All Health Service Journal articles in 18 March 2010 – Page 4

  • Health secretary Andy Burnham and mayor of Wigan Mark Aldred
    Community

    Political football

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Don’t be fooled, this is not a picture of health secretary Andy Burnham and mayor of Wigan Mark Aldred auditioning to become the next Jedward.

  • Community

    Yes, health minister

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    One of the great questions for any ambitious health leader is how to get a particular pet project approved by the Department of Health.

  • Race inequality on the rise
    News

    Race inequality on the rise

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Black and minority ethnic people are experiencing declining health and poorer NHS and social care provision, according to a report from charity the Afiya Trust.

  • NHS Alliance chief officer Mike Sobanja
    News

    SHAs pressurising PCTs into vertical integration

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts in at least four regions are under pressure from their strategic health authorities to vertically integrate their provider arms with acute or mental health trusts, HSJ has learned.

  • Gordon Brown
    Comment

    Media Watch: maternity pledges

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    If the forthcoming election really will be all about capturing the female vote, Gordon Brown went out all guns blazing with an online chat on the Netmums website, on Mother’s Day.

  • Merron Watch
    Community

    Merron Watch: romantic notions

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    It’s time for Merron Watch - your weekly update on how everyone’s favourite public health minister is tackling the pressing issues of the day.

  • Michael White
    Comment

    Michael White: NHS policy pronouncements

    2010-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Is the pace of policy pronouncements speeding up or am I just slowing down? Or is it the imminence of that election and the all too understandable desire of elected politicians to cover all their bases?

  • Dementia funding being diverted
    News

    Dementia funding being diverted

    2010-03-18T12:54:00Z

    Health trusts are spending money intended for dementia on other things, an MPs’ report has said.

  • Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the Patients’ Rights Bill will “send out a strong signal” that patients are at the heart of the NHS.
    News

    BMA unconvinced by SNP waiting time plan

    2010-03-19T11:58:00Z

    Doctors’ leaders have said they were “not convinced” by SNP plans to enshrine guaranteed waiting times in law.

  • Tuberculosis care funding criticised
    News

    Tuberculosis care funding criticised

    2010-03-19T12:00:00Z

    London health authorities have so far failed to provide funding for a mobile unit that treats tuberculosis among homeless people and prisoners, a health minister said today.