All articles by Alison Moore – Page 67
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NewsRestraint urged after BMA decides to ballot for industrial action
NHS Employers has called for employees to be in full possession of the facts on pension reforms before deciding to take industrial action.
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SupplementsAccelerating learning: an HSJ training and development supplement
Continuing professional development, e-learning and developing junior managers are the key themes in this HSJ special supplement on training and development.
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CommentMedia Watch: constructive Cameron attempts to quash destructive talk
Cameron’s reform summit dominates the media this week.
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NewsFree online workforce webinar for HSJ audience
How can organisations best manage as the changes outlined in the Health Bill come into force and they need to protect services whilst striving to meet its challenging targets?
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NewsMarmot demands focus on inequality as cuts bite
Renowned epidemiologist Sir Michael Marmot has criticised the government for its lack of action on health inequalities - and called for the health impact of economic policies to be considered.
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NewsReforms spell end of joint commissioning in Peterborough
A long-running agreement on joint commissioning of health and social care has come to an end because of the government’s health reforms.
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NewsCampaigners demand social enterprise future for community hospital
A campaign has been launched for a community hospital to be run as a social enterprise - to stop it becoming part of a foundation trust.
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NewsUnite warns of further strike action over pensions
The health union Unite has warned of a “real prospect of strike action” if its members reject the government’s revised pension offer.
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NewsEthics expert urges health service to consider losers when cutting costs
The NHS needs to think more about who is being harmed by decisions as it battles to reduce costs, a leading researcher has said.
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NewsNHS 'to have 2,800 consultants more than it needs'
The NHS could end up with more fully trained hospital doctors than it needs - and potentially an increased wage bill - unless it makes changes to the way they are trained and used, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence has said.
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NewsInstitute of Healthcare Management joins 'drop the bill' calls
The Institute of Healthcare Management has become the latest professional body to call on the government to drop its plans to reform the NHS.
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NewsIntegrate treatment for mental and physical conditions, NHS told
The NHS could improve care and reduce costs by improving how it treats patients suffering from both mental and physical health conditions, a new report says.
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CommentMedia Watch: the NHS money lost in translation
Health took a back seat this week as the news was dominated by atrocities in Syria, the resignation of Chris Huhne and the snow that Media Watch was so sceptical about last week.
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Comment
Stroke care in the East of England proving problematic
Providing first class stroke care is problematic in the East of England.
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HSJ LocalCircle faces £10m hole in Hinchingbrooke budget
FINANCE: Circle will have to cut costs at Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust by 10 per cent if it is to break even next year, it has emerged.
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NewsSacked Mid Staffs lawyer awarded £100,000
A lawyer who was sacked by Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust after allegedly trying to cover up failings in a patient’s care has won more than £100,000 at an employment tribunal.
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CommentMedia Watch: it's beginning to look a lot like winter
Freezing temperatures kept most of the press preoccupied this week. By the time you read this, Britain will probably have entered a mini ice age with Siberian blasts immobilising the country - or at least the readers of the Express.
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CommentMedia Watch: January gloom continues as colleges are next to oppose bill
‘Blue Monday’ might have been last week but the downbeat mood has continued for many in the media coverage of the health service.
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SupplementsHSJ roundtable: education and training
Training in the NHS costs £5bn a year. Alison Moore reports from a lively HSJ roundtable discussion on the government’s plans to reform it.
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HSJ KnowledgeLiberating Ideas: the award-winning projects that could truly liberate the NHS
Which of the Liberating Ideas Award 2011 winners’ projects has the greatest potential to be adopted by the rest of the NHS? Alison Moore watched the final judging session.