All Health Service Journal articles in 6 September 2007 – Page 3

News
Experts clash on success rates data

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

A Department of Health drive to publish more success rates for NHS services has split members of an expert panel charged with deciding what can be measured. They agree that using outcomes reported by trusts and patients is crucial, but members have different views over how easy it will be ...
Comment
Emma Dent gets wheels

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

'Traffic? If said reader is disturbed by the traffic in Lancaster they had better never come to HSJ towers, where it frequently feels like we are perched on the edge of the M1'
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Specialist doctors 'left in lurch'

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

A damming report has criticised primary care trust management of specialist doctors working in the community.Specialists employed directly by PCTs feel professionally isolated and that their needs are 'ignored', the NHS Alliance has warned.
Comment
SHA shrinkage drives questions on the future of a regional role

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

'The greatest concern is that SHA shrinkage is outstripping the growth in capacity and expertise among PCTs'
Comment
SHA shrinkage drives questions on the future of a regional role

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

'The greatest concern is that SHA shrinkage is outstripping the growth in capacity and expertise among PCTs'
News
Exclusive: SHAs understaffed and under pressure, say managers' union

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

Strategic health authorities will struggle to do their jobs properly because of ‘draconian’ staff cuts, union Managers in Partnership has warned.
News
London unveils first polyclinic

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

London's first polyclinic is set to be built by University College London Hospital and Camden primary care trust.
News
Mixed results for public health

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

The Department of Health's performance chief has fired a warning shot over public health targets following 'mixed' quarterly results in sexual health and stop-smoking services.
Comment
Media Watch: immigrants in the news

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

'Immigrants with cancer 'could swamp the NHS',' read The Daily Mail's headline. It quoted Lancet Oncology editor David Collingridge, who said so many East European migrants have arrived in Britain in recent years that the NHS may struggle to cope with the subsequent rise in cancer patients.
Comment
Michael White on sheepish politics

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

'Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb found himself uncomfortable with the party's hostility to NHS choice'
News
Morgan slates 'naive' rights

2007-09-06T09:00:00Z

The Disability Rights Commission has been attacked as 'incredibly naive' for urging the removal of mental and physical health standards for nurses.
HSJ Knowledge
Prison mental healthcare: developing cultural competence

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

Link workers are enhancing mental healthcare for black and ethic minority prisoners.One such person, community development worker Irfan Mohammed, acts as a link worker for prisoners in Dorset.
News
Ofcare may not cover public health

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker has voiced concerns that the NHS's new super-regulator may be given too narrow a remit.Ms Walker insisted Ofcare, set to swallow up the Healthcare Commission in April 2009, must have the power to regulate and assess NHS organisations on health and health inequalities as ...
News
nib 1

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

A new chief executive has been appointed to NHS South Central. Jim Easton joins the strategic health authority from York hospitals foundation trust and replaces Mark Britnell who moved to the Department of Health in July.Mr Easton said: 'There is a real ambition across the NHS and its partners ...
News
nib 2

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

Waiting times have continued to improve, new Department of Health figures show.Those waiting 20 weeks or more stood at 10,500 a decrease of 1,900 from June while the number of patients waiting less than eight weeks increased to 93.4 per cent from 84.8 per cent in July 2006.
News
nib 3

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has recommended that Gloucestershire Partnership foundation trust, Gloucestershire primary care trust and Gloucestershire County Council work closely to strengthen older people 's community mental health services and community mental health teams.Chair of the IRP, Dr Peter Barrett said: 'The issue of the location of inpatient services ...
News
nib 4

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

A report published this week by the Department of Health shows that the number of children achieving their five a day intake of fruit and vegetables has increased by 13 per cent in two years. Figures show that the number of children achieving 5 a day has increased from 27 ...
News
nib 5

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

The UK’s first academic health science centre has been given the green light by health secretary Alan Johnson.Hammersmith Hospitals trust and St Mary’s Hospital trust will merge on 1 October and integrate with Imperial College London. Lord Tugendhat has been appointed the first chairman of Imperial College Healthcare trust by ...
News
nib 6

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.The 15 images to be used were chosen following a consultation in 2006, market research and a public vote. The move makes the UK the ...
Comment
All Our Yesterdays

2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

September 4, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewIn the Queries and Replies column this week: 'How much of the five shillings belonging to a ‘casual’ should be deducted from their unemployment insurance benefit when they are admitted to a casual ward.'Also: 'What are the reasonable charges for ...