All Health Service Journal articles in 4 January 2007 – Page 7
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HSJ Knowledge
Cooking up a storm
An organisation the size of the NHS has a huge responsibility to the environment and communities. But are trusts ready to do their bit? Kaye McIntosh investigates
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News
New group to co-ordinate specialisms
A new national body will be set up by the Department of Health to co-ordinate the commissioning of specialist paediatric and orthopaedic services.
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News
The SHA interviews, Margaret Edwards: 'People can see that the NHS is core to me'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
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News
Higher costs warning on independent sector
Uncertainty over the role of the independent sector is likely to result in higher costs to the NHS, less innovation and a 'muddle' which will put patients in danger, the King's Fund has warned.
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News
Surgeons slate target culture
Workforce planning has been plunged into 'disarray' by 'recent government policies' that show an 'arrogant' disregard of the views of consultants, Royal College of Surgeons president Bernard Ribeiro was due to say yesterday.
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News
OSC objects to surgery cut
A hospital trust has been criticised for announcing that it will withdraw emergency general surgery from one of its sites without consultation.
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News
Efficiency: realising potential to cut waste
Three factors are key to rapid improvement in NHS productivity and efficiency: a focus on what is known to work; follow the lead set by the best; drive improvement through measurement.
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News
Education hit hard by SHA cutbacks
University of West of England faces multi-million pound losses as course funding axed
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News
Deficit forces cuts rethink
North and East Hertfordshire trust is planning extensive changes to services to reach break-even.
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HSJ Knowledge
Danger signals on safety
There is little doubt that theHealthcare Commission's healthcheckrating is far more searching than its predecessor, the star-ratings
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News
New rules for providers on data
Providers will be contractually obliged to provide information to help commissioners decide whether they should continue to buy services from them.
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News
The SHA interviews, David Nicholson: 'I can be direct. I drive things hard'
Laura Donnelly interviews the then new chief executive of London SHA
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News
Preferential pay-off deals protected
Staff facing the axe under NHS restructuring will be protected from worsened redundancy and retirement terms resulting from new anti-age discrimination laws.
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News
'Micro-management' fears spark debate on regulation
Fears are growing that trusts could be shackled by increasing control from the centre as government and regulators attempt to get a tighter grip on performance.
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News
Trusts declare on new ratings
Every trust in England has issued a public declaration of how they have performed against the core standards for healthcare. The information has been made available as part of the Healthcare Commission's annual health check of trusts, which have replaced star-ratings.
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News
Deficits 'symbolic' of wider trouble
Financial failure in NHS institutions reflects a wider malaise, the Audit Commission has warned.
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News
Foundation governance definitely not kids' stuff
Monitor has stepped in to prevent a foundation trust appointing children as governors.
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HSJ Knowledge
Graduated delays
Government plans to increase the number of primary care mental health workers delivering therapy services have yet to take off, reports Emma Dent
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News
Demand management 'not a panacea'
The NHS risks 'pinning too much' on the financial gains of demand management, a leading voice in primary care has warned.
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Comment
Michael White on the 'demise' of nursing
Sometimes the political weather seems to follow the climatic version. So it was no surprise during the snow to read a mild-mannered press release about training patterns under the lurid headline that we face 'the demise of nursing' in Britain.