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NewsCollege president warns against clustering in mental health
Parts of the mental health service could be destabilised by the ‘cluster’ payment system proposed for the sector, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Acute trusts told to abandon 'fortress' mentality
Hospitals that blinker themselves to the potential of working with mental health providers will usher in their ‘own financial demise’, the NHS England official overseeing the service has warned
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NewsHSJ Live 20.10.2014: Simon Stevens at public accounts committee
NHS England chief executive to give evidence on healthcare funding before Commons committee, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex CCG puts community contract out to tender
COMMERCIAL: High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning has put its community services out to tender after serving notice on its part of a block contract.
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HSJ LocalPatient groups welcome mental health chief’s departure from review panel
PERFORMANCE: Charities and patient groups have welcomed a mental health trust boss’s decision to withdraw from an expert panel examining patient centred care, arguing she was an inappropriate choice for the role.
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HSJ LocalLiverpool reconfiguration plans unveiled
Cancer surgery in Merseyside could be relocated to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, under ambitious proposals being developed to reshape the city’s health services
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NewsCQC will 'learn by doing' fit and proper person checks
The watchdog will have to adopt a ‘learn by doing’ approach when enforcing the fit and proper test of healthcare leaders, its chief executive has admitted
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News'Brave' new patient safety drive launched
England’s new patient safety drive to halve avoidable harm will not follow the usual “paternal” NHS approach to driving improvements, the director of the Sign up Safety campaign has said
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NewsMedical contract negotiations collapse
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers suddenly collapsed last night
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NewsHSJ Live 17.10.2014: Medical contract negotiations collapse
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers have suddenly collapsed, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service to stay on as out-of-hours provider
COMMERCIAL: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is to continue to provide out-of-hours services in Gloucestershire after winning a fresh contract, it has announced.
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NewsCQC: System needs to improve 'patchy' response to poor care
Commissioners and regulators need to improve their ‘patchy’ record of supporting struggling providers, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsTrusts must release 'best clinical experts' for CQC inspections
The chief inspector of hospitals has urged trusts to encourage their top clinicians to lead CQC inspections
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HSJ LocalEast Lancashire appoints new directors
WORKFORCE: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has appointed two new directors
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NewsGP appointments 'crisis' criticised
Booking a GP appointment is just as difficult as snaring sought after concert tickets, MPs were told, as Labour warned the NHS is at “breaking point”.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.10.2014: CQC publishes state of care report
State of care report finds “unacceptable” variation in safety and quality, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Government set to release more A&E rescue funding
The health service is set to receive a further multimillion pound government bailout aimed at avoiding a politically embarrassing failure of the accident and emergency waiting target during winter
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NewsTop Right team successfully scales Kilimanjaro
A team from HSJ’s parent company Top Right Group has successfully scaled Kilimanjaro for the Great Ormond Street Hospital children’s charity - and have raised almost £50,000 in the process
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NewsUpdated: High profile panel calls for London health commissioner
A health commissioner post should be created in London to coordinate the work of councils, clinical commissioning groups and Public Health England, a panel of health experts headed by former health minister Lord Darzi has suggested.
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NewsExclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.