All Health Service Journal articles in 10 April 2008 – Page 2
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News
Trusts come together but deny merger speculation
Three London foundation trusts have confirmed they will be part of the capital's second academic health science centre, but denied a merger was on the cards 'for the foreseeable future'.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant celebrates a record profit for the NHS
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Bonanza
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HSJ Knowledge
Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
Data about the care of people with mental illness in the independent sector is inadequate. The government must fix this before service users get lost in the system, say Anthony Deery and Veena Raleigh
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News
Enhancing quality of care
We read with interest the article on effective governance between partner organisations, write Richard Dale and Sheila Peskett
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News
Concern at slow response to review of brutal murder
The chair of an inquiry into the brutal murder of a man with learning disabilities has said she is 'hugely disappointed' by the NHS's failure to address the problems it identified.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on boardroom drama
The setting: A hospital boardroom. A meeting of the executive team of an NHS trust is about to take place.
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Comment
Michael White on biosimilars and generics
At my bus-pass holding time of life, you don't often come across a word whose meaning you could no more guess at than a street sign in Tokyo. It happened to me when trawling Hansard the other day. The word was 'biosimilars'.
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News
DH heralds bigger role for pharmacies
The Department of Health is to draw up plans for primary care trusts to commission more services from pharmacists.
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News
Employment checks: get the facts before you hire
NHS recruitment came under scrutiny after it emerged the people responsible for failed terrorist attacks worked for the service. But a new body has plans it says will stop dangerous people working with children and vulnerable adults. By Ingrid Torjesen
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Leader
If it is this bad for staff, it is no wonder that patients complain
The annual Healthcare Commission staff survey has revealed a communication chasm between senior managers and staff.
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News
Wales to axe most local health boards
The Welsh Assembly has announced plans to slash the number of local health boards and strip them of their commissioning role.
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Leader
HSJ Awards: give your team something to celebrate
This week we launch the health service's annual celebration of excellence - the HSJ Awards.
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News
Attack on 'cool' screen smokers
A partnership organisation led by a primary care trust is campaigning for under-18s to be banned from watching films that feature characters who smoke.
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News
Minimum practice income guarantee helps deprived areas
The minimum practice income guarantee was introduced at the last minute to prevent meltdown in general practice as a result of problems related to the Carr-Hill formula, which determines practice funding, writes Neil Thomas
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Comment
Media Watch: anti-infection alligators
The leech has long been recognised as the doctor's friend. Now another swamp creature is crawling to the forefront of healthcare.
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News
Alliance - let firms help PBC
Consortia of practice based commissioning GPs should be able to bypass primary care trusts and buy commissioning support from the private sector, the NHS Alliance is demanding.
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News
Kent trust buys out 22-bed private wing
A hospital trust that is bidding for foundation status has bought a private hospital wing to help it continue to hit the 18-week maximum waiting time target.
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HSJ Knowledge
Waiting times are just so... 1950s
As waiting times hit an all-time low in the NHS, anecdotal evidence suggests a need to revise the view that waiting continues to be a substitute for prices as a rationing mechanism.
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News
£700k pay-off report kept under wraps
An auditors' report on the controversial pay-off of a trust chief executive and the employment of an interim replacement at more than twice his salary will not be made public until July.
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Comment
Jerry Fishenden on how technology can transform healthcare
Technology has the power to transform healthcare provision, but policy makers and technologists must work together to achieve this
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