All Acute care articles – Page 369
-
NewsUK woman dies from swine flu
Health chiefs are continuing to look into the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.
-
NewsAndy Burnham promises to overhaul NHS targets
Health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to “deep clean the target regime”.
-
NewsBurnham backs review of private patient income cap
Health secretary Andy Burnham has backed a review of the limit on foundation trusts’ income from private patients.
-
NewsBe honest about weaknesses in quality accounts, FTs told
Foundation trusts have been urged to be “honest” with the public about weaknesses in their quality reports and accounts.
-
NewsFoundation trusts fear ministers may undercut Monitor role
The government has been warned not to undermine Monitor after revealing it may claw back powers from foundation trusts in response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal.
-
NewsConcerns NHS could be challenged under EU competition law
NHS contracts with private providers could fall foul of EU competition rules if they allow excessive profits, a briefing paper from the NHS Confederation warns.
-
CommentDerek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention
The impending financial squeeze makes it more important than ever to invest in preventing ill health in communities, rather than simply spending more on treatment
-
NewsPCTs call for tariff and GP contract reforms
Radical reworking of the payment by results tariff and the GP contract is needed to make the savings required in the financial downturn, the NHS Confederation has warned.
-
NewsNHS survival may depend on a ‘series of big changes’
The NHS may not survive unless dramatic action is taken to manage investment cuts, the NHS Confederation has warned.
-
NewsManagement consultant costs to be laid bare
The daily rates of a management consultants employed by NHS organisations could soon be published.
-
NewsTarget aims at ideal of zero tolerance for MRSA
Managers will be consulted on a new “zero tolerance” target to slash MRSA infection rates.
-
NewsSouthampton City PCT attempts to mitigate £3.6m losses
Southampton City primary care trust is renegotiating arrangements with its local Care UK treatment centre contract in a bid to stop the PCT losing up to £3.6m a year.
-
NewsSteve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
The NHS is facing a “make or break” moment in its history, NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett told delegates at the conference today.
-
NewsIt's official: NHS productivity is rising
NHS productivity rose by 1.2 per cent in 2007 and 0.7 per cent in 2006, official statistics show, reversing a seven year stretch of declining productivity.
-
NewsNHS waiting times up sharply
The number of patients waiting more than eight weeks for an outpatient appointment has shot up by nearly a third in the space of a month, Department of Health figures reveal.
-
NewsNHS North West to pay Christie's Iceland bank loss
NHS North West is to compensate a specialist cancer foundation trust for the £6.5m it lost in the Icelandic banking collapse.
-
NewsChief inspector of Healthcare Environment Inspectorate named
The Scottish government has named the head of its new health inspection body.
-
HSJ KnowledgeThe Patient Safety First Campaign – 12 months on
Twelve months have passed since the June 2008 launch of the Patient Safety First Campaign. Promoting a vision of an NHS with no avoidable death or harm, the campaign is helping to make patient safety the highest priority for everyone from chief executive to ward cleaner, surgeon to visiting carer.
-
NewsPatient involvement group claims lack of support
Local involvement networks are not being given enough support despite commitments in the government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, it has been claimed.
-
HSJ KnowledgeThe Griffiths report: 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago Roy Griffiths famously said: ‘If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the NHS today she would be searching for the people in charge.’ When he set out his subsequent plan to overhaul management, staff feared it would be the end of the health service - Peter ...