All articles by Kaye McIntosh – Page 6
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Arousing debate
The government's plans to limit prescribing of Viagra have raised questions about the powers of the new National Institute for Clinical Excellence, writes Kaye McIntosh
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Failure to appoint chief blamed on 'low' salary
Members of one of England's smallest primary care groups are protesting that they have been unable to appoint a chief executive because the health authority is insisting on a salary of just £26,000.
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Rushed deadline for three-way merger
Hospital managers in Kent have been ordered to merge three acute trusts in less than four months.
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PCG differences 'could recreate inequalities of fundholding era'
Primary care groups risk recreating the inequalities of fundholding, researchers have warned.
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Dobson faces calls for 999 'tampering' inquiry
A government minister is calling for health secretary Frank Dobson to order an inquiry into allegations that a recording of a 999 call was tampered with.
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London region must 'work as one NHS'
London's health organisations will need to 'work as one NHS' to meet the 'challenge' of dealing with the Greater London Assembly and a directly elected mayor, managers have been told.
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Former minister calls for CJD compensation
Victims of the human form of 'mad cow' disease should be paid compensation for their suffering, a former health minister has told the BSE inquiry.
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To have and to hold
Delegates to last week's NHS Primary Care Group Alliance conference expressed their worry that plans to let individual practices keep half of any savings made under PCGs will recreate the inequalities of fundholding. Kaye McIntosh reports
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City limits
In the first of an occasional series on the development of primary care groups in the north London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey, Kaye McIntosh reports that settling the size of units in this diverse catchment area has not been easy
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Researchers warn of 'gardening leave' rise
Researchers have warned that a major government review of procedures for suspending doctors must look at the rising use of 'informal' suspensions as well as the formal disciplinary process.
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Roof delays threaten Isle of Wight services
Ministers have been attacked for delays in approving a £25m package of repairs to a 'flagship' hospital which had been hailed as an example of ground-breaking architecture.
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MPs act on 'missing link' between managersds; MPs act after evidence of 'poor communication' across the NHS
MPs are to tackle 'poor communication' between managers and frontline clinical staff in a wide-ranging inquiry into the NHS workforce.
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Winter pressure cash plea meets a cool response from Executive
The NHS Executive has responded coolly to calls for a regular cash injection to help trusts cope with steep rises in emergency cases over the winter months.
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100m a year 'wasted' on prescriptions for drug treatments 'of doubtful value'
The NHS is wasting more than 100m a year on prescriptions for drugs 'of doubtful value' to patients, according to the doctors' prescribing bible.
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Milburn finds 9m for PCG recruitment
Primary care groups have won a 9.1m cash boost to recruit board members and staff before they start running in April next year.
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Calman 'astonished' by farmers' line on CJD
The farming industry displayed an 'astonishing' attitude to the risk of 'mad cow disease' being transmitted to humans through contaminated offal, former chief medical officer Sir Kenneth Calman told the BSE inquiry this week.
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All together now
The first joint national priorities guidance has arrived, spelling out new responsibilities to health and social services. Kaye McIntosh encounters mixed feelings about the measures, with fears about the speed of it all
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Downgrading at Queen Mary's fails to produce planned savings
The controversial downgrading of a leading London acute hospital has failed to provide the multi-million pound savings expected, health authority managers have admitted.
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Review bodies told to be 'fair'
NHS pay review bodies must stand up to the government and recommend inflation-busting pay rises for doctors and nurses, unions said last week.
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Report blasts 'failure' of Health of the Nation
Ministers have received a damning report on the 'failure' of the former Conservative government's Health of the Nation programme.