All articles by Dave West – Page 83
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NewsFormer nurse Anne Milton given health minister job
Former nurse Anne Milton will be a junior minister at the Department of Health, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrusts must improve treatment of dead people
Lack of training and official guidance means hospital staff are often failing to treat dead patients with dignity, an investigation by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has found.
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NewsControversial London reform left on knife-edge
The election outcome leaves London’s plans for significant cuts in hospital capacity on a knife-edge - and some trusts heading for deficit, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFoundation reform would need early push from government
The foundation trust pipeline could start flowing the wrong way unless there is an early move to push provider reform.
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NewsPatient groups call for urgent government action
Patient group umbrella organisation National Voices has called for a new government to urgently tackle the “challenges facing health and social care”.
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NewsKramer loses seat despite hospital campaign
Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer failed to hold her Richmond Park seat despite a controversial campaign against hospital reconfiguration.
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NewsHealth figures to enter new parliament
Several doctors and a former researcher are among the 2010 parliamentary intake who have an interest in health.
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NewsSacked hospital chief's MP bid falls flat
A former NHS hospital chief executive standing for Parliament won just 222 votes.
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NewsMPs hold on in Whittington row seats
A high profile row over hospital reconfiguration in north London has not seen any MPs lose their seats.
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NewsHewitt's adviser wins for Labour
Liz Kendall, who was adviser to Patricia Hewitt as health secretary, has won Ms Hewitt’s former seat for Labour.
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NewsCQC tries to dispel 'live ratings' fears
The Care Quality Commission has attempted to reassure trusts its soon-to-go-live regulation system is “not a rating, not a ranking and not a league table”.
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NewsNW trust likely to opt out of troubled NHS IT programme
A hospital trust in the North West has said it is likely to be the first in the region to buy a major IT system outside the national programme for IT.
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NewsPatient groups wary of ‘fast track’ NHS reconfigurations
Any moves to “fast track” the reconfiguration of NHS services must give the public a strong voice or will “erode confidence” in change, patient representatives have warned.
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NewsNHS patients in richer areas get operations earlier
The NHS is operating on patients from richer areas when they are significantly less sick than those from deprived communities, according to analysis carried out by HSJ of the inaugural national collection of patient reported quality measures.
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NewsNorth West accelerates NHS web development
NHS organisations in the north west are taking advantage of the recession to hire top IT experts on the cheap to help speed up the development of their web technology.
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NewsNew doubt about mortality ratios
The appropriateness of using hospital standardised mortality ratios to judge hospital performance was further questioned this week.
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NewsFoundation trust applications run into the ground
Foundation trust applications have slipped by an average of 11 months and some by as much as three years since last March, HSJ analysis reveals. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have pledged an all-foundation trust future.
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NewsAsthma and Parkinson's losers in policy battle
The Department of Health has been unjustly prioritising illnesses such as anxiety disorders and neglecting those such as asthma, Parkinson’s disease and back pain, its own national quality board has said.