All Health Service Journal articles in 11 April 2014 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
Peterborough submits tender action plan to Monitor
COMMERCIAL: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust has submitted plans to Monitor for how it will run a tender process which could see the debt stricken trust enter a franchise agreement with a private provider.
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News
Stroke reconfiguration to be rolled out nationwide
NHS England is aiming to roll-out the London model of stroke reconfiguration on a nationwide basis, its updated business plan reveals.
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HSJ Local
Preferred bidders named in Bristol mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust which faced losing business worth £30m due to quality concerns has been named as the preferred bidder for the main lot in a highly contested tender for the services.
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News
MHRA introduces early access scheme
Severely-ill patients will soon have access to new medicines years before they are given the green light for widespread use.
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News
Laptops on ward rounds 'could save doctors an hour a day'
Using laptops or tablets instead of paper during hospital ward rounds could save each doctor almost an hour a day, research suggests.
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News
HSJ Live 08.04.2014: HSJ launches Griffiths Inquiry for the 21st century
HSJ launches its leadership inquiry for the modern day NHS, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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News
Exclusive: Liverpool Women's mulls Middle East expansion
A women’s hospital trust is considering expanding into the Middle East after being approached by a state seeking to cut its waiting list for fertility treatment, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS leaders show courage under fire
Developing resilience has become vital for health leaders
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Comment
Stephen Thornton: The NHS of the past was a foreign country
The ‘good old days’ never existed
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News
Another NHS England director leaves
Another senior figure has announced he is leaving NHS England.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire CCG appoints chief executive
Oxfordshire CCG has appointed a chief executive and accountable officer to replace Dr Steve Richards, who lost his place on the group’s board following a vote by local GPs.
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Leader
Introducing HSJ's Griffiths report for the next generation
Why HSJ’s Future of Leadership inquiry matters
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News
Private patient unit joint ventures face tougher competition scrutiny
Private hospital operators looking to run private patient units in NHS hospitals are to face closer scrutiny by regulators to ensure such arrangements will not negatively affect competition, it has been announced.
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News
Exclusive: NMC to get new legal powers to re-open cases after Mid Staffs
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to be granted new powers by the government to allow it to re-open closed fitness to practise cases, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Lamb warns against referrals for ‘gay conversion’ therapy
Health minister Norman Lamb has written to NHS England calling for reassurances that GPs are not referring gay and lesbian people to controversial practitioners who say they can “cure” people of homosexuality.
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News
Ombudsman: Older patients could be 'suffering in silence'
Older people could be suffering in silence because they are less likely to complain when standards slip, even though they use the NHS the most, Health Service Ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor has said.
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News
NHS England director returns as Choices chief
A senior NHS England director and former director at outsourcing giant Capita has been made senior responsible officer for the NHS Choices programme.