All Health Service Journal articles in 25 August 2011 – Page 6
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NewsLung disease costs to rise in retirement hotspots
Health commissioners for seaside retirement communities are being urged to adopt the latest guidance on the treatment of lung disease to buttress themselves against a predicted surge in the cost of the illness in these areas.
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NewsDiabetes medication costing NHS £725m a year
Drugs to treat people with diabetes now take up almost a tenth of the entire NHS budget for medicine, new data released by the service’s information division shows.
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NewsNHS unions meeting to discuss joint walk out
Unions representing health service workers at all levels are meeting this afternoon to discuss potential industrial action over changes to the NHS pension scheme.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts awards building contract
COMMERCIAL: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has signed a £5m building contract with construction company Willmott Dixon.
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HSJ Local
Dorset County to close almost 10 per cent of beds
COMMERCIAL: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is to stop providing two unprofitable services and close 39 beds, as part of its plan to build a sustainable future.
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HSJ Local
Construction contract awarded for Broadmoor
COMMERCIAL: West London Mental Health NHS Trust has signed a £7m building contract with construction company Willmott Dixon to improve facilities at Broadmoor Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Queen Victoria awards construction contract
COMMERCIAL: Queen Victoria NHS FT has signed an £8m building contract with construction company Willmott Dixon.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil on the hunt for a commercial partner
COMMERCIAL: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking a commercial partner in order to maximise private patient income.
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HSJ Local
US executive flies in to fix LAS software
PERFORMANCE: The vice president of the US firm providing new software for London Ambulance Service has flown in to lead the second attempt to make it live amid fears it will not be in place before the Olympics.
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HSJ Local
West Kent practice closes after GP removed from performers list
STRUCTURE: The Marling Way Surgery has closed after NHS West Kent removed its senior partner from the local performers list.
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NewsCross-party approach 'only way' for public health policy
The only way public health outcomes can be improved in the long term is to develop a cross-party approach, according to a think-tank report.
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NewsPCTs told to provide accounts for cash transferred to councils
Primary care trusts have been told to report how funding transferred to councils for integrated health and social care activities is being spent.
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NewsSocial enterprise denies Twitter claims it is closing down
A social enterprise came under cyber attack this week in an apparent ruse designed to suggest the organisation was closing down.