All News articles – Page 942
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NewsAlcohol and drug care 'saves money'
Every pound spent on helping teenagers cope with drug and alcohol problems saves the taxpayer up to £8 over a lifetime, economists have said.
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NewsReforms 'may not give GPs freedom'
The government’s pledge to give GPs freedom over buying services for patients could be a hollow promise, according to doctors’ leaders.
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News1,000 trust jobs at risk, chief executive admits
Up to 1,000 jobs could go at the Pennine Acute Trust to meet budget savings, its chief executive has warned.
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NewsNew chair designate for super-cluster appointed
A chair designate has been appointed for one of the largest primary care trust clusters in the country.
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NewsHospitals 'must adapt to survive'
Hospitals may need to turn to private sector takeovers, mergers and more community-based care to ensure they survive the NHS reforms, the head of the health service has claimed.
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NewsStroke care on the NHS 'unequal'
Stroke patients are facing unequal care on the NHS, with older people less likely to receive a brain scan and white people less likely to be admitted to specialist units than black people, researchers say.
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NewsAnti-smoking strategy unveiled
New plans to drastically reduce smoking levels in Wales have been announced.
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NewsMedical errors to cost hospitals payment
The government has confirmed its plan not to pay hospitals if patients are harmed or killed as a result of blunders.
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NewsHealey asks Lansley for clarity on price competition
Shadow health secretary John Healey has written to Andrew Lansley asking for clarity on price competition.
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NewsBetter data sharing 'could boost social-care prevention'
Councils and the NHS should be sharing data more effectively to better predict which residents are most likely to need “intensive social care”, according to health think-tank the Nuffield Trust.
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NewsAlcohol causes 7 per cent of hospital admissions
More than 7 per cent of hospital admissions in 2009-10 were caused by alcohol, according to data analysis by Dr Foster Intelligence for HSJ.
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NewsLoss of 80,000 care beds will intensify bed-blocking
Council spending cuts are predicted to result in the loss of 81,000 care home beds across the UK over the next 10 years, intensifying NHS bed-blocking problems, BUPA has warned.
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NewsNursing needs more leadership, investigation finds
Significant gaps in nursing leadership have been exposed in assessments carried out by trusts following the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal.
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NewsPublic health directors warned of cool welcome
Not all public health directors and their teams will be welcomed by local authorities, the Local Government Association has warned.
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NewsScrutiny of problem GPs raises concerns
A vital gap in the governance of GPs could open once primary care trusts are abolished, the head of the National Clinical Assessment Service has warned.
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Compensation danger over LIFT contract transfers
The impending abolition of primary care trusts has made the NHS vulnerable to claims totalling in the “high hundreds of millions” from companies that hold local improvement finance trust contracts.
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NewsCommissioners flouting patient choice rules
NHS commissioners have been routinely depriving patients of their entitlement to choice of hospital for several years and may be in breach of competition rules, regulators have found.
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NewsMonitor chair warns against 'inappropriate influence' on pensions
Newly appointed Monitor chair David Bennett has warned politicians against imposing “inappropriate influence” in debates over whether NHS pensions are blocking competition.
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NewsNHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
NHS Direct has renewed its ambition to become a foundation trust and is pinning its future viability on becoming a “major provider” of the NHS 111 urgent care service.
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NewsCQC demands urgent improvements Plymouth Hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has demanded immediate improvements at Plymouth Hospitals Trust.