All News articles – Page 605
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NewsHSJ Live 02.04.2015: Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers
Lawyers say Ed Miliband’s proposal to cap the profits of private sector providers could come up against EU legislation, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: NHS England labelled 'dysfunctional' over drug policy delay
NHS England has been accused of misleading government ministers and labelled a ‘dysfunctional organisation’ over delays in drawing up a prescribing policy for drugs to treat rare diseases.
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NewsExclusive: 26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach
Twenty-six hospital trusts are responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsNHS bodies urged to bid for slice of multibillion EU fund
NHS organisations are being strongly encouraged to bid for funding from an EU pot worth £4.4bn to be spent in the UK over the next seven years.
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NewsHSJ Live 01.04.2015: NHS England labelled 'dysfunctional' over drug policy delay
NHS England has been accused of misleading government ministers and labelled a ‘dysfunctional organisation’ over delays in drawing up a prescribing policy for drugs to treat rare diseases, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: Pay NHS directors £1m bonuses, says Rose
Performance bonuses for NHS board directors, which could be worth up to £1m, are the flagship recommendation of the report prepared for the government by former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose.
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NewsHSJ Live 31.03.2015: Debunking NHS management myths
Andy Cowper debunks NHS management myths as part of our Respect for Managers campaign, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNHS England speeds up emergency care transformation plan
NHS England will accelerate planned changes to urgent and emergency care services because of poor performance across the sector.
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NewsJeremy Hunt: NHS funding will be settled in the summer
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has indicated the Conservatives would meet the NHS’s funding requirements, but declined to specifically say they would increase spending by the £8bn sum identified by national officials.
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NewsRevealed: Details of primary care control shift
The clinical commissioning groups taking on full control of GP services in their area this week will be responsible for performance managing poor practices and approving practice mergers, according to documents seen by HSJ.
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NewsNHS England to cut primary care support jobs
NHS England plans to cut jobs and close offices in its primary care support services just weeks before it plans to announce the winning bidder of a £1bn contract to take over the function.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.03.2015: Challenge Top-down Change guide published
Jeremy Hunt indicates a future Conservative government would meet the £8bn called for by the NHS Five Year Forward View, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsConservatives 'would meet NHS £8bn funding requirement'
The health secretary has suggested a future Conservative government would meet the NHS’s £8bn spending requirement for the next Parliament.
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NewsCQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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NewsEd Miliband pledges cap on profits of independent providers in NHS
Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour led government would impose a profit cap on private providers of NHS ‘clinical services’. He made the announcement at a speech to launch the party’s general election campaign in east London today.
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NewsCreate patient safety body straight after election, say MPs
An independent national patient safety organisation to investigate clinical incidents in the NHS should be created immediately after the election, a committee of MPs has said.
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NewsCQC drops risk ratings from GP monitoring
The Care Quality Commission will no longer be risk rating GP practices as part of its intelligent monitoring process.
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NewsFull HCA registration 'inevitable', says care review author
New training standards for healthcare assistants should be made mandatory as part of a journey towards ‘inevitable’ full registration of the care workforce, the author of the Cavendish review has said.
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NewsLeading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.
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NewsA&E pharmacists pilot gets national rollout
More than 50 pilot sites will take part in a national trial of clinical pharmacists in accident and emergency departments.