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Protect equity says RCN chief
The patient choice programme must not be promoted at the expense of equity, Peter Carter, the Royal College of Nursing's new general secretary, has warned.
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Air ambulance charities hope for NHS cash
Air ambulance charities believe the NHS is ready to recognise the role they could play in improving emergency care - and that funding for improved services could be on the cards.
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Safety probe at 999 trust
Staffordshire Ambulance Service trust has landed in controversy again with an investigation launched into possible patient safety breaches.
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Alarm as diabetes jobs are slashed
More than a quarter of specialist diabetes nurses say trusts have cut posts and some nurses been made redundant, according to a survey.
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PCT triage plans spark opposition
A debt-ridden primary care trust has met fierce opposition from its local hospital over proposals to have accident and emergency arrivals triaged by primary care staff.
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NHS Confederation consults on private sector membership
Private providers, not-for-profit health companies, and voluntary organisations could become full members of the NHS Confederation, if existing members support new proposals to bring the independent sector on board.
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How to be top
What is the secret of healthcheck ratings success? Loyal staff and paying close attention to what the public expects are key ingredients, hears Lynne Greenwood, as she talks to the two acute trusts with gold-standard ratings
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Operating framework: concerns over missed targets
The operating framework 2007-08 identifies some concerns about NHS targets - in particular, missed mental health targets and risks around the 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
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Operating framework: PCTs to assess services
All primary care trusts will have to conduct a service review programme next year to examine the services they commission.
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NHS and politics inseparable, says PM adviser
An NHS independent of politics and politicians is 'a chimera' and risks undermining its tax-funded base, Professor Paul Corrigan, health adviser to the prime minister, told a King's Fund debate last week.
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60 acute and mental health trusts 'won't make foundations'
About 60 acute and mental health trusts will not reach foundation status by December 2008 and are likely to be closed, taken over or reconfigured, a senior Department of Health official has predicted.
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'Sliding scale' for misconduct burden of proof
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson looks set to modify controversial proposals to reduce the burden of proof in cases of medical misconduct and instead introduce a 'sliding scale' based on the seriousness of allegations.
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Media Watch
The Department of Health is the second worst-performing government department, The Times told its readers at the weekend. It reported that the review by business leaders and public sector chiefs commissioned by cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell was damning about the DoH's 'lack of direction'.
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Media Watch
'The Daily Express claimed nurses were 'close to working to rule', saying: 'The move comes after nurses in England were denied the full 2.5 per cent pay rise given to colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for doing exactly the same work''
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Bupa pulls out of South East diagnostics deal
Bupa has pulled out of a contract with the Department of Health to provide NHS diagnostic services across the South East, HSJ has learned.
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MPs launch contract cleaning probe
A cross-party parliamentary group is launching an inquiry into healthcare-acquired infections.
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Cheeky petition pre-empts Hewitt's webchat
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt's live 'webchat' on the 10 Downing Street website will provide an opportunity for the government to demonstrate putting the average voter at the heart of policy debate.
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Scottish helpline implicated in two deaths
The future of NHS 24, Scotland's troubled nurse-led helpline, again looked in doubt last week after a judge concluded it was implicated in the deaths of two patients.
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News analysis: Signs of the times - will people power deliver accountability?
Anobligation on PCTs to respond to community views - and protests - about NHS services is one of the most significant aspects of the new commissioning framework. But how might this work in practice? Daloni Carlisle petitions stakeholders for their views
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Local government white paper: Confed urges caution over restructuring
Any changes to local authority boundaries under the local government white paper should be considered very carefully, the NHS Confederation has warned.