All Acute care articles – Page 363
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NewsDH is told 137,000 NHS posts must go in next five years
The Department of Health has been told the NHS in England will need to slash its workforce by 137,000 if it is to achieve its planned £20bn savings by 2014, HSJ can exclusively reveal.
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NewsMcKinsey cost-saving proposals focus on waste in acute sector
NHS hospitals in England are rife with waste and inefficiency, consultants McKinsey and Company have told the Department of Health in a confidential report, seen by HSJ.
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NewsNHS regulators need a new outlook after Mid Staffs scandal
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes believes the deaths at Mid Staffordshire must lead to system wide change for how quality is regulated - but the scandal should not be allowed to compromise the foundation model, he tells Dave West
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NewsFTs fear biddable successor to Bill Moyes
Foundation trust leaders are concerned ministers will try to appoint a government-friendly chair of Monitor, potentially threatening their independence.
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CommentMedia Watch: nurses, hospital food and cricket
Last week nurses came under fire. All 300,000 of them were momentarily tarred with the same brush that had painted the 16 examples of poor care highlighted by the Patients Association last week.
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NewsDH makes PFI debt pledge
The Department of Health has said it will change the financial reporting rules to ensure trusts with private finance initiative debts do not breach their statutory duty to break even.
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CommentJohn Redwood on NHS efficiency
Having experienced success and failure in a wide variety of organisations, the former Welsh secretary spells out his recipe for an effective and efficient NHS
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NewsNHS leaders vow to cut emissions by 10pc
NHS organisations are being urged to make a public commitment to cut their carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent during 2010.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth overview and scrutiny committees: building better relationships
How can NHS trusts build an open, amiable relationship with local authority health committees? Stuart Shepherd explains
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NewsDH to review ‘penalty’ for day case payments
The Department of Health is to review the way day case patients are funded under the payment by results tariff.
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NewsFraudulent NHS finance director is struck off
A former NHS finance chief jailed for forging his trust’s valuation reports has been struck off by his professional body.
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NewsAlcohol-related hospital admissions 'on the rise'
Alcohol-related hospital admissions in England have seen a 33 per cent increase in the last three years, according to official figures.
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NewsNHS patients 'eat worse than prisoners'
Prisoners are better fed than NHS hospital patients, even though prisons spend less per person on meals, researchers have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeSwine flu: lessons from the first wave of the pandemic
From managing masks to shaping public messages, staff in flu hotspots have plenty of advice for trusts braced for an autumn surge in cases. By Jennifer Taylor
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NewsNHS trusts slammed by DH over 'unacceptable' plans to export drugs
NHS hospital trusts have been slammed by the Department of Health over “wholly unacceptable” plans to cash in on the weak pound by exporting medicines intended for NHS patients.
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LeaderPatient records: jokes about doctors’ bad handwriting are no longer funny
The Audit Commission has found that 8 per cent of the bills sent by trusts to commissioners last year were for the wrong treatment.
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NewsDH backs oncology centres call
The Department of Health has asked all hospitals with emergency departments in England to establish acute oncology services following a recommendation from the national chemotherapy advisory group.
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LeaderMilitary training for NHS managers will win frontline battles
Monitor has invited senior foundation trust managers to attend a leadership programme at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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CommentMoosa Patel on strong NHS boards
Woeful shortcomings in the boardroom was one of the reasons for the global recession - but there is no excuse for NHS boards to make the same mistakes
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CQC to get tougher on NHS spending
The Care Quality Commission is to step up its focus on ensuring NHS commissioners get value for money ahead of the predicted public spending squeeze.