All Health Service Journal articles in 2 February 2012 – Page 2
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HSJ Local
'Major concern' about medicine management at James Paget
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been given a clean bill of health on some of the areas of concern raised by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsWarning as social care funding falls £0.5bn
Spending on older people’s social care in England has fallen by half a billion pounds, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk and Waveney predicts £2m surplus
FINANCE: The PCT cluster in Norfolk and Waveney is still predicting a £2m surplus for this year - but only by utilising all its contingency funds.
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HSJ Local
Norfolk and Suffolk become diversity champion
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has joined equality charity Stonewall as a diversity champion.
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HSJ Local
E&N Herts misses A&E waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Less than nine out of 10 A&E patients were treated within the four hour standard at East and North Hertfordshire Trust in the first week of January.
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HSJ Local
E&N Herts reports £0.8m surplus
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust is reporting a surplus of £0.8m after the first nine months of the financial year and is forecasting a surplus of £3.5m at year end.
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire Community Trust appoints David Law
WORKFORCE: A community trust in Hertfordshire has announced two key appointments. Hertfordshire Community Trust has appointed David Law as the chief executive and Dr Hemal Desai as medical director.
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HSJ Local
CCG finances shift in Herts
FINANCE: Changes to allocations and using reserves has improved the financial position of two clinical commissioning groups in Hertfordshire.
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NewsExclusive: St George's drops out of St Helier merger bid
Mergers affecting £1bn of NHS services have been thrown into doubt after a key participant pulled out of the running to take over a neighbour.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oldham falls behind on ‘stretch’ savings target
FINANCE: The primary care trust booked quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings of just £6.8m in the first eight months of 2011-12, against a plan to have saved £11.5m by that point.
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HSJ Local
Hague wants 'exhaustive discussion' on Yorkshire reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for Friarage Hospital, North Yorkshire, should be subject to “exhaustive discussion and examination”, foreign secretary William Hague has said.
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NewsFixed NHS prices could become 'increasingly problematic' commission warns
The use of fixed prices to prevent competition driving down care quality could become “increasingly problematic”, a “seminal report” warned this week.
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LeaderThe NHS deserves a better, more open debate over health reform
The Health Bill enters the crucial report stage in the House of Lords next week amid huge controversy. To mark this, the BMJ, HSJ and Nursing Times have, for the first time, cooperated to publish the same editorial.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy engaging staff is a critical component of hospital transformation
Transforming hospital services is a grand idea, but a major service redesign will not work without a strategy for staff engagement, say Jane Warder and Ian Hall.
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NewsDH warns over severe weather
The Department of Health has warned people to keep an eye on local weather reports as forecasters warn that scattered snow showers and freezing temperatures are on their way to the UK.
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NewsNearly half of GPs dealing with 'burnout'
Close to 50 per cent of doctors suffer from emotional exhaustion related to burnout, according to researchers.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy taking a national approach could kick-start technology adoption in the NHS
High costs, complex planning and ‘pilot-itis’ are all common hurdles to technology adoption. Sally Chisholm argues a coordinated national approach could help overcome them.
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NewsPoor outcomes continue for heart failure, audit reveals
Heart failure outcomes remain poor with variations in quality of care across the country and a lack of access to specialist management, according to a major national review.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat's in your in-tray?
2012 will be a massive year for the NHS, and workforce leaders will play a major role. As HSJ and Nursing Times launch the Healthcare 100 Masterclass, in association with NHS Employers, Daloni Carlisle takes an overview of the big-ticket items on the agenda of every HR manager.
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NewsLetters on PCT and SHA staff transfers sent today
Primary care trust and strategic health authority staff across England are today being sent letters explaining where their function is to be transferred to in the restructured NHS.