All News articles – Page 905
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NewsPHE chief exec to be appointed by April 2012
The government says it expects to have a Public Health England chief executive in post by next April.
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NewsPublic health directors 'expected' to report directly to council chief execs, says DH
The government has confirmed that it “expects” directors of public health to be directly accountable to council chief executives when public health functions transfer to local authorities.
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NewsFour in 10 will get cancer - Macmillian
Rising cancer rates mean that more than four in 10 Britons will be diagnosed with the disease at some point in their lives, according to a study by a leading health charity.
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NewsMaternity services need radical reform - RCOG
Maternity services should be radically reformed so that women receive the best care in the right place, according to a group of leading health experts.
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NewsHSJ scoops Medical Publication of the Year Award
HSJ has been named Medical Publication of the Year at the prestigious Medical Journalists’ Association Summer Awards.
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NewsHSJ launches improved jobs site for managers
HSJ has this week launched an improved jobs site for managers and health professionals looking to develop their career in the healthcare sector.
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NewsMental health strategy needs plan, say managers
Mental health managers have demanded the Department of Health reveals how the mental health strategy would be implemented, amid warnings of growing “frustration” and government cuts hitting services.
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NewsMore NHS complaints upheld by ombudsman
Significantly more patient complaints about the NHS were upheld last year by the health service ombudsman, despite there being only a slight increase in complaints received overall.
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NewsCommissioning brain drain ‘stripping assets’
HSJ research reveals for the first time the extent of the brain drain caused in the past year by paying off primary care trust managers - half of whom were either clinicians or experts in commissioning and finance.
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NewsMinister sets out OFT's role in hospital mergers
The Office of Fair Trading will consider most foundation trust mergers under the terms of the Health Bill, it has emerged.
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NewsSir David sets out single commissioning vision
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has jump-started development of the reformed commissioning system, publishing details of his emerging national board and telling primary care trust clusters to follow a “single operating model” for the next two years.
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NewsLansley heralds change in size and role of acutes
Andrew Lansley has used an HSJ interview to signal significant changes in the size and role of acute hospitals, although he insisted there was no certainty that hospitals would close.
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NewsEaston: no quality in many savings plans
The man responsible for driving the NHS’s £20bn quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings plan has warned that some schemes being pursued under its banner have “no semblance of quality in them at all”.
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NewsPatients paying premium for surgery calls, say MPs
MPs have raised concerns that patients are facing “additional charges” to call GP surgeries, despite the practice being banned by the government.
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NewsNHS ready to investigate Brown hack claims
The NHS in Scotland is prepared to launch an investigation into how the medical records of Gordon Brown’s family were leaked to the media, according to Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon.
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NewsRise in complaints about health bodies
A parliamentary watchdog investigated double the number of complaints about government departments in the past year than in the previous 12 months, a report has said.
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NewsCameron accused of breaking NHS cash promise
The prime minister’s “personal promise” to give the NHS a real rise in funding “is being broken”, shadow health secretary John Healey has claimed.
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NewsNHS medical director: technology like international consultations will transform service
The NHS should increase the use of technology to transform services - for example through patients accessing primary diagnostic services from overseas over the internet, the NHS medical director has said. Technology should also reduce costs, he said.
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NewsLung cancer survival differences revealed
Research suggests that lung cancer survival rates depend on a patient’s address, a study reveals today.
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NewsLabour attacks public services reform plan
The government’s long-awaited blueprint for public service reform has been dismissed by Labour as containing “few new ideas and even fewer new proposals”.