All Acute care articles – Page 463

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Suncalled it the 'Doctors' check-up' and the Daily Expressan 'MOT to weed out dodgy doctors'.

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Another week and another revelation about the Department of Health's troubled IT programme, this time from a very unlikely source.

  • Comment

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Only The Guardianfelt Channel Five's screening of a Caesarean section on Sunday night warranted much attention'

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    So we're at last going to see an end to junk food advertising aimed at children. And with the announcement came the expected outcry from companies that make their money selling bad food to kids, as well as health professionals who say the new rules will not go far enough.

  • Comment

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The backlash came fast and furious. Leading doctors? Bully boys intent on pushing homeopathy out of the NHS, said the What Doctors Don't Tell You website'

  • News

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health is the second worst-performing government department, The Times told its readers at the weekend. It reported that the review by business leaders and public sector chiefs commissioned by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell was damning about the DoH's 'lack of direction'.

  • Comment

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Given the arrival of a new prime minister and health secretary, most papers offered their advice to Gordon Brown and Alan Johnson.

  • Comment

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'A Sunday Times.article quoted a survey commissioned by health insurer BUPA, which found 55 per cent of senior doctors pay for medical insurance'

  • News

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The Daily Express claimed nurses were 'close to working to rule', saying: 'The move comes after nurses in England were denied the full 2.5 per cent pay rise given to colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for doing exactly the same work''

  • Comment

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'As junior doctors struggle to find work The Sunday Times claimed that the Department of Health survey on GP workload would show that family doctors were earning more and working less'

  • News

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Thousands of junior doctors are to be shipped abroad, The Daily Telegraph said this week as it claimed 'up to 10,000 young doctors unable to find NHS jobs could be offered voluntary work overseas'.

  • Comment

    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    What Gordon Brown's premiership will mean for the health service has yet to be seen, but one thing is certain: the NHS is bound for more tumultuous times.

  • Comment

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Timesreported that the proposed deal has 'astonished critics of Novation in the US'

  • News

    Maternity unit's near miss

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A trust has reversed its decision to close a maternity unit after threats from a local MP to raise the issue with the prime minister.

  • Comment

    Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the right targets

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Once upon a time the word target used to have many in healthcare reaching for their crucifixes, or whatever else was needed to ward off evil spirits.

  • News

    Target-chasing managers suffer 'pathological' levels of stress

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Too many new policies, a lack of coherent strategy and invasive performance management are creating 'pathological' levels of stress among NHS middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.

  • News

    Trust scores legal victory

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A hospital trust has won its battle to reconfigure its service - after a judicial review upheld the legality of its decision.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Special report on ISTCs: Opportunity knocks

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Independent sector involvement in the NHS has sparked fierce criticism. But consultants Andy Mullins and colleagues argue that it will be a catalyst for the innovation needed to ensure the long-term survival of the service

  • News

    Protestors slam IPPR reconfiguration report

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    An umbrella group of health workers, unions and patients opposed to privatisation and closure plans have rubbished Institute for Public Policy Research reconfiguration claims.

  • News

    Improvement notice for trust

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been served with an improvement notice after it became the first trust to fail to comply with the hygiene code.