All Health Service Journal articles in 9 December 2010 – Page 2
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News75% of children with cancer 'must travel for care'
Three out of four children with cancer have to travel to another city for treatment, according to a new report.
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NewsBigger consortia safer from risk, say consultants
The deputy chief executive of the NHS has said that commissioning consortia are likely to be “fewer and bigger” than the 500 to 600 figure often cited.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make the most of your estate
Space utilisation is the science of making the most of locations but it is not simply a matter of shifting healthcare activities around, says Ian Greggor
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Solutions Focus
A focus on simple solutions is just too simple to win over Liz Hedgecock
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CommentWe're feeling stretched, but we must not snap
One colleague escapes redundancy to find his role is to continue but across three newly merged directorates.
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NewsPathfinder size suggests consortia will total under 250
The size of the pathfinder commissioning consortia announced by the government suggests there are ultimately likely to be fewer than 250 covering England.
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NewsLansley: More pathfinders named in 'weeks'
The health secretary has said more pathfinder consortia will be named in “coming weeks and months”, following the first 54 announced today.
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NewsPublic-private partnerships market growing to £1.8 trillion
The UK market for public private partnerships will potentially be worth £1.8 trillion over the next decade, according to analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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NewsImproving Access to Psychological Therapies will get outcomes link
The government plans to extend the previous government’s talking therapies programme and “link” it to the NHS outcomes framework.
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Comment'Don't allow healthcare and public health improvement to be divided'
The raison d’être of local government is that elected councillors best represent residents’ concerns.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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NewsEmployers rail at clinical excellence award scheme
Consultant bonuses awarded by trusts reward doctors who “fill in forms” rather than those who work “at the coal face” and should be scrapped or reformed, NHS Employers has argued.
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NewsBritish back lifestyle nudge
Most people are happy for the government to influence behaviour to encourage healthy lifestyles, according to international research.
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NewsMP questions strategic health planning base
It remains unclear who would be responsible for vital strategic health planning during the transition to commissioning consortia and beyond, a shadow health minister has warned.
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LeaderBattleship Lansley ploughs on through the fog of reform
HSJ readers will be familiar with the tensions inherent in the government’s reforms which are now beginning to leak into the public ken.
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NewsCQC to scan Twitter for care complaints
The Care Quality Commission is working on an IT system to monitor social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for complaints about care homes and healthcare providers.
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NewsSocial care cuts may raise hospital spend
Researchers have laid bare how cuts to adult social care could lead to significant extra demand for acute services.
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CommentMichael White: caution and openness
Watching Andrew Lansley introduce MPs to his “nudge” white paper on public health, I was struck by how much it is still a first draft and by how enthusiastic the new generation of Conservative MPs is for bossiness.
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SupplementsThe NHS needs to change faster: here’s how to do it
Welcome to this special supplement, which introduces Rapid Spread. It is a new idea that is now being tested in the NHS.
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