All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 14
-
News
Estate facelift improves patient care, report claims
A report on the NHS estate published today claims that a £29bn investment in hospitals, health centres and equipment has played a major role in driving forward improvements in patient care.
-
News
BUPA partnership to cut waiting times
The Department of Health has announced the details of a new partnership designed to reduce waiting times and increase choice for NHS patients in the North East.
-
News
Next steps for national alcohol strategy
Public health minister Caroline Flint and Home Office minister Vernon Coaker have launched Safe, Sensible, Social - next steps for the national alcohol strategy.
-
News
Healthcare Academy appoints new manager
Sarah Ellis has been appointed manager of the Lean Healthcare Academy.
-
News
NHS could recoup cost of ineffective drugs
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is recommending an innovative deal for an anti-cancer drug. It says patients with multiple myeloma who show a full or partial response to the drug Velcade should be kept on it and be funded by the NHS.
-
News
DoH issues dental commissioning guidance
The Department of Health has published guidance on strategic commissioning of conscious sedation services in primary dental care.
-
News
Ballot over pay rise could lead to strikes in September
Trade union Unite is to ballot its NHS members on industrial action over the government's staged pay rise for health workers, instead of the flat 2.5 per cent increase recommended by the pay review body. The ballot is planned for mid-August, raising the possibility of strikes from mid-September. The union ...
-
News
Healthcare Commission announces hygiene spot checks
The Healthcare Commission has today launched a year-long programme of unannounced spot checks to 120 NHS trusts to check compliance with the government's Hygiene Code.
-
News
Doctors 'need more guidance on foetal alcohol syndrome'
The British Medical Association says healthcare professionals need more guidance to help them diagnose and treat children suffering from foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) - learning and physical disabilities and behavioural problems caused by women drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
-
News
New guidance to support parents with learning disabilities
The Department of Health has today published good practice guidance on how children's and adults' services should improve joint working to deliver more support for parents with learning disabilities.
-
News
Former NHS chief heads disability inquiry
Former chief executive of Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust Sir Jonathan Michael is to chair an independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities, health secretary Patricia Hewitt has announced. The investigation follows charity Mencap's March report into the death of six people with learning disabilities.
-
News
NHS 'should be like the BBC'
The NHS should be run as an independent 'corporation', similar to the BBC, a former NHS chief executive has proposed. Brian Edwards, emeritus professor of healthcare development at Sheffield University, suggests seven options for removing the NHS from political control in the new Nuffield Trust report.
-
News
Heart surgery survival rates available online
Parents and carers of children with congenital heart disease can now access detailed information about the survival rates at every specialist heart centre in the UK via a website launched today.
-
News
Successful commissioning suppliers announced
The Department of Health is today due to publish the full list of suppliers eligible to provide primary care trusts' commissioning and managerial services under its framework for procuring external support for commissioners.
-
News
Monitor takes tougher line to prepare for wave of FT plans
Applying for foundation trust status is to become tougher as regulator Monitor responds to an expected rise in acquisitions and mergers and deters 'overly ambitious applications'.
-
News
Quit-smoking figures reveal social divide
The number of people using NHS services to quit smoking fell by 10 per cent last year.
-
News
Health secretary should not interfere in redesign decisions, report finds
The secretary of state for health should be removed from decisions about hospital reconfigurations, the Institute for Public Policy Research has said.
-
News
New details on one-stop-shop for health data
The Department of Health has issued more information on a new one-stop-shop for health data to professional executive committees.The letter to PEC chairs describes the new service, NHS Choices, as 'a dynamic web-based service using the latest technology'.It will be launched this summer and accessed via a website.Click here to ...
-
News
DoH publishes guidance on expanding patient choice
The Department of Health has issued best practice guidance on how free choice in elective care should operate in the current financial year.The guidance recommends that more providers should be added to the menu offered to patients, with payment for services adhering to the national tariff.Click here to read the ...
-
News
Joint working is key to cash fight, says social care boss
Health and social care must work more closely together to provide a health service fit for the future, according to the president of the newly formed Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.