All Health Bill 2011 articles – Page 4
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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NewsHealth department 'inventing rules'
There is real concern that NHS organisations will go bankrupt under the new arrangements being brought in by the government’s health reforms but ministers have failed to make clear what they will do if it happens, a parliamentary report has warned.
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NewsHunt: reforms will cost up to £1.6bn
Union leaders have criticised the government after it emerged that the controversial NHS reforms are to cost £300m more than previously thought.
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LeaderEaston’s move stokes debate on private sector’s value to NHS
Should Jim Easton be censured for taking a job at Care UK?
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NewsDH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
Commissioners will only be able to force Monitor to reconsider its approach to price setting for an NHS service if more than half of them object, under latest Department of Health proposals.
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NewsHealth service in 'distress' after reforms
Government reforms have left the NHS in “distress”, GP leaders have said.
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NewsBurnham vows to repeal Health Act
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has promised to repeal the controversial Health Act should Labour win the next election, scheduled for 2015.
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NewsSerco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
The managing director of outsourcing giant Serco’s health business has cast doubt on “bullish” forecasts of a rapid expansion of private sector provision of NHS community services.
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NewsDH abandons plan to stop 'cherry picking' through tariff change
The Department of Health has abandoned plans to prevent the “cherry picking” of straightforward patients and cases by independent sector providers by making further changes to the payment by results tariff, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS cuts 'hitting training quality'
Financial pressures on NHS organisations are taking their toll on the training of new doctors, a leading junior doctor has said.
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NewsNew Monitor board structure unveiled
Foundation trust regulator Monitor has announced a restructure of its executive team in preparation for its new responsibilities as a regulator for the entire healthcare sector.
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NewsExclusive: Government faces Lib-Lab challenge over Health Act regulations
The government is facing a joint Labour-Liberal Democrat challenge to Health Act regulations which impose restrictions on the membership of clinical commissioning group governing bodies.
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NewsCommissioning board to 'lift and shift' staff
The NHS Commissioning Board is likely to delay some management cuts until 2013-14 and take on interim staff under emergency measures sparked by delays in the transition to new NHS structures.
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NewsToo many 'risk pools' could force organisations into failure, Nicholson warns
The decentralising of financial control under the NHS reforms poses a risk that agencies could hold too much funding back from frontline care and force organisations “into failure”, Sir David Nicholson has warned.
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NewsNew minister admits government 'screwed up' on NHS reform
A newly-promoted health minister has admitted the government “screwed up” its handling of its controversial NHS reforms.
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NewsTenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
Plans to put sexual health services out to competitive tender could make it “unviable” for some NHS trusts to continue offering HIV treatment and care, the Department of Health has warned.
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CommentFixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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CommentNew secretary of state faces a bulging in-tray
Mike Birtwistle on why Hunt will be unable to keep health out of the news
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NewsConcern about service change delay as Hunt replaces Lansley
Andrew Lansley has been sacked as health secretary and replaced by Jeremy Hunt, sparking concern about delays to critical NHS service change plans.