All Health Service Journal articles in 13 September 2007 – Page 3

  • News

    Trust escapes repayment of debts

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    A trust which was threatening to make hundreds of staff redundant has been told it need not pay back £20.7m historic debt - provided it manages its finances better.

  • Comment

    Michael White on former health secretary Stephen Dorrell

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    When I rang him he said the NHS has 'gone full circle' since Labour came in and abolished the internal market in 1997

  • Comment

    Your Humble Servant: Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    To Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: In my back yardDear DonIt was healthcare market day in the high street yesterday so I decided to pop down and see if there were any bargains to be had.As I arrived, there was Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall.Hamish ...

  • News

    Wanless warns of spending 'hell'

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    The NHS faces a 'hell of a job' after failing to deliver major advances in productivity and public health, Sir Derek Wanless has told HSJ.

  • News

    One year on, the message from Nicholson is that he's listening

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    NHS chief executive David Nicholson is in no doubt of the strength of staff's opposition to more change, or to their distaste for the idea of organisations competing against each other. Rebecca Evans quizzed him on what those staff can expect next

  • News

    PFI hospitals plan to lose management posts

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    Two hospitals with private finance initiative projects are preparing to cut hundreds of jobs.

  • News

    In this week's magazine

    2007-09-13T00:00:00Z

    NewsSir Derek Wanless has warned that unless major improvements in productivity and public health are made, even greater levels of investment will be needed over the next 20 years. Sir Derek said that major strides are needed over the next three years if the NHS is to make the most ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    A look at long-term care

    2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

    The national framework for NHS continuing healthcare comes into force on 1 October. Eve Francis gives a legal perspective on the implications of the framework for PCTs and NHS trusts and the pros and cons of the new regime

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Organ Donation: give or take?

    2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Sir Liam Donaldson's recent proposals to increase organ donation by making consent implicit go directly against the Human Tissue Act 2004, reports Ben Troke

  • News

    sidebar

    2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

    Funding will need to increase substantially to deliver the aspirations of the original review, even with improved productivity and self-management by patients of their health.The NHS will fall short in funding by£15.2bn,£9.2bn and£7.2bn by April 2011 depending on progress defined by Sir Derek as slow uptake, solid progress or fully ...

  • News

    Alarm over new transport contracts

    2007-09-20T09:00:00Z

    More than half the contracts for the NHS to provide patient transport services are at risk of being given to private or voluntary-sector providers, ambulance trusts have warned.

  • News

    The NHS wasted its big chance - will it learn from its mistakes?

    2007-09-20T09:00:00Z

    Sir Derek Wanless has declared the NHS has made lacklustre progress since its 2002 cash injection. Nigel Edwards looks at his findings in detail and considers the key lessons

  • News

    Do not 'party' early, Monitor warns trusts

    2007-09-20T09:00:00Z

    Concerns that foundation trusts are submitting over-optimistic forecasts of their performance have been borne out by the latest figures.