All Health Service Journal articles in 3 February 2011 – Page 5
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the DH's fistful of figures
The Department of Health’s intent to maintain “grip” on NHS performance during 2011-12 is plain in the technical guidance to the NHS operating framework, issued in late January.
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NewsPCT overspending sparks fresh efficiency fears
Twenty-five primary care trusts have overspent their 2010-11 budgets by a total of £145m so far this financial year, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsNo extra pay for royal wedding, NHS staff told
NHS Employers has told unions trusts are prepared to give staff a day off in lieu for working on 29 April - declared a national bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton - but not to pay enhanced public holiday rates for that day.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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NewsHealth visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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CommentPublic health tremors could unleash a monster
The double whammy of setting up a new national public health service (Public Health England) and returning responsibility for health improvement to local government is the most earth-shaking shift in public health since the abolition of medical officers of health in 1974.
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HSJ KnowledgeA patient’s perspective on the NHS
I am a big fan of the NHS. The central tenet of access to good healthcare based on clinical need as opposed to ability to pay has always seemed to me to be a core feature of a decent, civilised society.
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HSJ KnowledgeHospital Landscape: a winning attitude to improved performance
A diagnostic tool from McKinsey is helping hospital leaders discover more about the limits of what is possible in performance. In the latest Hospital Landscape update, Neil Griffiths and colleagues look for fresh insights from existing data.
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NewsAmbulance workers call off strike at last minute
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service Trust called off industrial action at the eleventh hour last week after agreeing to more talks with the trust.
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CommentSuccessful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
Mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organisations in the developed world have become much more commonplace over the last decade.
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NewsPCT cluster discussions revealed
HSJ has obtained details of how primary care trusts plan to form the 50-odd clusters tasked with leading the local transition to consortium commissioning.
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NewsAmbulances refitted to transport larger patients
Ambulance fleets across the country are being revamped with wider stretchers and lifting gear to cope with the increasing number of obese patients, it has been reported.
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HSJ Local
Solihull Care Trust investigating Heart of England's A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Solihull NHS Care Trust is carrying out an investigation with NHS Birmingham East and North into accident and emergency performance at Heart of England Foundation Trust.
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NewsTwo more trusts achieve foundation status
Monitor has confirmed two more trusts have achieved foundation status.
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NewsKent PCT cluster appoints future chief exec
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the cluster of primary care trusts due to form in Kent.
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HSJ Local
Hull and East Yorkshire to share vascular team
STRUCTURE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust vascular services would form a joint service with York Hospitals Trust under region wide proposals.
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HSJ Local
Eastern Kent PCT announces pathfinder consortia
STRUCTURE: six pathfinder commissioning consortia have been announced in the area covered by NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park considers ‘integrated’ pathology service with nearby FTs
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is looking at merging its pathology service with that of two other FTs in the south east coast region – Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Ashford and St Peters considers ‘integrated’ pathology service with nearby FTs
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is looking at merging its pathology service with that of two other FTs in the south east coast region – Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey considers ‘integrated’ pathology service with nearby FTs
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is looking at merging its pathology service with that of two other FTs in the south east coast region – Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.