All Health Service Journal articles in 17 December 2009 – Page 2
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NewsNHS management costs to be slashed by 30 per cent
Management costs in primary care trusts and strategic health authorities are to be slashed by 30 per cent over the next four years, health secretary Andy Burnham has announced.
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NewsAndy Burnham offers to guarantee nurses' jobs in return for less pay
Frontline NHS staff could be given a guarantee that they will be able to keep their job if they are prepared to be paid less, health secretary Andy Burnham announced today.
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NewsPatients could be offered one to one nursing care
Patients with complex long term conditions could be offered one to one nursing care under plans outlined by health secretary Andy Burnham today.
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NewsAndy Burnham tells local government and NHS not to be 'precious' about funding
Health secretary Andy Burnham has called for health and social care to be more equal partners - and not be “precious” about budgets.
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NewsAmbulance service efficiency savings halted
Wales’s ambulance service will not be required to make efficiency savings after a report said it was performing worse than services in other parts of the UK, it was announced today.
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NewsBudget cut 'disagreements' revealed
The chancellor wanted to do more to tackle the UK’s ballooning deficit but was overruled by the prime minister, according to reports today.
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NewsHospital income link to patient satisfaction
Hospitals will have up to 10 per cent of their income based on patient satisfaction, health secretary Andy Burnham announced yesterday.
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NewsNHS operating framework to offer mixed blessings for hospitals
Hospitals will only be paid 30 per cent of the tariff price for emergency procedures they perform over their 2008-09 volume levels, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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HSJ KnowledgePre-Budget report video interview
HSJ editor Richard Vize discusses the pre-Budget report with Capita health director Neil Griffiths
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HSJ KnowledgeMajor injury: how regional units take the crisis out of trauma
A group led by the Royal College of Surgeons has studied the benefits to patients and managers of a regionalised response to major injury. Helen Mooney reports
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HSJ KnowledgeHow NHS trusts can raise their overall performance
Upping overall performance is a shared task, say Peter Noble and colleagues
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CommentPete Mason on multiple leadership styles
What makes a good leader? There are several schools of thought. Should a leader be reserved like Gordon Brown, or gregarious like Tony Blair; quietly dignified like Bobby Moore, or in your face like John Terry; boisterous like Alan Sugar, or overfamiliar like David Brent?
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NewsNHS investigates surge in equipment theft
An official probe has been launched into a growing spate of thefts from across the NHS.
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NewsPoor performers on MRSA targeted
The trusts with the worst records for cutting cases of MRSA are to be targeted by a new objective from the Department of Health.
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NewsWalk-in surgeries a 'waste of money'
NHS-funded walk-in surgeries near railway stations are under-used and a waste of money, according to research published in the British Journal of General Practice.
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NewsLib Dems claim £134m funding 'black hole'
Health boards in Scotland could face a £134m funding “black hole”, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
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InformationIan Dalton's swine flu update - vaccinations for under fives
In his weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the latest developments in UK swine flu preparations
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NewsKidney care improvement hampered by insufficient home dialysis, warn charities
The NHS continues to provide insufficient home dialysis facilities, despite overall improvements in kidney care, charities have warned.
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NewsNew DH guidance responds to choose and book concerns
The Department of Health has issued new guidance on using choose and book in response to concerns the system is “often unpopular with professionals”.
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HSJ KnowledgePrinciples and practice of provider economics
Commissioners need to grasp the relationship between cost, activity and quality - and how providers make decisions. Matthew Bell and Richard Lewis explain
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