Latest news – Page 1118
-
NewsNew minister 'totally committed' to Dilnot
The new care services minister, Norman Lamb, has said he is “totally committed” to finding a way to implement the cap on social care costs proposed by the Dilnot Commission.
-
NewsCommissioning board promises CCGs a lighter planning 'ask'
Clinical commissioning groups will need to report only a “minimum” set of quality, performance and finance information to the centre to support the NHS planning process, they have been told by the NHS Commissioning Board.
-
HSJ Local
Portsmouth Trust sacrifices finance to keep quality stable
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has broadly delivered on its service quality targets, at the expense of its finances, which are continuing to deteriorate.
-
-
NewsConstitution review set to promote compassion and evidence-based commissioning
A government-commissioned review is likely to recommend all new nurses and healthcare assistants are screened for their values and ability to be compassionate.
-
HSJ Local
Birmingham CCGs set to merge
STRUCTURE: Two Birmingham clinical commissioning groups have “expressed a preference” for merging.
-
HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley FT bid 'escalated' to Department of Health
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley’s bid for foundation trust status has been “escalated” for Department of Health scrutiny, after the trust’s progress along the FT pipeline was red-rated for three months in a row.
-
LeaderRobert Francis should be the next CQC chair
History is a guide for who should be Jo Williams’ successor
-
NewsSpecialised service review highlights risks to integration
An official review of specialised services has highlighted the risks in having three separate commissioners for the NHS and public health, warning of a potential threat to integration of some care pathways.
-
NewsAttitude change needed to increase organ donation
The UK’s transplant waiting list will never be significantly reduced in size unless public attitudes towards organ donation change, according to a charity.
-
NewsMiliband tells unions not to strike
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told union leaders that their members and the public did not want strikes, amid the growing prospect of industrial action against the government’s austerity measures.
-
HSJ Local
UHBristol sells land to Pieminister
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has sold four acres of land to local firm Pieminister for a seven figure sum.
-
NewsBehan: all managers should spend time at CQC
New CQC chief speaks to HSJ, urging managers to have career stint at regulator, in his first interview since replacing Cynthia Bower
-
NewsHakin: Quality premium will not come from £25 per head management allowance
Clinical commissioning groups’ “quality premium” performance bonus will be separate from - and not funded by - their £25 per head management fund, the national commissioning lead has told HSJ.
-
NewsTransition redundancies hit women hardest
A disproportionate number of women have been made redundant during the reorganisation of the NHS, latest figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
-
NewsSuicide prevention funding pledged
The government has promised to pump £1.5m into research exploring how to prevent suicides among those most at risk of taking their own lives.
-
NewsFour CSU networks to supply communications support
Four networks of commissioning support units will provide communications services to clinical commissioning groups, officials have confirmed.
-
NewsJo Williams resigns from CQC
Care Quality Commission chair Jo Williams has announced she is to step down from the regulator.
-
NewsTenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
Plans to put sexual health services out to competitive tender could make it “unviable” for some NHS trusts to continue offering HIV treatment and care, the Department of Health has warned.
-
NewsEXCLUSIVE: Behan says CQC will 'comment on quality' as cuts bite
The Care Quality Commission will not be afraid to speak up if the continued financial squeeze impacts on patient care, the regulator’s new chief executive has told HSJ.