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Report on migrant workers published
The Audit Commission has published a report to help local authorities and their partners manage changes brought about by migrant workers moving to an area. Partners such as health services will need to gain a better understanding of what is happening locally and develop appropriate strategies and services, it says.Download ...
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New model contract threatens survival, foundations warn
Commissioners will not have to pay for any type of hospital treatment they have not authorised, or for activity which exceeds agreed limits, under the new model contract.
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PbR to become 'payment for performance' in NHS North West
Payment by results is set to become payment for performance in the North West of England, under a US model that rewards hospitals for the quality of their care.
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C difficile cases up 5pc on last year, says HPA
Cases of the infection Clostridium difficile have risen by over 5 per cent in the past year, according to figures published this week by the Health Protection Agency.
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PCTs fail to reach halfway point on choose and book
No strategic health authority is on track to hit the government target to make 90 per cent of outpatient bookings through choose and book by the end of March.
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Select committee challenges Hunt over planning 'mess'
The workforce woes plaguing many trusts are 'one-off issues' that will fade next year, health minister Lord Hunt has insisted.
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Managers left 'to flounder'
A catalogue of failures including appalling planning, rows, and lukewarm support from the Department of Health led to the collapse of London's Paddington health campus scheme, according to a Commons public accounts committee report.
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RCN: nurses 'ready to talk'
Nurses are being held back in the boardroom by insufficient skills and the attitudes of senior managers, the Royal College of Nursing has claimed.
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In or out: contractors braced for a domestic over cleaning
Andy Burnham is expected to tell the prime minister that hospital cleaners should be part of the 'NHS family', but the companies providing services complain that poor trust management and contracting are to blame for low standards. Alison Moore digs the dirt
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Insurance windfall for NHS
The NHS will be able to claim the insurance costs of victims of injuries in the workplace, as well as road traffic accidents, from next year.
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PCT could slash 90 per cent of staff
A troubleshooter chief executive plans to strip an ailing primary care trust down to its core functions and reduce the number of staff from 300 to 30.
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Hewitt to take part in live web chat
Next week you will be able to quiz the health secretary about the future of the NHS in a live webchat on the Number 10 website.It will take place on Thursday 8 February from 10.45am and last for an hour. The webchat is the first in a series addressing the ...
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Voluntary organisations to share £23.9m pot
Around 700 voluntary and community sector organisations will share a £23.9m pot of government grants, according to care services minister Ivan Lewis.The Department of Health's section 64 scheme will give an average of £44,000 to fund 132 new grants and 256 continuing grants. The Opportunities for Volunteering scheme will have ...
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New chair of NHS Litigation Authority
Professor Dame Joan Higgins has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Litigation Authority.Dame Joan is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at the University of Manchester and outgoing chair of the Christie Hospital Trust. She is also chair of the patient information advisory group at the Department of ...
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Monitor authorises four new foundation trusts
Four more trusts have been given foundation status by Monitor, taking the total to 58.The newly authorised trusts are: Birmingham Children's Hospital; Country Durham and Darlington Acute hospitals; The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital; and Sherwood Forest Hospitals.Monitor chair Bill Moyes said: 'These authorisations continue the progress towards establishing the majority of ...
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5 per cent rise in C difficile cases
Cases of the infection Clostridium difficilehave risen by over 5 per cent in the past year, according to figures published by the Health Protection Agency.The figures show 42,625 cases of C difficilefor the first three-quarters of 2006, showing ...
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Unions: NHS chaplaincy services being slashed
Amicus and the College of Health Care Chaplains have claimed the NHS chaplaincy service is under attack after compiling a list of areas where services have been cut.The organisations claim chaplains are seen as soft targets for cost cutting.
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Ethnicity and health
This document reviews the evidence on ethnic health inequalities, the causes and policy options. It is a useful document for parliamentarians working on the policy options for tackling ethnic inequalities in health.
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Police called in to tackle Belfast hospital attacks
Uniformed police officers will be stationed in a Belfast hospital accident and emergency department as part of a zero tolerance approach to attacks on health staff by the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.Two officers will be in the City Hospital on Thursday, Friday and Saturday ...
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Defend general practice, say BMA
The BMA has written to over 42,000 GPs urging them to stand together to defend general practice.In the letter BMA GP committee chair Dr Hamish Meldrum said the profession was under threat from local deficits, encroachment from the private sector and political criticism of doctors.