All articles by Helen Crump – Page 10
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Top-up status quo not an option - Mike Richards
National clinical director for cancer Mike Richards has hinted that his review of top-up payments will result in a definite policy shift.
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Accountancy firms win PCT board roles
Three of the 'big four' accountancy firms have been selected to improve primary care trust boards' skills.KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young are all leading consortiums that have made successful bids to be on the Department of Health's new PCT board development framework.
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Top-up payment review highlights NHS bodies' worries
Responses to the review of co-payments have revealed the extent of uncertainty about the way forward for the NHS on top-ups.
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Top-ups: experts divided over health's thorniest issue
Should patients be allowed to top up their care by paying privately for drugs? The question has confounded experts and now the government has an unenviable task in making a final decision. Helen Crump reports
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Surrey is first to agree its integrated care proposals
The first primary care trust to unveil its plans for an integrated care pilot has warned that commissioners will have to overcome existing 'anomalies' to make the initiative work.
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Hospitals hold back choose and book slots
A senior Department of Health official has criticised 'significant numbers' of hospital trusts for holding appointments back from the choose and book system.
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Probe calls for tariff for fertility services
A Department of Health group probing inequalities in IVF provision is demanding a national tariff for fertility services.
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PCTs fight for local decision making on controversial drugs
Primary care trusts must retain their right to decide whether patients receive controversial drugs in exceptional circumstances, PCT leaders have warned.
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Guilty by emission as carbon cuts loom large
The NHS emits a million tonnes of carbon a year, but it must cut this figure drastically. Helen Crump asks whether trusts are giving this issue the priority it requires and highlights some innovative ideas.
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PCT 'dragons' hunt fresh ideas
Primary care trusts are attempting to spice up public health and recruitment initiatives by copying popular TV programmes.
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Top-up review risks compromising NHS credibility
The government's review of the ban on 'top-up' payments for non-NHS treatments risks compromising the credibility of the NHS, public health chiefs are warning.
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Campaigners urge Johnson to legislate against obesity
Public health bodies are urging the government to back up its rhetoric on obesity with legislation.
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Patients report striking variation in choice
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patient experiences of primary care between different PCT areas.
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People with learning disabilities let down by trusts
People with learning disabilities are facing unnecessary suffering and even death because existing laws and guidance are not being followed by trusts.
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Abolition of consultant and GP contracts is a 'logical' move
Abolishing consultant and GP contracts will be the 'logical conclusion' of successful integrated care organisations, NHS director general for commissioning Mark Britnell has claimed.
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NICE calls for quicker access to specialist stroke treatment
Commissioners and providers should ensure all patients with a suspected stroke are admitted as quickly as possible to an acute stroke unit.
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Bradshaw to bring in firms to boost GP commissioning
Private companies are to help practice based commissioning consortiums put together business cases that primary care trusts can understand.
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£300m fund to tackle end of life care skills shortage
The Department of Health has unveiled nearly £300m of funding for end of life care and told strategic health authorities to resolve significant skills shortages among staff working in the sector.
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Chief medical officer's annual report confronts surgical safety
Survival rates 30 days after surgery should be analysed and made public, the chief medical officer has demanded.
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Data shortfalls hinder world class commissioning efforts
Primary care trust managers have warned that poor data is preventing them making progress on world class commissioning.PCTs told HSJ they felt they had no choice but to commission outside firms for 'social marketing' research on the health needs of their local population. Others said they thought data on services ...