All East Midlands articles – Page 81

  • News

    Darzi review: East Midlands opts for local focus

    2008-06-05T14:50:00Z

    NHS East Midlands has focused on localism in its regional Darzi vision.The strategic health authority said it had divided its patch into smaller areas to make sure its proposals reflect the diversity of its residents.

  • News

    Darzi review: regions promise safer and fairer services

    2008-06-05T09:00:00Z

    NHS West Midlands is to focus on prevention, quality improvement and patient involvement in a bid to tackle 'an unjustifiable variability in the safety and quality of services'.

  • Comment

    Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on customer service

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    It may not have escaped your notice that I have moved on from King's College Hospital foundation trust to a new role at University Hospitals of Leicester trust.

  • News

    Research and development network for Leicester

    2008-05-01T13:12:00Z

    A new network is being launched in Leicester to support and develop clinical research in the region.

  • News

    Leicestershire Partnership trust rapped over killer's treatment

    2008-05-01T09:00:00Z

    An independent review has criticised a mental health trust's treatment of a man who was repeatedly in contact with its services but went on to kill one neighbour and injure another.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Sexual health - protection plea

    2008-04-28T09:00:00Z

    Stuart Shepherd visits Nottingham to see how the NHS is coping with a surge in sexually transmitted infections, amid calls to keep them top priority

  • News

    Nottingham ISTC delays continue

    2008-04-24T09:00:00Z

    The opening date of England's biggest single site independent sector treatment centre is still uncertain - amid signs that the potential financial impact on local NHS bodies is causing concern.

  • News

    PCTs ignoring demands to inspect private providers

    2008-04-17T09:00:00Z

    Hardly any commissioners are carrying out full inspections of private mental health providers despite fears over poor standards, an HSJ poll has revealed.

  • News

    Ambulance team spirit

    2008-04-07T16:21:30Z

    In common with other ambulance trusts, East Midlands Ambulance Service is experiencing year-on-year increases in 999 calls, writes Chris Boyce

  • News

    Healthcare Commission to probe Mid Staffs deaths

    2008-03-20T09:00:00Z

    The Healthcare Commission has launched an investigation into apparently high mortality rates among emergency admissions at the Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.

  • Comment

    Creating a fearless ITC strategy

    2008-02-25T09:00:00Z

    Trevor Ludlam's organisation used the national programme for IT as a springboard for implementing a wide range of IT innovations. From integrated patient records to digital pens in A&E, here he explains what they did and how they did it

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Kidney disease: detection is better

    2008-02-21T09:00:00Z

    Chronic kidney disease is an underdiagnosed but increasingly common condition. Estimates suggest 4-9 per cent of adults experience the more advanced stages of the disease. The burden on the health service is growing, and 1-2 per cent of the NHS budget is now spent on dialysis alone, say David Meechan ...

  • Comment

    Trevor Ludlam on

    2008-02-08T15:27:59Z

    The National Programme for IT was established to deliver front-line systems and services that would deliver major benefits for NHS organisations, staff and patients. Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service has been steadily turning the vision of integrated information, communication and technology into a reality.Having just retired as director of Nottinghamshire Health ...

  • News

    Under-doctored areas told to share extra resources

    2008-01-31T09:00:00Z

    The 38 primary care trusts being given government money to tackle long-standing GP shortages will be expected to share the extra resources with their neighbours.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS

    2008-01-21T09:00:00Z

    Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Partnerships against heart disease

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    A collaboration between pharmaceutical firms and the NHS is forming a united front against heart disease, explains Jan Balmer

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Improving mental health procurement

    2007-12-21T09:00:00Z

    Two mental health projects in the East Midlands are improving outcomes and cutting costs through better procurement practices.

  • News

    Hunt on for missing £870m as DoH accused of hoarding cash

    2007-12-20T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health is keeping back up to £870m in NHS funding, HSJ has been told - and is suspected of hoarding the cash to pay for extra initiatives next year.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Cost-saving pilots

    2007-12-17T09:00:00Z

    Two projects in the East Midlands are not only achieving better outcomes for people with enduring mental illnesses but making significant cost savings.

  • News

    Surplus-rich PCTs anxious of cuts in new allocations

    2007-11-29T09:00:00Z

    Surplus-rich primary care trusts have expressed fears that a one-year funding allocation signals greater financial turbulence ahead.