All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 61
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LeaderManagers have been unfairly served by the rushed reforms
“In the crucial area of public service reform, we have found that Liberal Democrat and Conservative ideas are stronger combined… You have a united vision for the NHS that is truly radical: GPs with authority over commissioning… elections for your local NHS health board.”
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NewsPatients to be given choice of GP and consultant
Patients will be given a choice of GP practice, consultant-led team and treatment, the white paper promises.
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NewsGovernment warned reform plans will 'turn NHS upside down'
PCTs are to be abolished from 2013 and SHAs in 2012-13 under the government’s ambitious plans to transfer commissioning powers to GPs.
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NewsHSJ snap survey: how will the white paper affect you?
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has today set out his blueprint for the future of the NHS in a white paper. As expected, the document contains proposals to hand the bulk of NHS commissioning responsibility to GPs.
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NewsLansley: 'no job left for PCTs'
Primary care trusts will be abolished, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced in his white paper for NHS reform.
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NewsCancer survival rates improve
People suffering from some cancers are twice as likely to survive as patients diagnosed in the early 1970s, new analysis shows.
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NewsReport critical of infant death responses
Parents whose babies are stillborn or who die shortly after birth are still facing indignity on the NHS, a report has suggested.
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NewsNHS blueprint due today
Ministers will set out a new results-driven framework for the NHS today, which they claim could save thousands of lives a year.
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NewsWeak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas
Evidence suggesting GPs will be more effective than health trusts at commissioning NHS services “is weak”, a report says.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to develop workforce mentoring programmes
In the first of two articles Ben Chambers on effective mentoring, Ben Chambers looks at how to establish a successful mentoring scheme
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NewsUNISON announces HCAs conference
UNISON has announced it will be holding its healthcare assistants conference in September. It will look at how HCAs should be regulated in the future.
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NewsSouth Essex FT named top healthcare employer
South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust is the top NHS healthcare employer, this year’s Healthcare 100 reveals.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on how the third sector will save the NHS
The NHS, like all other healthcare systems in developed countries, will soon run out of money.
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NewsLansley announces public health 'vision'
Andrew Lansley has announced a “whole new approach” to public health in which, he says, the government will shape individuals’ behaviour and choice rather than control supply.
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NewsTrust to pay compensation to brain damaged man
A taxi driver who suffered brain damage after receiving medical treatment for a stab wound to his neck is set to receive a compensation package from The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust.
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NewsSpending cuts 'increase fraud risk'
Public sector bodies face a growing risk of economic crime and fraud as spending cuts start to bite, new research has found.
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NewsAvoidable overnight stays cost NHS £330m a year
There has been a large and avoidable rise in the number of overnight stays, which cost the NHS £330m annually, a report has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeGalvanising the future of clinical leadership
There is vast leadership potential in the junior doctor workforce, as Fiona Pathiraja and Kate Drysdale explain
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NewsHas Lansley called time on falling NHS waiting lists?
Some see the abolition of central performance management of the 18 weeks referral to treatment target as a big mistake, others think it heralds a more flexible system. Alison Moore looks at the early outlook for a controversial change of policy
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NewsLost theatre time opportunity
Acute foundation trusts lose a third of their operating theatre time to late starts and early finishes by clinical teams, according to research presented by the Foundation Trust Network.