All David Dalton articles – Page 6
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NewsPrivate health firms report big increases in NHS work
Three private healthcare groups have revealed big increases in the work they are doing for the NHS.
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NewsDalton: Hospital chains would 'better use' some NHS managers
The health service could see the development of ‘hospital chains’ within five years, the man heading a government review of new organisational forms for the NHS has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat is the right shape for hospital chains?
Local and central needs must be balanced if hospital chains are to succeed
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CommentDavid Dalton: Culture change takes commitment from all tiers of an organisation
Culture is the hardest part of organisational change
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NewsDalton calls for providers to be driving force of reform
The creation of new organisational models should be driven by providers rather than the government, Sir David Dalton has said
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NewsLive Q&A: Sir David Dalton answers your questions on his review
Join HSJ’s webchat with Sir David Dalton today at 12pm
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CommentDalton review: Good leadership will determine the best models for change
Meet varying local needs
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NewsAirline style briefings aim to improve patient safety
Trusts taking part in the new Sign up to Safety campaign will be asked to commit to giving patients “airline style” safety advice on their stay in hospital, a trust chief executive leading the campaign has said.
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SupplementsDalton review roundtable: chains and other choices
Hospital chains are not the only option for new provider models in the acute sector
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NewsNew website to identify trusts with 'poor reporting culture'
Hospitals with low numbers of the most serious patient safety incidents are among those set to be highlighted as having a poor reporting culture on a website being launched by the health secretary later today.
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CommentMy trusts offer a live case study for hospital chains
Leading two ambulance trusts brings a new perspective
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NewsNon-acute leaders join Dalton review panel
Two healthcare chiefs with experience in the non-acute sector have joined the Dalton review panel
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LeaderPutting his ideas into action is Dalton's biggest challenge
Review will need to reconcile common approaches with localism
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NewsDalton downplays talk of 'superheads'
Sir David Dalton has rejected the idea that his review is about extending the concept of “superheads” from education to the health service.
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NewsExclusive: Dalton unveils plans for hospital reform
Hospital review leader says rewards will encourage higher standards and calls for ‘redeployment’ of management consultant cash
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NewsHunt safety plans 'will require frontline investment'
Providers will need to invest “significant” time in ensuring frontline staff can deliver the plans to improve patient safety which were announced by the health secretary last week, HSJ has been told.
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Big FT chiefs: Trust independence should not prevent takeover
The chief executives of some of England’s most powerful hospital trusts have warned that the organisational independence of other providers should not be a barrier to them being taken over.
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NewsCQC chair: 30 acutes could end up in special measures
By the time the Care Quality Commission finishes inspecting the acute sector under its new regime up to 30 hospital trusts could have been placed in “special measures”, the regulator’s chair suggested yesterday.
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NewsDuty of candour set to be extended to 100,000 incidents
NHS providers will be required to tell patients about all but the very least serious patient safety incidents under the new statutory duty of candour, if the recommendations of a government commissioned review are adopted into law.