All Health Service Journal articles in 11 September 2008 – Page 2

  • Comment

    Your Humble Servant on the NHS Constitution

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: Constipated Constitution

  • Comment

    Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on his last column

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    This will be my last column. While working in London I could sustain the roles of foundation trust chief executive, a member of various national boards, HSJ columnist and playing in my band.

  • News

    Clinical coding errors

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    I refer to the article in which you list the trusts 'that got it most wrong', stating that up to £1bn of the bills sent to primary care trusts could be incorrect.

  • News

    Nick Clegg rejects NHS insurance plans

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has chosen the launch of a report calling for primary care trusts to be replaced by a health insurance style system to flesh out policies on healthcare reform.

  • News

    NHS Confederation delays chief executive interviews

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Confederation has delayed interviews for the post of chief executive after candidates dropped out at the last minute.

  • News

    NHS managers get surplus checklist

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    NHS organisations in London were issued with a 21-point checklist earlier this year to assist them in keeping their surpluses within a level acceptable to the Department of Health, HSJ has learnt.

  • News

    Care integration must tackle inequality

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Organisations in integrated care pilot schemes will be expected to deliver measurable improvements on health inequalities, the Department of Health has revealed.

  • News

    Foundation trusts may fight private patient income cap

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Foundation trusts could challenge the cap on earnings from private patients under EU law, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.

  • News

    Personal health budgets

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Anna Dixon's article on personal budgets cites US evidence on health savings accounts to suggest recipients of personal health budgets will forego care.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Bringing mental health under the NHS wing

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Successive governments have left mental health in the shadows. At the Liberal Democrat conference leader Nick Clegg will outline his plans to turn the sector around and make it truly patient centred

  • Comment

    Media Watch: NHS branding

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    What price clarity? About £2m reckons London's Evening Standard. That is the price tag it totted up for primary care trusts abandoning their old titles in favour of the simpler 'NHS' brand.

  • News

    Mental health services boost

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Community mental health services have improved steadily over the last four years, but trusts must ensure gains are sustained when systems change next month, the Healthcare Commission has said.

  • News

    Birkdale Clinic was 'in tolerable range'

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    A private provider whose contract with a leading trust was suspended did not have significantly poor outcomes, an investigation has found.

  • News

    The benefits of caring at home

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    I was interested to read Ciaran O'Neill's letter on the cost savings and benefits of commissioning acute 'high tech' admission prevention services delivered at home rather than in hospital in Northern Ireland.

  • News

    Scotland considers ban on commercial GP firms

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    The Scottish Parliament is to consider a move to ban commercial companies from running GP surgeries north of the border. Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond hopes to push the measure through in a health bill.

  • News

    PCT anger over spending study findings

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts have reacted angrily to a King's Fund report highlighting unexplained variations in spending on cancer, heart disease and mental health.

  • Leader

    No amount of health funding will be an antidote to poverty

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    As the political parties mobilise for the conference season it is tempting to believe there is broad consensus about the future of the NHS. But three debates that go to its heart are raging.

  • News

    Surge of acute contracts puts strain on PCTs' spend targets

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts are battling to stay clear of deficit as their finances come under pressure from a surge in secondary care work.Many PCTs overspent on their commissioning budgets for the first three months of the financial year and some are now looking to make savings in other areas to ...

  • Leader

    Pick and mix accounting clouds surplus predictions

    2008-09-11T09:00:00Z

    The NHS year-end surplus may not be quite as easy to predict as you might think.

  • Comment

    Kevin Fickenscher on collaborative IT leadership

    2008-09-10T09:00:00Z

    When the NHS was created 60 years ago, no-one could have imagined the groundbreaking work the service does today, or even the role technology plays in enabling clinicians to deliver care.