All Health Service Journal articles in 5 August 2010 – Page 2
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NewsNational Childbirth Trust wants maternity providers to go it alone
Maternity networks should be provider organisations and employ their own staff, according to a charity working with the government on the proposals.
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NewsClosing GP surgeries over weekends 'unacceptable', says Sir Bruce Keogh
Treating continuity of care as a “holy grail” while denying patients access to services over weekends is “unacceptable”, the NHS medical director has told GPs.
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HSJ KnowledgeExpert patients: everyone can benefit
Self management can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients while cutting the demand for NHS services and associated costs. Jim Phillips explains
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NewsPersonal health budget pilots raise concerns
Managers involved in the pilots for personal health budgets have expressed concerns over equity and increased cost, a report commissioned by the Department of Health says.
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NewsWakefield District PCT managers face axe
More than 40 management positions at Wakefield District Primary Care Trust are in jeopardy as part of wider cost-cutting measures, the Yorkshire Post has revealed.
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News£400m NHS funds may go to social care
The Department of Health is considering transferring around £400m of NHS funding to councils next financial year to partially plug the gap in their social care budgets.
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CommentCally Bann: the white paper
So the end of term madness has fully descended, with fuel added to the annual pre-vacation fire by the wind of change blowing from the bottom of the white paper.
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NewsPCTs begin planning to reinvent their business
Primary care trust chief executives have begun planning how they can transform themselves into organisations providing support to GP commissioning consortia.
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NewsNHS brand undermined by online confusion
The NHS spends close to £100m a year on thousands of websites that are often hard to find, badly designed and not wanted by the public, according to government reports leaked to HSJ.
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NewsNHS staff must not be burdened with 'excessive workloads' as jobs are cut
NHS staff must not be burdened with “excessive workloads” as thousands of jobs disappear in the service, union leaders in Scotland have warned.
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NewsOxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trusts paediatric cardiac surgery unit to remain closed
The paediatric cardiac surgery unit at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust should remain closed, according to a report published last week.
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NewsGPs overlook public health for QOF cash
The quality and outcomes framework has resulted in GPs focusing too narrowly on certain conditions to the detriment of their wider public health role, the King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsUnion threatens judicial review over pace of NHS change
Unison has threatened to take the government to judicial review if the white paper reforms are implemented without proper consultation.
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NewsIntegration of NHS Direct and NHS Choices raised by web review
The DH’s digital communications review describes the future of NHS Direct and NHS Choices as “unfinished business” - but stops short of recommending the two services should be merged.
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LeaderFree NHS Choices to meet public need
The internet’s unequalled capacity to inform and communicate with the public should have been comprehensively exploited by the NHS.
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News‘No strong evidence’ of too many NHS sites, claims DH
The DH digital communications review appears to reject the belief that there are too many NHS websites - a conclusion reached by the research commissioned to support the review.
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LeaderUnder the radar guidance ends hospital closure moratorium
The revised guidance on hospital reconfiguration was slipped out last week at the height of the summer holiday period.
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NewsPCTs improve commissioning performance
Primary care trusts have improved their commissioning performance across the board despite government plans to phase them out from 2013.
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS trusts may soon be courting oligarchs
A front page on the financial arrangements of foundation trusts? Well it wasn’t likely to be The Sun.
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CommentMichael White: the working time directive
Oh dear, I see the Royal College of Surgeons is up in arms again over the European working time directive as its 48 hour week rule affects staffing, management and even the safety of our hospitals.
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