All Health Service Journal articles in 1 July 2010 – Page 3
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CommentMichael White on the NHS budget
Good news of a sort for Andrew Lansley as he faces twin pressures: wholly predictable pressure from the Tory right (plus that nudge from Andy Burnham) to include the NHS in George Osborne’s Budget strategy for public spending cuts, and pressure from the chancellor himself not to let feckless GPs ...
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NewsNHS leaders ‘must support’ clinical practice change
NHS leaders are being urged to support changes to clinical practice it is hoped will save more than £9bn a year.
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NewsDavid Nicolson slows pace of Lansley change
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said he doubts whether health secretary Andrew Lansley’s plans to implement GP commissioning can be achieved by April 2012.
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NewsHeart of England has new chief
Heart of England Foundation Trust has appointed a chief executive to replace Mark Goldman.
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NewsDH to consult on cutting its supplied staff
A consultation on job cuts at the Department of Health will be announced on Thursday, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew GP role may create deficit
Handing the NHS commissioning budget over to GPs could cause the NHS to generate a gross annual deficit of at least £1.2bn, research due to be published soon suggests.
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NewsMonitor issues warning on declining foundation profits
The financial fortunes of foundation trusts slipped in the last months of 2009-10, the latest report from their regulator Monitor shows.
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NewsHospitals face shortfalls as emergency demand spirals
Hospital trusts face significant cash penalties this year as their emergency activity continues to rise, HSJ analysis reveals.
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CommentStephen Eames on GPs in the hotseat
At a recent dinner party, a fellow guest, who happened to be a GP, said: “If I was to invite my colleagues to a meeting about practice based commissioning, I would be there on my own with the sandwiches” (well, actually these days it would be without the sandwiches.).
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NewsNICE publishes the first set of quality standards
Trusts should screen all stroke patients for cognitive impairment within six weeks of diagnosis, according to the first set of quality standards to be published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsSHAs told to step up NHS talent hunt
An HSJ analysis has uncovered large regional variations in the amount being invested in NHS talent and leadership.
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NewsLost theatre time opportunity
Acute foundation trusts lose a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network.
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NewsHas Lansley called time on falling NHS waiting lists?
Some see the abolition of central performance management of the 18 weeks referral to treatment target as a big mistake, others think it heralds a more flexible system. Alison Moore looks at the early outlook for a controversial change of policy
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NewsReview finds £1.2bn swine flu effort 'proportionate'
The UK response to swine flu was “proportionate and effective”, an independent review has concluded.
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HSJ KnowledgeGalvanising the future of clinical leadership
There is vast leadership potential in the junior doctor workforce, as Fiona Pathiraja and Kate Drysdale explain
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