All News articles – Page 706
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NewsCCGs lobby for access to safety incidents data
Clinical commissioning groups in the North of England are lobbying for direct access to information submitted by their providers to the national database of patient safety incidents, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital sector on the way to centralising AAA surgery
England’s hospital sector will have largely completed a reconfiguration of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms by April, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
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NewsHSJ Live 27.11.2013: Hunt addresses chief nursing officer's summit
Proposals to make it easier to dismiss NHS executives, why the NHS needs more more middle managers, plans for winter additional winter capacity, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsA&Es to get extra beds this winter
The government’s additional £250m funding for accident and emergency this winter will be spent on more than 2,000 extra beds and extra staff, Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsDoctors 'sceptical about inquiries'
Four out of 10 doctors do not think inquiries into NHS failings - such as at Mid Staffs - will have a positive impact on the way their hospital works, according to a survey.
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NewsOrgan donors 'must state intention'
Only half of people who would like to be organ donors have expressed their wishes to the families, a poll suggests.
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NewsRCS calls for urgent Welsh hospitals probe
The Royal College of Surgeons has called for an urgent review of all hospitals in Wales amid “public anxiety” over standards of NHS care.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.11.2013 Colchester cancer services review to be published next month
Review looking into CQC findings on mismanagement of cancer patients’ records
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NewsNHS to create 'world's largest safety programme'
The largest single patient safety improvement programme in the world will be created by NHS England in response to the Francis report, the director overseeing it has explained.
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NewsNHS England reviews 'friends and family'
NHS England is reviewing the future use of the controversial “friends and family test”, while alternative patient experience measures have been adopted for two important performance frameworks.
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NewsOFT chief rejects need for law change on NHS merger controls
The chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading has admitted there is scope for “significant improvement” in the way the competition authorities that have taken over NHS merger controls engage with hospital trusts.
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NewsThousands of nurses exit the profession
The number of nurses actively choosing to leave their profession has jumped just over a quarter since the coalition government came into power, it has emerged.
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NewsGrant to hospital favoured by Queen
A private hospital favoured by the royal family is to expand its facilities after receiving a grant worth up to £30m.
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NewsAction call on mental health 'mortality gap'
NHS services need to adapt so they can address both physical and mental health issues - and not deal with them separately, an expert has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 25.11.13: Thousands of nurses leaving the profession
HSJ launches BME Pioneers week, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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NewsHSJ celebrates BME Pioneers working in the NHS
All this week HSJ will be looking at what can be done to create a more diverse mix at the top of NHS leadership
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NewsUPDATED: Hunt demands explanations from A&E underperformers
The health secretary has this afternoon called the leaders of five hospital trusts that have failed to hit accident and emergency waiting times targets, HSJ has learned.
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News£150m funding for A&Es to ease winter pressures
NHS England today confirmed £150m will be taken from its expected surplus to ease winter pressures on more accident and emergency departments this year.
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NewsScrapping formula could raise billions for social care
More than £4bn could be raised to pay for adult social care in England by scrapping an outdated funding formula, the Local Government Association has said.