All Health Service Journal articles in 4 February 2010 – Page 2
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News
FT directors appointed
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust has appointed two new directors.
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News
Only two trusts miss CQC application deadline
All but two trusts submitted their Care Quality Commission registration applications on time, the regulator has told HSJ.
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News
Ministers poised to confirm details for quality accounts
Nearly all trusts and private providers to the NHS will have to publish quality accounts for the first time this year, the government was expected to confirm this week.
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Leader
NHS quality accounts must live up to the name
A year and a half after former health minister Lord Darzi’s next stage review called for all NHS providers to publish quality accounts, there is still no real consensus on what they should look like.
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News
NHS quality accounts: quality is becoming an accountable business
This year will see the first tranche of reports intended to show how trusts are engaging with quality across all their services. Dave West looks at how this could represent a step change in health organisations’ accountability
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News
Norman Lamb: abolish quangos and SHAs
Health quangos and primary care trusts should be abolished, according to Liberal Democrat health spokesman Norman Lamb’s personal proposals.
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News
SHAs plan staff cuts of up to 10pc
Strategic health authorities are actively exploring cutting local NHS workforces by up to 10 per cent in order to make the £15bn-£20bn savings required by 2014.
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News
Home care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
The health service could save more than £1bn each year by increasing the number of patients it treats at home rather than in hospital, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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News
Stroke action falls short of CQC standards
Many stroke patients are still not spending enough of their hospital stay on a specialist stroke unit or having a brain scan within 24 hours, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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News
NHS Direct to increase web presence
The chief executive of NHS Direct wants to significantly shift its operations towards the web, saying the health service needs to leave behind its “1950s bank” approach to services.
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News
Local partnerships fail on children's health priorities
Primary care trusts and local councils have failed to work together to successfully prioritise improving the health of under-fives, an Audit Commission report has warned.
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News
Plans to scrap GP practice boundaries draw fire
The British Medical Association and the NHS Alliance last week stepped up their opposition to government plans to scrap GP practice boundaries within 12 months.
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HSJ Knowledge
Understanding patient costs
Patient-level costing offers a way to reduce unnecessary variation in the cost of care. Watch HSJ’s free online masterclass to learn more.
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HSJ Knowledge
Developing infrastructure to deliver world class integrated care
Improving service delivery, clinical outcomes and patient experience through efficient, fit-for-purpose, high quality systems
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News
DH to expand integrated care pilots through 'good will'
The Department of Health is looking to expand its integrated care pilot scheme by “harnessing good will”.
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News
Monitor appoints interim chair
Monitor’s board has appointed its vice chair, Chris Mellor, as interim chair following the departure of Bill Moyes.
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Information
Ian Dalton's swine flu update - standing down the national pandemic flu service
In his weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the latest developments in UK swine flu preparations
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News
C diff outbreak inquiry start date set
A date has been set for an inquiry into the deaths of 18 people in a hospital infection outbreak.
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HSJ Knowledge
Using clinical evidence to facilitate the right care and support planning decisions
A practical online seminar demonstrating the simplicity of using world class medical evidence to validate the appropriate level of care for individual patients
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News
'Extraordinary resources' needed in C diff fight
Controlling the spread of C difficile may require “extraordinary resources”, an expert has warned.
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