News – Page 639
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NewsTougher penalties under new NHS contract
Penalties for breaching referral to treatment targets have been toughened up to try to bring down waiting lists, in the final standard contract issued by NHS England, but sanctions for accident and emergency and elective treatment breaches have been reduced.
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NewsKing's Fund disputes Labour plan to exempt NHS from EU rules
Labour’s election proposal to make the NHS exempt from European Union procurement law cannot be implemented unless a future government curbs the independence of foundation trusts, the King’s Fund has said.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.03.15: Budget reaction
Coverage of the budget announcements, plus today’s news and comment.
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NewsBarts placed in special measures after hospital rated 'inadequate'
Barts Health Trust, the largest NHS trust in the country, is to be placed in special measures after a damning Care Quality Commission inspection report rated Whipps Cross University Hospital ‘inadequate’.
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NewsPharma giant strikes deal to save breast cancer drug funding
The Swiss drug giant Novartis has struck a deal with NHS England to prevent one of its breast cancer treatments being axed from the cancer drugs fund.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England drug delay led to ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths
A two year delay in NHS England drawing up a prescribing policy for a licensed drug has led to at least two ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths and more than 30 adults and children left at significant risk, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.03.2015: Barts to be placed in special measures
Barts will be placed in special measures after critical CQC report, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsKirkup clinical lead standards would be ‘struggle’ to implement
A recommendation by the Kirkup inquiry that national standards should be drawn up for all clinical leads would be “a struggle” to make work in practice, leading regulatory lawyers have said
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NewsLib Dems pledge extra £250m a year for children's mental health
Nick Clegg has told the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference the government will spend an extra £250m a year for five years on child and adolescent mental health services.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.03.2016: Lib Dems pledge extra £250m a year for child mental health
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told his party’s spring conference the government will spend an extra £250m a year for five years on child and adolescent mental health services, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsHSJ Live 13.03.2015: Chair of Barts Health Trust resigns
Sir Stephen O’Brien resigns as chairman of Barts Health, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsSpecialised service transfer reconsidered due to incorrect data
A decision to recommend that renal dialysis services should be devolved to clinical commissioning groups is to be reconsidered because incorrect patient population data was used by NHS England, it has emerged.
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NewsCancer drugs spared funding axe following appeals
Three drugs that NHS England said would be axed from the cancer drugs fund will remain available at least temporarily, following a series of appeals by drug companies.
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NewsMajor general practice software suppliers agree to share patient data
England’s two biggest general practice software suppliers have struck a long awaited agreement to share patient record data between their systems.
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NewsCall for more surgeons as hip and knee operations rise
A shortage of training places for orthopaedic surgeons must be addressed as demand for hip and knee replacement surgery continues to rise, the Royal College of Surgeons has said.
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NewsEnter now: Patient Safety Awards nominations close today
Enter for a chance to showcase your project infront of NHS leaders.
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NewsExclusive: £188m of bailouts switched to loans in DH clampdown
A group of foundation trusts that received £188m in Department of Health bailouts this year has been told the funding will now be switched to loans, as part of a push for financially distressed organisations to ‘manage their finances better’, HSJ has learned.
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NewsLord Willis launches blueprint for the future of nursing
A radical blueprint to reshape the nursing workforce calls for nurses to follow a medical style model of training and the creation of a new ‘advanced healthcare assistant’ role.
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NewsDrop in elective patients treated reflects A&E demand
There were fewer elective patients treated in January compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from NHS England.
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NewsHSJ Live 12.03.2015: 'Loss of momentum' in drive to improve cancer services
Commons public accounts committee accuses government of “loss of momentum” in drive to improve cancer services, plus the rest of today’s news and comment