All News articles – Page 902
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NewsLiver transplant patients could hit 4,000 by 2020
More than 4,000 people in England may need a liver transplant by 2020 because of hepatitis C, experts have warned.
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NewsCommissioners 'excessively constraining' patient choice
Commissioners are restricting patient choice and choking competition in routine elective care, the Cooperation and Competition Panel has found.
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Foundations reap income from transferred services
Foundation trusts have taken on community services with an annual income value estimated at £2.4bn for 2011-12, Monitor figures released to HSJ reveal.
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NewsAcutes target community assets worth almost £3bn
Acute trusts – many of them financially troubled – are set to inherit community service assets worth £2.7bn, creating the possibility property will be offloaded to hit short term savings targets, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLansley's delay to reconfiguration 'risks patient safety'
A London acute trust chair has said “specious” delays to a reconfiguration have increased risks to patient safety.
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NewsMental health patient suicides halve in volume
Suicide among NHS inpatients in England with mental health problems has more than halved in 11 years, figures show.
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NewsEquality initiative thwarted by 'continued discrimination'
The NHS is denying opportunities to non-white managers despite the millions of pounds that have been spent as part of a programme to tackle under-representation in senior posts, according to the scheme’s lead and members.
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NewsApplication of liberty safeguards 'inconsistent'
Legislation designed to safeguard people deemed incapable of making decisions is being applied inconsistently across England, figures suggest.
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NewsDH to create two temporary arm's length bodies
The government plans to set up two temporary special health authorities in the autumn to “support a smooth and safe transition” to the new NHS landscape.
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NewsCCP calls in London mega-merger for scrutiny
The Co-operation and Competition Panel today called in the merger of Barts and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals for further scrutiny.
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NewsManager impact on clinical outcomes to be measured
The NHS Confederation and the King’s Fund are developing indicators to measure the difference managers make to clinical outcomes, amid growing criticism of health secretary Andrew Lansley’s demand for cuts in health service “administration”.
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NewsCancer tsar calls for radiotherapy investment
Investment is needed in new radiotherapy technology but both commissioners and the public need to be convinced of the benefits, according to the cancer tsar.
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NewsSavings plans' impact on quality worries managers
More than half of senior NHS managers fear savings plans will have a negative impact on quality, an HSJ survey has found.
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NewsPoor reporting on quality 'letting down' NHS - Sir Bruce
Dozens of hospitals, most of them run by the independent sector, have been criticised by the NHS medical director after failing to report information against a key quality priority.
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NewsTrust cleared by judge to stop patient's life support
The High Court has given a health trust permission to lawfully withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a woman in a permanent vegetative state.
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NewsHeart check target surpassed
The target for heart check-ups in Scotland last year was smashed as the NHS screened 75 per cent more people than expected.
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NewsThe conditions that boost the independent sector
Since it’s inception in 1948, the NHS has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on healthcare provision in the UK, writes BDO adviser Rupert Dunbar-Rees.
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NewsPrivate hospital spend varies widely, study shows
Significant variations exist in the proportion of work primary care trusts commission from independent sector providers, a study shared with HSJ reveals.
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NewsMinisters call for overhaul on European doctor regulation
A group of MPs has renewed calls for the government and medical regulators to speed up efforts to resolve potential problems posed by doctors and nurses who qualify elsewhere in Europe and earn the right to work in the UK without having their language or medical skills tested.
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NewsFuture of health service 'under threat' from reform - Boyle
The government’s former heart tsar has again warned that the “best public service in the world” faces an “horrific” threat in the shape of the NHS reforms.