Maura Thompson
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NHS 'will forgo public support' if service fails in bid to improve
Published: 17/01/2002, Volume II2, No. 5778 Page 6 7
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The generation aim
Time is not on the NHS's side, admits health secretary Alan Milburn.But he is determined that he will not let go of the reigns until he has won the argument for its survival, he tells Maura Thompson
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CHI highlights star-rating disparity
Stark contradictions between the new star-ratings measure of a trust's performance and the Commission for Health Improvement's evaluation were highlighted last week with the report of a favourable clinical governance review of no-star Ashford and St Peter's Hospital trust.
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An inspector calls
NEWS FOCUS: How will the Modernisation Agency approach the problem of helping no-star trusts achieve change? Maura Thompson reports
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Paying the list price
NEWS FOCUS: A clinical governance review report highlighted a catalogue of serious flaws in the management of Epsom and St Helier trust and, as Maura Thompson reports, someone had to be held accountable
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From our own correspondents
A health service on the road to modernisation? That wasn't the experience of HSJ's Maura Thompson (left) or Lesley Hallett (below)
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Addition to traffic lights in bid to spare high-profile blushes
The Department of Health has decided to introduce an extra category in the traffic-lighting system as speculation mounts about how it can avoid high-profile managers being associated with trusts that are seen to be failing.
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Strategic health authorities will intervene 'on big things'
conference focus : The new strategic health authorities will not be HAs at all, delegates were told.In fact, PCTs will take over the traditional HA function.
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Take a second look
NEWS FOCUS: It is easy to dismiss Labour's manifesto pledges on health as all too familiar. But beware - they contain more than meets the eye, says Maura Thompson
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Root cause
The new boss at the Modernisation Agency has pleased staff by reassuring them that he will not relocate to London - for personal and professional reasons he wants to stay near his roots. Maura Thompson reports
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Think-tank calls for hefty bonuses to keep leaders
The public sector must do much more to attract high-calibre leaders and consider paying hefty bonuses to the best-performing managers, according to the Cabinet Office's performance and innovation unit.