improvement' despite challenges

7 July 2011

Exclusive: government to publish GP performance scorecards in transparency push

6-Jul-2011

Future Forum chair warns small CCGs they will have to merge

5-Jul-2011

End-of-life funding change would be 'fairer' on patients

1-Jul-2011

Board brilliance revealed: study into top performing boards finds 19 top organisations

30-Jun-2011

Hospitals failing stroke admissions target

29-Jun-2011

Health secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill

29-Jun-2011

Avoid 'slash and burn' approach to spending cuts - BMA

28-Jun-2011

NHS fracture care spend to hit £6bn

27-Jun-2011

Government plans more Health Bill amendments

27-Jun-2011

DH in row with NAO over value for money of social enterprises

24-Jun-2011

HSJ publishes latest in series of interactive online simulations

23-Jun-2011

New service for private patients launched

22-Jun-2011

Abuse investigation care home to close

21-Jun-2011

Information strategy delayed until autumn, DH confirms

20-Jun-2011

NHS 111 halts increase in A&E attendances

20-Jun-2011

Steve Field warns of clinicians' concerns over health reforms

16-Jun-2011

Rare cancer drugs budget underspent by nearly half

16-Jun-2011

How to manage conflicts of interest in GP commissioning

14-Jun-2011

Cancer patients to be hit by welfare reform

13-Jun-2011

Care abuse investigation set for next month

13-Jun-2011

Public health funding argument 'is over'

10-Jun-2011

Cancer treatment disadvantage for older patients

9-Jun-2011

Neurology care criticised by RCP

7-Jun-2011

Calls for government action over Southern Cross future

6-Jun-2011

Four arrested over residential hospital 'abuse'

2-Jun-2011

More performance data to be released under new transparency guidelines

2 June 2011

Leading doctors call for heart treatment policy changes

31-May-2011

CQC attacks NHS elderly care levels

26-May-2011

International index finds UK obesity growing

24-May-2011

Exclusive: Commissioning Board will be told to save cancer lives

20-May-2011

Among the structural turmoil, maintaining performance is a matter of life and death

19 May 2011

Clinical networks to respond to competition fears

12-May-2011

How pseudonymisation can uphold patient data security

12 May 2011

NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient' - Britnell

11-May-2011

Blood clot failings cost NHS £112m

10-May-2011

Most trusts to miss moving target on information governance

6-May-2011

Provider contracts still in dispute

4-May-2011

Are commissioners in it for the long haul?

28-Apr-2011

Exclusive: nearly 2,000 referrals delayed by PCT 'resourcing' problems

28-Apr-2011

How Liverpool PCT is using data presentation to improve access to its joint strategic needs assessment

26-Apr-2011

GP performance bonuses fail to improve public health

21 April 2011

Adult social services face £300m cuts

20-Apr-2011

Adult social care 'faces £1bn cut'

18-Apr-2011

NHS denying patients care, claims surgeon group

18-Apr-2011

Trusts failing on data security

15-Apr-2011

Patients 'isolated' by hotel style wards

14 April 2011

Private providers to share training costs - Lansley

14 April 2011

Southern Cross chairman steps down

12-Apr-2011

Shaping young people's services with young people's input

7-Apr-2011

How staff engagement can improve financial efficiency - in a better environment for staff and patients

7 April 2011

Commissioning Board control of GP contracts would be 'disaster'

5-Apr-2011

Reforms forcing managers to choose between job and prison, Information Commissioner warns

1-Apr-2011

GPs 'don't get' what third sector has to offer

31 March 2011

Media Watch: flu vaccine orders get in early

31 March 2011

Win a free place at the GP Forum

30-Mar-2011

HEI report demands hospital improvements

29-Mar-2011

Health board investigates care home deaths

28-Mar-2011

Improving patient flow across the cardiology pathway

28-Mar-2011

Barking and other London trusts fall short of savings targets

24-Mar-2011

Community action in the NHS is quietly building the Big Society

24 March 2011

Howe promises to 'expose' underperforming GPs

24 March 2011

Major GP inquiry finds 'wide variations'

24-Mar-2011

Nice to see you: inspiring public and patient engagement with NHS services consultations

24 March 2011

Patients more satisfied with hospitals than GP services

24 March 2011

Watch live: King's Fund findings on the quality of general practice in England

23-Mar-2011

NHS reforms 'could lead to US-style system'

23-Mar-2011

NHS satisfaction at 'all-time high'

22-Mar-2011

Simulation Lab: What if I introduced oral chemotherapy?

21-Mar-2011

Dorset community services transfer at risk

21-Mar-2011

Health Bill dissent 'destabilising' for NHS - Alliance chief

17 March 2011

NHS Derby City's final TCS plans laid out

16-Mar-2011

Rotherham chief exec to lead five PCTs cluster

16-Mar-2011

Eight SUI investigations exceed time limit at Cumbria Partnership

15-Mar-2011

Major supermarket chains back responsibility deal

15-Mar-2011

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly provider arm seeks to become social enterprise

14-Mar-2011

NHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley

14-Mar-2011

Developing community children's health services

14-Mar-2011

DH 'reneging' on cancer drugs fund pledge

14-Mar-2011

HSJ Efficiency Awards open for entries

10-Mar-2011

Consortia staff numbers will be limited

10 March 2011

'GPs run the risk of alienating themselves from their colleagues'

10 March 2011

Local QIPP plan challenged by South Warwickshire FT chief

9-Mar-2011

NHS Bury predicts year-end surplus, despite January deficit

9-Mar-2011

Hospitals will not have to close - Lansley

9-Mar-2011

PCT clusters should have guarantee of existence beyond 2013, says Nuffield Trust

9-Mar-2011

Derby City agrees cluster arrangements

8-Mar-2011

Nurses reporting more accidents

8 March 2011

Home Office vows fair deal on equality

4-Mar-2011

Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute

3 March 2011

Midlands issues may be localised, but they have wide implications

3 March 2011

PCTs will decide 'never event' fines for providers

3 March 2011

'Sensible boundary' needed on GP competition rules, says Monitor

3 March 2011

West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times

3 March 2011

PCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend

2-Mar-2011

Camden PCT hopes to delegate to single consortium

1-Mar-2011

Royal Marsden's radiotherapy bill disputed by commissioner

1-Mar-2011

Barnsley FT giving consortium 'breathing space'

1-Mar-2011

Brighton health charities receives government funding to keep going

1-Mar-2011

Bournemouth and Poole to lose chief exec in clustering arrangements

28-Feb-2011

More than 100 same sex breaches at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

28-Feb-2011

Winter knocks Royal Devon & Exeter FT off course on diagnostics target

28-Feb-2011

Northern Devon Healthcare Trust on course for FT status

28-Feb-2011

'Historic' three way cluster announced for Devon

28-Feb-2011

NHS Brent's chief executive to move on

28-Feb-2011

Alcohol and drug care 'saves money'

28-Feb-2011

Torbay Care Trust commissioning staff to transfer to NHS Devon

25-Feb-2011

'Challenging' CQUINs for Buckinghamshire Healthcare

25-Feb-2011

New chair designate for super-cluster appointed

25-Feb-2011

NHS Bath and North East Somerset reveals £6m savings plan

25-Feb-2011

£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley

24-Feb-2011

A&E waiting times get even worse at Royal Bolton FT

24-Feb-2011

Buckinghamshire trust rejects PCT waiting times plea

24 February 2011

Nursing needs more leadership, investigation finds

24 February 2011

Scrutiny of problem GPs raises concerns

24 February 2011

PCTs fail to make half of savings targets

23-Feb-2011

Conflict of interest concern in primary care centre cuts

22-Feb-2011

Compensation payment reform backed by panel

22-Feb-2011

Ministers warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'

21-Feb-2011

The Whittington could lose £4m if it breaches "risk-sharing" cap with commissioning cluster

21-Feb-2011

Least popular option picked after consultation on mental health in Berkshire

18-Feb-2011

Advanced cancer scanning centre officially opened

18-Feb-2011

Reconfiguration halted in NHS Somerset

17-Feb-2011

Heatherwood and Wexham FT blames PCT for over activity

17-Feb-2011

The importance of administration, management and bureaucracy in healthcare

17 February 2011

Public-private health services show bright promise in Spain

16-Feb-2011

NHS Blackpool savings plan slips another £1m behind in one month

15-Feb-2011

Single Calderdale consortium developing delegation plans

14-Feb-2011

NHS Brighton and Hove yet to secure year-end surplus

14-Feb-2011

Foundation Trust Network to split from Confed

10-Feb-2011

Council planning change could slash hospital site value

10 February 2011

GP services face scrutiny under competition system

10 February 2011

If accountability counts, its value must be recognised

10 February 2011

Non-optimised joint replacement pathways to create wear and tear on 2011-12 budgets

10 February 2011

PCT non-execs to hold clusters to account

10 February 2011

Primary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy

10 February 2011

South west London cluster negotiates below-tariff prices for urgent admissions

10 February 2011

NHS Derbyshire County's predicted overspend increases by £2.7m in a month

9-Feb-2011

Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City

9-Feb-2011

Cumbria Partnership seeks to repatriate high-cost patients to local services

9-Feb-2011

NHS Cornwall teams up to re-procure services using any willing provider

9-Feb-2011

NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland GPs to take over minor injuries

9-Feb-2011

NHS Devon underspending on corporate costs

9-Feb-2011

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT in discussion with over performing provider

9-Feb-2011

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target

9-Feb-2011

IT savings help Bath and Somerset to underspend

9-Feb-2011

NHS Bexley among three PCTs to have knuckles rapped over 'poor commissioning practice'

9-Feb-2011

NHS Bassetlaw looks set to miss C difficile target

9-Feb-2011

NHS Richmond's CFT moves step closer to acquiring PCT estate

9-Feb-2011

Central London Community Healthcare acquires fourth provider arm

8-Feb-2011

Draft plan: Western Cheshire will need to find £15m savings to break even next year

8-Feb-2011

PCTs negotiate Imperial College Healthcare Trust income down by £4m after mid-year review

8-Feb-2011

Dorset Healthcare University FT acquisition of community services moves forward

8-Feb-2011

Trust chief challenges PCTs on £150m efficiency savings

8-Feb-2011

Salisbury FT in overperformance dispute with PCTs

8-Feb-2011

NHS South Staffordshire behind on LTC targets

8-Feb-2011

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT reports cancer target red risk

8-Feb-2011

Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT forecasts £5.5m savings plan shortfall

8-Feb-2011

St George's Healthcare Trust faces £4.3m in PCT challenges

8-Feb-2011

NHS reforms 'need patient voice'

8-Feb-2011

Southport & Ormskirk 'on programme' for integrated care

7-Feb-2011

Durham service change plans approved

7-Feb-2011

Eastern Kent PCT announces pathfinder consortia

7-Feb-2011

Commissioning consortia must avoid top-down organisation

4-Feb-2011

Cancer care overhaul needed, says Macmillan

4-Feb-2011

Solihull Care Trust investigating Heart of England's A&E performance

3-Feb-2011

NHS Bristol on course for year end surplus

3-Feb-2011

Successful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work

3-Feb-2011

PCT overspending sparks fresh efficiency fears

3 February 2011

Three per cent of public health funds could go to Mayor

3 February 2011

Mid Essex PCT leading on safeguarding hub plan

2-Feb-2011

Risk of deficit at Luton PCT

2-Feb-2011

Stroke care gets lowest rating at Berkshire West PCT

2-Feb-2011

South East Essex PCT faces £1.3m cost pressures

2-Feb-2011

NHS Barnet approves transfer of Barnet Community Services

1-Feb-2011

NHS Barking and Dagenham puts forward two pathfinders

1-Feb-2011

Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite

1-Feb-2011

Four steps to improving frontline patient care

1-Feb-2011

NHS Networks site aims to help commissioners

31-Jan-2011

NHS Dorset in cancer drug dispute

31-Jan-2011

NHS Southampton to merge local LIFT

31-Jan-2011

Lansley insists 'risky' reforms are vital

31-Jan-2011

Reforms are evolution not revolution, insists Cameron

31-Jan-2011

NHS Hamphire's debt repayment reduced by SHA

28-Jan-2011

NHS Wiltshire threatens further action against FT

28-Jan-2011

Thousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'

28-Jan-2011

Commissioning: sizing up the issues of financial security

28-Jan-2011

North East Lincs trust to separate mental health services

27-Jan-2011

Coventry PCT to form consortia sub-committees

27-Jan-2011

CQC warns cuts could hit care standards

27-Jan-2011

Hull seeking one commissioning consortium

26-Jan-2011

Labour attacks government on waiting times

26-Jan-2011

Lansley: reforms will not see banker-style bonuses

26-Jan-2011

Norfolk PCT behind schedule on QIPP plan

25-Jan-2011

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT savings depend on admissions scheme

25-Jan-2011

South Staffs PCT relying on care record cash to improve finances

25-Jan-2011

Hastings and Rother PCT behind on finance plan

25-Jan-2011

East Sussex PCT falling behind on finance plan

25-Jan-2011

NHS Surrey likely to form cluster of its own

25-Jan-2011

NHS Calderdale £3.2m behind plan

25-Jan-2011

NHS Bradford and Airedale stepping up stress services

25-Jan-2011

Dementia patients 'need more home care'

25-Jan-2011

Infections, screening and activity concern at Gateshead PCT

25-Jan-2011

Northumberland Care Trust records £6.8m overactivity

24-Jan-2011

Newcastle PCT records £4m overactivity

24-Jan-2011

1,600 job cuts criticised by Unison

24-Jan-2011

The NHS Commissioning Board: biggest of the big spenders

24-Jan-2011

NHS Surrey invites offers for £650m community services contract

21-Jan-2011

NHS reforms 'risk patient backlash'

21-Jan-2011

Eastern Kent PCT to review maternity services

20-Jan-2011

NHS Hartlepool cluster names executive team

20-Jan-2011

NHS Redcar and Cleveland cluster names executive team

20-Jan-2011

Commissioning board given 'draconian' powers

20-Jan-2011

National board will hire consortia leads and guide pay

19-Jan-2011

Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH

19-Jan-2011

'Evolutionary' Health and Social Care Bill launched

19-Jan-2011

Do GPs have 'the balls' to decommission hospital care?

19-Jan-2011

'Time to scrap GP exception reporting'

19-Jan-2011

Innovation Expo to profile QIPP programme

19-Jan-2011

Earl Howe: Contestability is 'not alien to integration'

19-Jan-2011

NHS market faces closer EU attention

19-Jan-2011

Commissioning board should run large scale 'experiments' - UnitedHealth head

18-Jan-2011

Three single-practice consortia made pathfinders

17-Jan-2011

Man held over hospital staff attack

17-Jan-2011

'Direct management' of under-par consortia an option, says Nicholson

13-Jan-2011

'Conspiracy of silence hides true extent of poor GP performance'

13 January 2011

The HSJ and Capgemini Liberating Ideas Award Winners - Winning ideas are going places fast

13-Jan-2011

Stroke care inconsistencies exposed

12-Jan-2011

The Healthcare Innovation EXPO

12-Jan-2011

Report: chronic pain sufferers get poor advice

11-Jan-2011

PM defiant over flu jab shortage

11-Jan-2011

David Colin-Thomé retires

7-Jan-2011

BMA leadership defends its response to reforms

6-Jan-2011

How to put 'nudge' principles to work in the health service

5-Jan-2011

NHS 'wastes billions' on procurement

4-Jan-2011

Flu death toll reaches 27

24-Dec-2010

Norfolk community provider gets new chair

23-Dec-2010

NHS 'wasting' millions on expensive insulin

22-Dec-2010

Government sets out who will commission public health services

21-Dec-2010

Vulnerable young people reluctant to get flu jab

20-Dec-2010

Emergency targets scrapped in favour of performance measures

17-Dec-2010

Lansley defends NHS reforms to MPs

16-Dec-2010

Plans for 'at risk' NHS staff revealed

16-Dec-2010

NHS operating framework reasserts central 'grip'

15-Dec-2010

Government delays GP quality accounts

14-Dec-2010

All admitted patients to have blood clot test

10-Dec-2010

The public health white paper: sizing up reactions

9-Dec-2010

British back lifestyle nudge

9 December 2010

MP questions strategic health planning base

9 December 2010

Report highlights productivity savings in mental health

9 December 2010

Lansley: More pathfinders named in 'weeks'

8-Dec-2010

How to make the most of your estate

8-Dec-2010

NHS Direct norovirus calls hit 4,000 a week

7-Dec-2010

Drunk tanks proposed to take pressure off services

6-Dec-2010

Letwin called in to scrutinise Lansley's plans

2-Dec-2010

Treasury 'Icy cold wind' may end GP independence, says NHS medical director

1-Dec-2010

PCT grip on local priorities being 'eroded'

30-Nov-2010

NHS London gives hundreds of staff at-risk notices

25-Nov-2010

Little potential for drugs waste

25 November 2010

Open clinical data to public, urges Lansley adviser

25 November 2010

Southern PCTs least efficient at referral

25 November 2010

Hint at debt free start for commissioning consortia

24-Nov-2010

Practical tips to prepare for consortia commissioning

24-Nov-2010

PCTs need to up game on out of hours coding

23-Nov-2010

PCT job losses 'will happen within a year' - Unison

23-Nov-2010

Fundamentals of the NHS

21-Nov-2010

NHS leads access-to-care survey

19-Nov-2010

MPs want power to scrutinise DH spending plans in detail

17-Nov-2010

Andrew Lansley defends NHS reforms

16-Nov-2010

Report points to prison care lapses

15-Nov-2010

Let more people die at home, says end of life care report

15-Nov-2010

Search NHS Evidence from hsj.co.uk

12-Nov-2010

A guide to redesigning COPD care pathways

11 November 2010

How to unlock savings by redesigning COPD care pathways

11 November 2010

Pharma lead issues warning on pricing

11 November 2010

Pledge for democratic input on commissioning 'watered down'

10-Nov-2010

DH chief warns consortia off using PCTs for commissioning support

10-Nov-2010

DH speeds up abolition of PCTs and SHAs

10-Nov-2010

Smoking cessation rates 'follow economy downwards'

9-Nov-2010

The eight ways to save cash and improve care

8-Nov-2010

Lansley details social care funding plans

5-Nov-2010

MSPs split on waiting time law

5-Nov-2010

Organ transplants hit record high

5-Nov-2010

'Complaints about NICE on one page and useless, costly drugs on another'

4 November 2010

'Major NHS reforms are driven by the heart, not the calculator'

4 November 2010

Patients will move between commissioners, warns GP

4 November 2010

Your Humble Servant: home front

4 November 2010

EU paves way for overseas treatment of rare diseases

3-Nov-2010

PCT defends contraceptive pill decision

2-Nov-2010

Worcestershire chief exec to retire via MARS

1-Nov-2010

Seven provider arms achieve NHS trust status

29-Oct-2010

Commissioning tools launched for neuro conditions and cardiac rehab

29-Oct-2010

GP consortia pathfinder guidelines published

28-Oct-2010

Expert predicts GP consortia failure

28 October 2010

More choice needed in end of life care, says King's fund report

28 October 2010

NHS referral management: how to get it right

28 October 2010

Outsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market

27-Oct-2010

NHS Alliance offers free conference places for GPs and practice managers

26-Oct-2010

Fall in cervical cancer screening numbers

22-Oct-2010

Slow down will 'strangle' reforms, warns NAPC

21-Oct-2010

Improvement Foundation's former staff lose NHS screening contract

21 October 2010

PCTs differ widely over antibiotics prescription

21 October 2010

Renegotiating NHS contracts: how to avoid the pitfalls

20-Oct-2010

Private companies gear up to take stake in stalled community hospitals

19-Oct-2010

Leicester PCTs to make five senior posts redundant in merger plan

19-Oct-2010

GP takes over at North East Lincs

19-Oct-2010

Scotland to press ahead with free prescriptions

18-Oct-2010

Healthcare 100: Happy staff are best for patients

18-Oct-2010

NHS improves financial grip

14 October 2010

Alliance warns that consortia must be 'coordinated, not directed'

13-Oct-2010

Referral pathways

12-Oct-2010

Private tests 'need monitoring'

12-Oct-2010

The role of clinical commissioning in public health

12-Oct-2010

Software error blamed for false obesity letters

11-Oct-2010

Smoking cessation

11-Oct-2010

GP consortium pioneer says PCTs are vital safety net

7 October 2010

PCTs make slow progress with QIPP

7 October 2010

Transforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms

7 October 2010

NHS must not 'slide back' during transition period, warn pharmacists

5-Oct-2010

Patients should be told the cost of their treatment, says Tory MP

5-Oct-2010

NHS London to speed up management cost reductions

4-Oct-2010

'Self-serving' trusts damaging patient care

4-Oct-2010

Government urged to plan for ageing population

1-Oct-2010

Transforming community services: where are we now?

1-Oct-2010

First GP consortia launched in Cambridgeshire

30-Sep-2010

NHS managers explore 'plan B' for PCTs

30 September 2010

'The pre-election death tax row continues to reverberate'

30 September 2010

UK 'behind on pain management'

29-Sep-2010

Andy Burnham accuses Cameron of NHS u-turn

29-Sep-2010

NHS reform deadlines 'unrealistic'

28-Sep-2010

GP commissioning: assembling the kit for consortia

27-Sep-2010

BMA warning over access to patients' records

23-Sep-2010

Make your big idea shine

23 September 2010

Primary care special report: a change of practice

23 September 2010

Woman wins court bid to have gastric bypass

22-Sep-2010

World class commissioning and the handover to GP consortia

21-Sep-2010

A missed opportunity to improve care for long-term conditions

17-Sep-2010

Concerns at ‘one legged’ public health restructure

16 September 2010

DH critical of loophole in pension rules

16 September 2010

LIFT planners try to beat project clampdown date

16 September 2010

Nicholson steps up reform with radical savings move

15-Sep-2010

Coaching for leaders

11-Sep-2010

Emergency admissions bypassing GP referrals

9 September 2010

Local quit smoking campaign

9-Sep-2010

Primary finance body divides into three arms

9 September 2010

DH to have veto over DPH appointments

8-Sep-2010

60 management jobs axed

7-Sep-2010

NHS Derbyshire appoints director

3-Sep-2010

Incentives required to bring about NHS collaboration

2 September 2010

PCT flouts NICE by suspending IVF treatment

1-Sep-2010

Government facing NHS Direct backlash

31-Aug-2010

Patient data management system

30-Aug-2010

BMA warned position on GP consortia may be illegal

26 August 2010

GPs pose £2bn threat to commissioning budget

26 August 2010

The accountability of overspending GPs

26 August 2010

NHS complaints reach record high

25-Aug-2010

Doctors call for standardised NHS prescription system

25-Aug-2010

£300m spent on management consultants last year

23-Aug-2010

NHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline

19-Aug-2010

Inequality fears over patient ID guidance

19 August 2010

PCT support agency will look beyond London

19 August 2010

Personal budgets sex survey exposes 'no rules'

17-Aug-2010

Quality through CQUIN

16-Aug-2010

GP referral management schemes fail to deliver

12 August 2010

'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'

12 August 2010

World class commissioning interactive map

12 August 2010

World class commissioning values are a legacy for the long haul

12 August 2010

World class commissioning: this ridiculed plan might just be working

12 August 2010

Social marketing in health: the right tools for the job

11-Aug-2010

How to manage GP referrals

9-Aug-2010

Equality and the NHS White Paper

6-Aug-2010

£400m NHS funds may go to social care

5 August 2010

Is this the end of the road for PCTs?

5 August 2010

NHS brand undermined by online confusion

5 August 2010

PCTs improve commissioning performance

5 August 2010

Personal health budget pilots raise concerns

4-Aug-2010

One-stop health advice service launched

3-Aug-2010

Coalition in 'reckless gamble' with NHS, says Burnham

2-Aug-2010

Public and partner organisations

2-Aug-2010

Broader healthcare role for councils unveiled

29 July 2010

GPs could be forced to take on ex-PCT managers

29 July 2010

There is no time to waste as GPs grasp the scale of the challenge

29 July 2010

How to tackle poor housing standards and improve health

28-Jul-2010

NHS technology uptake ‘slow’

28-Jul-2010

NHS losing millions in pharma cost-sharing schemes

26-Jul-2010

Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients

22-Jul-2010

Consortia to 'challenge' GP practices on quality and productivity

22-Jul-2010

NHS democracy proposals unveiled

22-Jul-2010

Answering the NHS's £14bn productivity question

22 July 2010

Controversial urgent care unit will not revert to full A&E status

22 July 2010

GPs ‘won’t guarantee out of hours quality’

22 July 2010

Mark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role

22 July 2010

PCTs told to hand over resources to GP commissioners

22-Jul-2010

Hard-nosed Lansley will be no ‘softie’ in negotiations

21-Jul-2010

Lansley refuses to rule out GP pay rise

21-Jul-2010

Laurence Buckman's email to BMA GP members

19-Jul-2010

Election bid PCT chair leaves role

19-Jul-2010

How New Labour changed NHS management culture

19-Jul-2010

Tackling problem drinking

19-Jul-2010

COPD services

16-Jul-2010

Decision on cancer target 'will be down to NHS commissioning board'

15-Jul-2010

Emergency care support teams called to help one in five trusts

15 July 2010

GPs and QIPP: is there a doctor on board?

15 July 2010

Tories’ NHS vision poses a screening programme test

15 July 2010

CQC chief welcomes 'formalisation' of relationship with Monitor

14-Jul-2010

Board will have power to assign GPs to consortia

14-Jul-2010

GPs refuse to be Lansley's 'whipping boys'

14-Jul-2010

Michael White: no aspect of the NHS will be untouched

14-Jul-2010

Norfolk community service provider appoints chair

14-Jul-2010

Nicholson warns DH may 'take powers' over £1.7bn of PCT allocations this year

13-Jul-2010

The cost of poor quality healthcare and how to put it right

13-Jul-2010

Monitor and CQC to run 'joint licence' from April 2012

12-Jul-2010

Coalition hands public health to councils

12-Jul-2010

Lansley: 'no job left for PCTs'

12-Jul-2010

Weak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas

12-Jul-2010

DH forced to rethink NHS vision

8 July 2010

It’s public health, Jamie, but not as we know it…

8 July 2010

Scrapping GP access targets worries QIPP

8 July 2010

South Essex FT named top healthcare employer

8 July 2010

PCTs warned of pharma funded education risks

7-Jul-2010

Swine flu review highlights messy GP negotiations

7-Jul-2010

London hospital hired out for porn film

6-Jul-2010

Call for organ donation discussions

5-Jul-2010

Review finds £1.2bn swine flu effort 'proportionate'

1-Jul-2010

Clarity is the key to tackling excess admissions

1 July 2010

David Nicolson slows pace of Lansley change

1 July 2010

New GP role may create deficit

1 July 2010

PCTs lose right to stay as direct providers

30-Jun-2010

Book Review: Understanding Health Inequalities

30-Jun-2010

Plugging the inequality gaps with prevention

29-Jun-2010

MP accuses NICE of encroaching on policy debates

28-Jun-2010

Co-operation not competition best for NHS, say experts

28-Jun-2010

David Nicholson doubts 2012 timescale for GP commissioning role

25-Jun-2010

NHS medical director says GPs will need more scrutiny

24-Jun-2010

PCTs will be able to 'park' provider arms

24 June 2010

The patient will see you now: rebalancing relationships in the NHS

24 June 2010

Flood hit Cumbrian town seeks new community hospital

23-Jun-2010

County wide leadership role for Essex chief exec

22-Jun-2010

NICE calls to slash transfat levels

22-Jun-2010

Locum efficiency drive could save £6m, says report

21-Jun-2010

Dorrell chairs health committee

17 June 2010

NHS Choices 'saves £44m a year in unnecessary consultations'

17 June 2010

Over half of PCTs lose executive directors

17 June 2010

We embrace NHS reform – but not the idea of a clinical takeover

17-Jun-2010

Calls for 'inclusive' commissioning

15-Jun-2010

Regional health differences increase cancer risk

14-Jun-2010

GPs suggest cutting NHS Direct

11-Jun-2010

PCTs, councils and firms 'will commission for GPs'

10-Jun-2010

Health trainers

10-Jun-2010

First ISTCs lose activity guarantees

10 June 2010

HSJ Awards 2010: Acute and Primary Care Innovation

10 June 2010

PCTs to lose responsibility for GPs

10 June 2010

North-South health divide remains

9-Jun-2010

Connected Care model seeks to ease local service integration

8-Jun-2010

Internet security

7-Jun-2010

Short GP appointment times 'hit diagnostic ability', survey claims

3-Jun-2010

Choice more important to patients than doctors

3 June 2010

Mark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity

3 June 2010

Preventing stroke: action or crisis

3 June 2010

NICE calls for minimum alcohol pricing

2-Jun-2010

Child asthma drug 'too expensive'

1-Jun-2010

Capturing the costs of community services

1-Jun-2010

NHS services online: learning from local authorities

28-May-2010

BMA questions 'costly venture' of removing practice boundaries

27 May 2010

John McGowan on service-user involvement

27 May 2010

Michael White on coalition compromises

27 May 2010

NHS should focus on outcomes, not targets - Lansley

27 May 2010

Role of patient data questioned following inpatient survey

27 May 2010

Portsmouth City PCT faces external investigation

26-May-2010

NHS 'facing significant change' - Confed

24-May-2010

Lansley: NHS must review reconfiguration plans

21-May-2010

Lib Dems win ground on directly elected PCT boards

20-May-2010

Health checks for all?

20-May-2010

Coalition document sets out raft of NHS reforms

20-May-2010

Neil Churchill: NHS savings on long term conditions

20 May 2010

PCT tells patients the cost of their care and services

20 May 2010

'Train healthcare staff to fight HIV discrimination'

18-May-2010

BMA calls for more protection against doctor victimisation

13-May-2010

Free NHS prescriptions should be axed, say public sector chiefs

12-May-2010

Young GPs 'priced out' of practices

11-May-2010

GP practice manager jailed for theft and fraud

10-May-2010

Melanoma diagnosis

10-May-2010

Michael White: what the new government will mean for health

5-May-2010

How NHS managers can build relationships with MPs

5-May-2010

UK women's early death rate on a par with Albania

30-Apr-2010

Data leaks most serious in NHS

29-Apr-2010

Judith Smith: commissioning needs to be reborn, not killed off

29 April 2010

Nearly half of GP practices bust commissioning budget

29 April 2010

Self care provider to introduce 'payment by results' pilot

29 April 2010

North West accelerates NHS web development

28-Apr-2010

Rebooting the NHS IT programme

27-Apr-2010

Norman Lamb on the NHS under the Lib Dems

23-Apr-2010

Alan Maynard: axe must swing on NHS jobs and pay

22 April 2010

Self care planning

22-Apr-2010

'Trust' key to joint working between PCTs and pharma

21-Apr-2010

NHS sustainability: moving care into the community

19-Apr-2010

HPA issues volcanic ash advice

16-Apr-2010

Noel Plumridge on the NHS budget

15 April 2010

PCTs pave the way for GP cash budgets in 2011-12

15 April 2010

Tories warned on GP commissioning

15 April 2010

Out of hours GP vetting needs clarity

14-Apr-2010

Conservatives launch election manifesto

13-Apr-2010

David Cameron to guarantee GP access

12-Apr-2010

New finance lead for Barking and Dagenham

9-Apr-2010

GP language tests 'not blocked by EU rules'

9-Apr-2010

Foreign GP rules need 'immediate changes'

8-Apr-2010

London merger plans revealed

8 April 2010

Ealing and Harrow merger gets go-ahead

7-Apr-2010

Peer leadership across health and local government

5-Apr-2010

Hillingdon and Enfield to integrate with mental health sector

1-Apr-2010

After two decades of wandering, commissioning has a destination

1-Apr-2010

Preferred provider guidance leaves waters muddy

31-Mar-2010

Six PCTs allowed to keep status quo on structure

31-Mar-2010

PCTs 'too passive on commissioning'

30-Mar-2010

Swine flu 'hit credibility' of WHO

29-Mar-2010

Hammersmith and Fulham named council of the year

25-Mar-2010

Andy McKeon: why money could not unravel the NHS red tape

25 March 2010

PCTs 'slow to make decisions on business cases'

25 March 2010

West Midlands to cluster PCTs to reduce management costs

25 March 2010

Cambridgeshire PCT provider arm to become first 'community NHS trust'

23-Mar-2010

Tuberculosis care funding criticised

19-Mar-2010

DH must help make integration seamless

18 March 2010

PCTs bend pay rules to fill senior jobs

18 March 2010

Social care integration drive

18 March 2010

DH action needed to fill gaps in NHS data

16-Mar-2010

Urgent and Emergency Care

15-Mar-2010

Chief exec swaps Norfolk for Channel Islands

12-Mar-2010

NHS Manchester tables complex community restructuring plan

11-Mar-2010

NHS managers demand power to fire GPs

11 March 2010

UKIP would scrap PCTs and make managers ‘happier’

11 March 2010

PCT provider plan deadline stands

10-Mar-2010

Call to improve NHS telehealth systems

9-Mar-2010

NICE completes the commissioning cycle

8-Mar-2010

Virgin buys into GP healthcare

4-Mar-2010

Noel Plumridge on the rules of payment by results

4 March 2010

Oxfordshire chief exec appointed

3-Mar-2010

New chief executive in post

26-Feb-2010

Discharge notes: how to save time and reduce errors

26-Feb-2010

Mark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change

25 February 2010

PCTs call for lighter commissioning assessment

25 February 2010

OFT to investigate heartburn drug competition

24-Feb-2010

No arthritis care improvement since 2003 - MPs

23-Feb-2010

Transforming community services for people with long term conditions

23-Feb-2010

Hull social enterprise plan back on track

22-Feb-2010

How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning

22-Feb-2010

Andrew Jones on the politics of wellbeing

18 February 2010

Managers left mystified by Improvement Foundation closure

18 February 2010

Tories sketch out public sector co-ops

15-Feb-2010

Andy Burnham raises doubts about FT accountability

11 February 2010

Tories: no council control of public health budgets

11-Feb-2010

NHS joins fire service to combat smoking

8-Feb-2010

Doctors' leaders warn on rising population

8-Feb-2010

How to use the Oneplace website to improve local services

8-Feb-2010

PCTs told to review management of out of hours care

4-Feb-2010

PCTs urged to invest in prevention

4 February 2010

Intelligent Information for World Class Commissioning

3-Feb-2010

NHS Direct to increase web presence

3-Feb-2010

Out of hours GP variations 'unacceptable'

2-Feb-2010

DH plans will cut smokers by half, says Burnham

1-Feb-2010

Commissioning and Delivering Integrated Care - conference sessions

29-Jan-2010

Lib Dems call for tightening of foreign GP law

28-Jan-2010

QIPP leads reveal hit list

28 January 2010

SHAs return to topslicing budgets

28 January 2010

Provider arms given timetable to vertically integrate

27-Jan-2010

Essex PCT to begin offloading GP surgeries

26-Jan-2010

Tough new standards for STI clinics

22-Jan-2010

NHS East of England urged to work better with PCTs

21 January 2010

This is PCTs’ admission of failure – but everyone shares the blame

21 January 2010

Variations in GP training come under scrutiny

20-Jan-2010

Payment by Results

19-Jan-2010

Tailored care for cancer survivors

19-Jan-2010

World class commissioning: the human factor

18-Jan-2010

Expert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse

15-Jan-2010

Andy Burnham rages at Tory ‘about-turn’ on funding

14 January 2010

DH drawn into row over GP practice expansion

14 January 2010

PCTs face redesign backlashes as cost cuts loom

14 January 2010

Tories to focus on illness prevention

13-Jan-2010

Personal health plans for injured soldiers

12-Jan-2010

MPs call for minimum alcohol pricing

8-Jan-2010

Low clinical priority procedures

7-Jan-2010

Four SHAs have swine flu jab deals in place

6-Jan-2010

Public health at risk from TV product placement - BMA

5-Jan-2010

Drinking 'an unsustainable burden on the NHS'

4-Jan-2010

How to make clinical commissioning work

29-Dec-2009

Commissioners need to be ready for surge in population over 85

23-Dec-2009

PCT loses out to GPs in battle over branch surgery

21-Dec-2009

Non-emergency phone number test announcement due

18-Dec-2009

Drink danger video removed from web

17-Dec-2009

‘Avoid merger distractions’

16-Dec-2009

PCTs could struggle to hit MRSA ‘objective’

16-Dec-2009

Tariff puts brake on acute admissions

16-Dec-2009

Two SHAs secure swine flu jab deals

16-Dec-2009

New DH guidance responds to choose and book concerns

14-Dec-2009

NHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals

11-Dec-2009

NHS management costs to be slashed by 30 per cent

10-Dec-2009

NHS operating framework hits hard

9-Dec-2009

Preventing illness 'key to healthy future'

9-Dec-2009

London NHS commissioners reply to cost criticisms

9-Dec-2009

Recession forces Birmingham PCTs to consider merger

9-Dec-2009

PCTs left to vaccinate under fives against swine flu after GPs reject deal

8-Dec-2009

NHS 'not helped' by confused messages on future of PCTs

8-Dec-2009

Lincolnshire to reward cheaper GP prescribing

3 December 2009

PCT commissioners should exploit ‘soft data’

2-Dec-2009

The national standard for intermediate care

30-Nov-2009

GP spending role debated

26 November 2009

Beyond practice based commissioning

25-Nov-2009

Out of hours contact can prevent unnecessary admissions

24-Nov-2009

Under-fives to receive swine flu jab

20-Nov-2009

Michael White: lessons from US healthcare

19 November 2009

Data security lapses prompt pledges from PCTs

17-Nov-2009

STI drive 'a waste of money' - NAO

12-Nov-2009

Demand management fails as trusts soak up PCT cash

12 November 2009

Birmingham GPs offered bonuses for hitting swine flu targets

11-Nov-2009

Out of hours provider loses contract following overdose case

10-Nov-2009

GP revalidation scheme calls for patients' views

9-Nov-2009

Zitron: scrap PCTs and cut bureaucracy

5 November 2009

Smoking in pregnancy

3-Nov-2009

Childhood obesity 'levelling off'

3-Nov-2009

Andy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules

29 October 2009

Going local: how to set up an autonomous renal unit

29 October 2009

PCTs defend closer working with NICE

28-Oct-2009

A guide to decommissioning NHS services

27-Oct-2009

Human resources: the momentum to drive change

26-Oct-2009

MP calls for greater PCT accountability

22-Oct-2009

DH eyes patient cap for new tariff rules

22 October 2009

Joint chief exec for Manchester PCTs

22 October 2009

Tories need clear vision and a stronger message on health

22 October 2009

Community contraception clinics grow in popularity

21-Oct-2009

Warning on Asian childhood obesity

20-Oct-2009

Swine flu vaccination programme start date announced

16-Oct-2009

GP commissioning is turning in its grave

15 October 2009

Paul Corrigan: world class commissioning

15 October 2009

Wound management

14-Oct-2009

GP commissioning shows little sign of life - David Colin-Thomé

14-Oct-2009

80pc of carer funds 'go missing'

13-Oct-2009

Polysystems

8-Oct-2009

Two thirds of PCTs still to agree provider model

8 October 2009

How to champion patient dignity

6-Oct-2009

Boost for Scottish telehealth

5-Oct-2009

Recession means PCTs must make 'hard choices' on spending

2-Oct-2009

Cornwall PCT looks for leader as another chief goes

1 October 2009

GP contract: 'clunky’ deal holds back quality

1 October 2009

Most PCTs meet only ‘minimum requirements’ on resources use

1 October 2009

Stephen Eames on defending district general hospitals

1 October 2009

Staff engagement

30-Sep-2009

Scottish prescription costs soar to £1.07bn

30-Sep-2009

Pressure to follow NICE guidelines 'will increase'

29-Sep-2009

Alan Milburn attacks Andy Burnham for making NHS the preferred provider

29-Sep-2009

Probe launched into cervical cancer vaccine death

29-Sep-2009

Swine flu vaccine trial begins

29-Sep-2009

Andy Burnham speech delivers body blow to NHS competition and choice

24 September 2009

How to get better health outcomes in diverse groups

24-Sep-2009

Patient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?

24 September 2009

'No evidence of increase in autism rates'

23-Sep-2009

Expand measles and hepatitis B vaccination programmes, NICE urges

23-Sep-2009

A shot in the arm for GPs as they eye swine flu profits

17 September 2009

Incentive paradox dogs weight loss procedures

17 September 2009

NHS must focus on primary care

17 September 2009

Simon Stevens on Labour’s mistakes

17 September 2009

Obese patients cost Scottish NHS millions

16-Sep-2009

GPs to earn £5.25 per swine-flu jab

15-Sep-2009

Swine flu: what about NHS workers? 

14-Sep-2009

Michael Dixon: NHS 'must focus on primary care' in recession

10-Sep-2009

Essex Cares bids for PCT role

10 September 2009

London health integration plan on the table

10 September 2009

NHS spending: McKinsey exposes hard choices to save £20bn

10 September 2009

NHS Great Yarmouth unveils doctor as new chief executive

8-Sep-2009

Catherine O'Connell appointed NHS West Essex chief executive

8-Sep-2009

Swine flu vaccination programme extended to pharmacists

7-Sep-2009

NHS staff benefits: for the chop?

4-Sep-2009

NHS leaders vow to cut emissions by 10pc

2-Sep-2009

Swine flu: lessons from the first wave of the pandemic

1-Sep-2009

Swine flu hotline 'not needed in Wales'

28-Aug-2009

Scottish BMA appoints new chairman

27-Aug-2009

Moosa Patel on strong NHS boards

27 August 2009

'Organic' reduction in PCTs under Tories

27 August 2009

Stephen Eames on dementia strategy

27 August 2009

Inflated mileage claims 'cost NHS millions'

26-Aug-2009

How to commission for equality and diversity in the NHS

25-Aug-2009

Out of hours care must be reviewed, says Royal College of GPs chair

24-Aug-2009

NHS muscular dystrophy care 'inadequate'

24-Aug-2009

Prescribing efficiency

24-Aug-2009

Cally Bann on winter pressures

20 August 2009

PCTs urged to review governance guidance

19-Aug-2009

NHS smoking cessation: sticking with quitting

17-Aug-2009

Swine flu pandemic could set the scene for a remote diagnosis boom

17-Aug-2009

Variations in access to drugs 'unacceptable', says Rarer Cancers Forum

14-Aug-2009

Community services: get off your bikes

13 August 2009

LIFT schemes 'poorly managed'

12-Aug-2009

PCTs gear up for swine flu pandemic

12-Aug-2009

Scotland 'on track to meet NHS targets'

10-Aug-2009

Lewisham PCT agrees merger with hospital trust

7-Aug-2009

Ambulance services: urgent attention for non-emergency care

6-Aug-2009

DH scraps deadline for PCT provider arm strategies

6-Aug-2009

Media Watch: GP access and swine flu panic

6-Aug-2009

Quality and outcomes framework: GP incentives harm care quality

6-Aug-2009

Call to extend clinical outcome data on choose and book

5-Aug-2009

Public consultation on complementary therapies opens

4-Aug-2009

Tories 'planning NHS cutbacks'

3-Aug-2009

Get a load of me: the biobank boom takes shape

31-Jul-2009

LIFT-promoting firm is left in ‘disarray’

30 July 2009

NHS must improve drink plans - MPs

30 July 2009

PCT outbreak plans show variety of coping mechanisms

30 July 2009

Prescriptions rise but costs fall, NHS Information Centre data reveals

30 July 2009

Tower Hamlets PCT works with local mosques

30 July 2009

DH will probe how row over NHS targets led to bullying claims

29-Jul-2009

Conservatives call for more Tamiflu collection points

28-Jul-2009

Ministers deny swine flu website was late starter

27-Jul-2009

NHS marketing

24-Jul-2009

Sainsbury's refuses to act as antiviral collection point

24-Jul-2009

Swine flu phone service goes live

23-Jul-2009

Jim Easton to continue Lord Darzi's work on NHS quality

23 July 2009

Managers quietly confident as NHS battles swine flu pandemic

23 July 2009

Swine flu survey: views from the front line

23 July 2009

Asylum seekers to get free NHS treatment

22-Jul-2009

NHS Tameside and Glossop appoints board chair

22-Jul-2009

Paratroopers mark D-Day in war on childhood obesity

20-Jul-2009

Swine flu to hit 12 per cent of NHS staff at one time

17-Jul-2009

GPs could hand commissioning to private firms under Tories

16 July 2009

Minister sets out limits of competition and choice

16 July 2009

'Slow' take-up of detention safeguards for vulnerable people

16 July 2009

NHS Alliance voices fears on integrated care scheme

15-Jul-2009

‘National care service’ could pit councils against NHS

15-Jul-2009

Smoking cessation: how clinicians can break the habit

14-Jul-2009

Staff will be moved to help swine flu-hit areas, says CMO

9-Jul-2009

Andy McKeon: saving £15bn-£20bn will be no summer holiday

9 July 2009

Manager jailed for CV lies joins care trust

9 July 2009

Spending pressures spark call for NICE restraints

9 July 2009

Measles outbreak sparks vaccination appeal

8-Jul-2009

Helping GPs help patients: NICE's role

7-Jul-2009

GPs 'getting unclear advice' on swine flu

6-Jul-2009

PCTs gear up to cope with potential for 100,000 swine flu cases a day

2-Jul-2009

Building Britain's Future hints at threat to SHAs

2 July 2009

Flu czar Ian Dalton sets September deadline for preparation

2 July 2009

Practice based commissioning relationships finally paying off

2 July 2009

Government to reduce SHAs' performance management role

30-Jun-2009

Quality is 'the buzzword' in the NHS

25 June 2009

Wales NHS managers report boosted self confidence

25 June 2009

Care trust chair steps down

24-Jun-2009

Bowel cancer survival rates improve

23-Jun-2009

DH to set up social enterprise support framework

22-Jun-2009

Home care to ease hospital bed demands

18 June 2009

NHS flu czar warns PCTs over pandemic plans

18 June 2009

Integrated care pilot to be investigated

16-Jun-2009

Avoid tendering pitfalls, warns NHS competition panel director

12-Jun-2009

Mark Britnell quits NHS for private sector

11-Jun-2009

Andy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS

11-Jun-2009

Media Watch: Hello (again) Andy Burnham

11-Jun-2009

Derek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention

11 June 2009

Management consultant costs to be laid bare

11 June 2009

PCTs find there are no shortcuts to freedom

11 June 2009

Steve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS

10-Jun-2009

NHS waiting times up sharply

9-Jun-2009

Michael White on the big split over ISTCs

4 June 2009

Unite campaigns against community service reforms

2-Jun-2009

World class commissioning could save PCTs £3bn

1-Jun-2009

Massive variation in London child obesity

28 May 2009

GP incentive system delivers disappointing results on diabetes

27-May-2009

Competition panel looks at NHS provider shift

27-May-2009

Health inequalities evaluation framework

26-May-2009

Developing an integrated falls prevention service

26-May-2009

Banned PCT video edges towards a million views

22-May-2009

Conservatives promise to axe dentists' contract

19-May-2009

Derby City primary care trust appoints director

18-May-2009

How to improve quality of diagnosis

15-May-2009

Fears grow over flu pandemic stockpiles

14 May 2009

London’s primary care trusts gain world class commissioning back-up

14 May 2009

Patient reported outcome measures raise questions of how need for operations is decided

14 May 2009

NHS nets huge drugs saving

13-May-2009

MPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'

12-May-2009

Swine flu stockpiles could compromise NHS, pharmacists warned

12-May-2009

Recession 'more damaging to men's mental health than women's'

11-May-2009

The hard facts on falls prevention

11-May-2009

Matthew Winn on community health providers

7 May 2009

NHS marketing: a new future

7 May 2009

Chief executives of worst rated PCTs to leave posts

6-May-2009

DH says NHS can save money and improve patient safety

1-May-2009

Mid Staffs reports: new duties on NHS to prove patient involvement

30-Apr-2009

Swine flu fears increase as WHO ups alert level for second time

30-Apr-2009

Crunch time: coming to terms with NHS funding cuts

30 April 2009

DIY doctors: patients can boost NHS's value

30 April 2009

Pilot will boost patient role in GP service plans