All Health Service Journal articles in 12 June 2008 – Page 2
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News
Managers will need same support as clinicians, says Wanless
The government must give strong support and guidance to managers to ensure wide-ranging plans to improve the NHS really work, says Sir Derek Wanless.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on on China's plans for healthcare
In Beijing a few weeks ago, discussing alternative health reform models with Chinese government officials, I was struck by the fact that at about the time the NHS Plan was being formulated in 2000, China was embarking on a similar 10-year health plan.
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News
GP incentives are not needed, 'inverse care' doctor tells MPs
The GP who developed the 'inverse care law' - which says those most in need of healthcare are least likely to receive it - has told MPs he objects to giving family doctors financial incentives to do their job.
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News
Integrated care pilots tipped for Darzi review
Significant changes to how primary care trusts commission services are being considered as part of Lord Darzi's next stage review.Sources have revealed to HSJ that pilots for integrated care schemes are strongly tipped to feature in the report due out in two weeks.
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News
Prostate cancer protest
We wholeheartedly welcome Adrian Masters' assertion that quality has to bind the Darzi recipe for reform through better and effective commissioning, but we are disappointed the director of strategy at Monitor should make misguided comments on survival rates of prostate cancer in the UK as compared with those in the ...
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News
Report proposes a single Welsh mental health body
Mental health services across Wales should be overseen by a single body to plan and deliver mental health provision, including hospital and community-based services and social services, says a report for ministers.
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News
Board diversity
I read with great interest the article by Nicola Bullen about diversity on NHS boards. Even after 60 years of the NHS, it is still run by middle-aged, middle-class white people, albeit with a few more women. So what is the reason behind this lack of progress, despite the recent ...
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News
Better on pain management
In HSJ's Chronic Pain Management supplement, Shropshire GP Louise Warburton said the wait to see a pain management team in her area was six months.
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Leader
Sacking managers may attract headlines but won't fix problems
After 11 years of public service reform, the government's record is still dogged by poor performance. The failure regime unveiled last week shows ministers are running out of patience.
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News
Assessment for venous thromboembolism
Regarding the HSJ investigation into levels of risk assessment for venous thromboembolism being undertaken for hospital inpatients, the all-party parliamentary thrombosis group was disheartened to hear that more than half of hospital trusts are failing to follow best practice guidelines that all patients receive this risk assessment on admission.
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News
Nick Clegg pledges GP rewards in poorer areas
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has said he wants to 'slant the playing field in favour of GPs working in the most deprived areas'.
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Leader
Ambitious plan will require innovation
The evaluation by the Audit Commission and the Healthcare Commission of the progress of NHS reforms is a wake-up call for foundation trust managers.
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News
Unison and RCN pay vote allays strikes threat
Fears of widespread strikes among NHS staff were allayed after the two biggest health service unions voted to accept a three-year pay deal.
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News
Alan Johnson steps up pace of inequalities reform
Health secretary Alan Johnson has outlined plans to ramp up the pace of reform in the face of a struggle to meet health inequalities targets.
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News
Adult care threat
Congratulations on your leader responding to Sally Gainsbury's report on councils' potential loss of £7bn social care funds to the Department for Work and Pensions.
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News
Acquisitions need to be more attractive says takeover chief
The chief executive of England's only foundation trust to take over a failing hospital has urged the government to make acquisitions more attractive.In an exclusive article for HSJ, Heart of England foundation trust chief executive Mark Goldman warns ministers not to rely on 'heroism'. His comments follow plans to replace ...
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News
DH warns Treasury of chaos after accountancy rule changes
Department of Health officials warned the Treasury that accountancy rule changes affecting the private finance initiative would ‘throw the NHS system into chaos’.
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HSJ Knowledge
Questions to ask yourself about health policy
The Darzi report looks set to unleash another wave of reforms, but those making and implementing new policies must learn from past mistakes.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Diamond 60
On 3 July, as part of our celebration of the 60th anniversary of the NHS, HSJ will publish its list of the most influential people from the last six decades. We asked you to suggest who should be on it, and over the next few weeks we reveal some of ...
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News
Senior doctors back plans for 360-degree patient appraisals
Senior doctors' leaders are backing plans to allow patients to rate consultants' personalities as part of '360-degree appraisals'.
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