All Health Service Journal articles in 25 October 2012 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
Southampton trust pioneers 'bedside clinics' for diabetes inpatients
RESEARCH: Clinicians in Southampton are piloting a new way of treating diabetes patients during hospital stays.
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HSJ LocalFoundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.
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NewsMonitor has 'concerns' over pension plan
Monitor has revealed it has “significant concerns over the affordability” of a plan to build a new hospital with a ground-breaking loan from a pension fund.
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CommentA perverse take on incentives
There is a new twist to the long-running debate about perverse incentives in the NHS
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NewsOFT begins scrutiny of merger plans
The Office of Fair Trading has begun a formal review examining what it predicts will be the “first of a number” of mergers between foundation trusts.
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LeaderRevalidation cannot be left to GMC alone
Will boards have the influence necessary to make medics take revalidation seriously?
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HSJ Local
Central Southern CSU set to appoint MD
WORKFORCE: John Wilderspin is set to be appointed as managing director of the Central Southern commissioning support unit.
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HSJ KnowledgeOntario’s deficit crisis: lessons for England
We would do well to swot up on the Canadian hospital reforms saga of the 1990s
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HSJ Local
No disciplinary action over HEFT never event
PERFORMANCE: An incident of drugs being given inappropriately to a patient led to no disciplinary action or referrals to relevant professional bodies, despite being listed as a “never event”.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley issues norovirus warning
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has issued a warning to visitors to stay at home if they have symptoms of norovirus after a number of outbreaks in the West Midlands and early cases in the Herefordshire community.
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HSJ Local
NW London Hospitals Trust relying on SHA to repay DH loan
FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust has said it cannot repay a Department of Health working capital loan of £14.3m without support from NHS London’s challenged trust board.
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HSJ Local
Voluntary redundancy costs Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire appoints new board members
WORKFORCE: Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors and 10 new governors.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise fund for community wellbeing
FINANCE: Social enterprise Central Surrey Health has set up a charitable fund to support community health and wellbeing projects.
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HSJ Local
New air ambulance site in Surrey
STRUCTURE: The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance has relocated one of its helicopters to Redhill in Surrey.
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HSJ Local
Avon and Wiltshire appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has appointed current Devon Partnership Trust boss Iain Tulley as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalRuling in PCT's favour in Dorset AQP row
COMMERCIAL: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has dismissed a complaint about NHS Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset’s handling of the any qualified provider process. However, providers remain concerned about the pricing of dermatology services.
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HSJ Local
Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'
FINANCE: The chair of financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York has publicly lashed out over what he sees as its unfairly low funding.
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NewsUPDATED: Government seeks significant change to GP contracts
The government will seek to make significant changes to GP contracts in coming years, including standardising practices’ income and introducing a new set of community services, it has announced.
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CommentMichael White: temperatures rise in Edinburgh
Labour are asking tough questions about the affordability of Scotland’s healthcare