All articles by Ingrid Torjesen – Page 2
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SupplementsInnovation through technology - an HSJ supplement
The efficiency challenge means NHS organisations are having to find new ways of working. One area ripe for innovation is technology, and this valuable HSJ supplement looks at how trusts can utilise innovation in technology to full effect.
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SupplementsHarnessing pharmacy to help deliver QIPP - an HSJ supplement
HSJ, in association with Lloyds Pharmacy, convened a roundtable discussion on how hospital pharmacy can cut costs and improve care through extended services, partnerships with the community and private sectors - and using robot assistants. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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SupplementsManaging the new NHS - an HSJ supplement
This bumper HSJ supplement looks at the myriad of areas where organisations will need a firm handle, to manage the transition to a new, post-reform NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health trusts are the perfect partner for PCT provider arms
Mental health trusts proved a popular choice as PCTs transferred their provider arms. Ingrid Torjesen reports.
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NewsLittle potential for drugs waste
Primary care trusts have been warned relatively little savings can be made by cutting medicines waste.
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NewsGP incentive framework fails to slow admissions
The £1bn quality and outcomes framework has failed to halt the rise in hospital admissions of people with long term conditions and needs to be overhauled, a think tank has claimed.
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NewsNHS cancer spending queried by National Audit Office
Huge variability in regional cancer spending suggests worrying inefficiency, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NewsLancashire PCTs to review funding for 70 procedures
PCTs in Lancashire have become the latest to consider restricting NHS funding of a range of procedures to save money.
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NewsNorth Tees staff offered voluntary redundancy
North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust is looking for staff to volunteer for redundancy to help it make £5m in savings.
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NewsNHS Surrey stops funding for IVF and tattoo removal
IVF treatment for women under 39, cosmetic procedures and other low priority interventions will no longer be funded in Surrey.
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HSJ KnowledgeTurnaround: how transparency and openness helped rebuild one organisation
The new chief executive of a US medical centre which was on the verge of bankruptcy introduced unprecedented levels of transparency to rebuild trust, writes Ingrid Torjesen.
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsNHS Confederation calls for strong local leadership
The government’s plans to abolish PCTs is likely to set in motion a talent drain from the organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsGPs refuse to be Lansley's 'whipping boys'
GPs will refuse to become the “whipping boys” of the health secretary or independent board, a GP leader has warned.
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NewsAll new blood makes up health committee
The Commons health select committee is to be entirely made up of MPs who have not served on it before - although several of them have a background in health or health related fields.
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NewsGovernment warned reform plans will 'turn NHS upside down'
PCTs are to be abolished from 2013 and SHAs in 2012-13 under the government’s ambitious plans to transfer commissioning powers to GPs.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve quality of diagnosis
Little research exists into issues around GPs and acute clinicians getting diagnoses wrong. Ingrid Torjesen asks what the NHS is doing about this crucial quality issue
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HSJ KnowledgeThe hard facts on falls prevention
Older people attending A&E after a fall are not all routinely screened for risk of future fractures. What should be looked for, and why? Ingrid Torjesen reports
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS marketing: a new future
Primed with resilient data and analysis, intelligent marketing has the potential to make a big difference, easing the burden on NHS services and driving positive patient experiences. Ingrid Torjesen explains
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HSJ KnowledgeThe provider-commissioner split: getting it right
A new King’s Fund report warns the chance to improve services could be missed if PCTs do not prepare for shedding their provider role. Ingrid Torjesen explains