All Health Service Journal articles in 25 September 2008 – Page 3

  • Leader

    DH faces turmoil over tariff regime

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Is there going to be tariff turmoil for the second time in three years?

  • News

    Trusts on edge as draft payment by results tariff runs into trouble

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health could be heading for a re-run of the chaos that saw the publication of the 2006-07 payment by results tariff just one week before the start of the financial year.A draft tariff for 2009-10 is being road tested in secret in the West Midlands, but sources ...

  • Leader

    Time to get facts straight on NHS failure rates

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Following HSJ's revelation last week that the Department of Health is projecting 2.1 per cent of trusts will fail each year for the next 20 years, we have been accused of misrepresenting policy.

  • News

    The failure regime numbers game

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Your coverage misrepresented the Department of Health's failure regime policy. The figure of 2.1 per cent does not take account of the swift action that would result from the new performance regime or Monitor's compliance framework. Effective recovery action will mean the regime for unsustainable providers will be triggered only ...

  • News

    NHS managers told to take ownership of finance

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    The pending reorganisation of the Welsh health service should be used to improve financial management, the auditor general for Wales has said.

  • News

    Virgin grounds proposals to run GP surgeries

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Virgin Group has effectively put on hold its ambitious plans to take over and run GP surgeries, casting doubt on the prospects for private involvement in primary care.

  • News

    Hospital trust may split into two organisations

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals trust is considering splitting into two new organisations.

  • News

    Unregistered NHS trusts to pay out under immigration shake-up

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Dozens of trusts face compensation payouts and a temporary ban on recruiting overseas staff because they are not on an official Home Office immigration register.

  • News

    Impressive maternity services

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Your article suggested primary care trusts in East Sussex were 'slammed' for 'failing to consult on plans for a radical redesign of maternity services'. This is not the case. The independent reconfiguration panel said it was 'impressed by the thoroughness of aspects of the consultation and proposal development' in East ...

  • News

    Partnership plan for top-ups

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Advances in medical technology and drug treatments mean it is more important than ever that the health service and private sector work together to create a system which works in the best interests of all patients.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Equitable access to primary care

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    Andrew Daly explains how the Department of Health's equitable access to primary medical care programme is working to improve patient care

  • Comment

    Naomi Chambers on health and education

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    With all the emphasis on world class commissioning, it is important to remember that primary care trust boards are tasked with improving the health of the population they serve, not just with the delivery of healthcare.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Developing user-led standards in mental health

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    Developing user-led standards has increased patient involvement and improved the quality of care at one mental health trust. Tony Leiba and Caroline Mathiason explain

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Are we killing psychiatric patients with food?

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    High-calorie meals and little exercise mean psychiatric inpatients often put on weight and damage their health. Sharmila Menon looks at how hospitals can manage the problem without violating patients' rights

  • Comment

    The future of patient and public involvement

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    Lord Darzi's review and the new local involvement networks have pushed public engagement to the top of the health policy agenda. Robina Shah speaks to national patient and public affairs director Joan Saddler about her plans for increasing public involvement

  • Blogs

    Kotter's theory of urgency in use

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    I see John Kotter's new book, A Sense of Urgency, has surfaced as number one on the bookshelf.