News – Page 1393
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NHS and politics inseparable, says PM adviser
An NHS independent of politics and politicians is 'a chimera' and risks undermining its tax-funded base, Professor Paul Corrigan, health adviser to the prime minister, told a King's Fund debate last week.
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60 acute and mental health trusts 'won't make foundations'
About 60 acute and mental health trusts will not reach foundation status by December 2008 and are likely to be closed, taken over or reconfigured, a senior Department of Health official has predicted.
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'Sliding scale' for misconduct burden of proof
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson looks set to modify controversial proposals to reduce the burden of proof in cases of medical misconduct and instead introduce a 'sliding scale' based on the seriousness of allegations.
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'Two Sues' tight-lipped about quitting patient safety agency
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency will be taking early retirement from 31 March, having been on gardening leave since last July.
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Call to share details on foreign medics
The General Medical Council is calling for better information sharing across European economic area countries to stop suspended medics from working in Britain.
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OSC objects to surgery cut
A hospital trust has been criticised for announcing that it will withdraw emergency general surgery from one of its sites without consultation.
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MPs ask how users can shape public services
The House of Commons public administration select committee has launched a new inquiry into the role that 'customers' or 'users' should have in helping improve public services. Key questions include the possibility of setting minimum standards for services and how consultations manage to capture the views of the right people.www.parliament.gov/pasc
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Monitor concern over foundation progress
Less than half of acute and mental health trusts are likely to reach foundation status by 2008, regulator Monitor has said.
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Sir Ian warns against complacency after 'creditable' recovery
Cutting the NHS's net deficit to £512m was a 'creditable' performance ' but cannot be used an excuse for complacency, acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers told HSJ.
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Every GP practice to get kitemark rating
Every GP surgery is to be rated from next year under a kitemark scheme backed by the Department of Health.
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Penalty fines total millions on IT
Trusts are being fined millions of pounds for failing to lend staff to computer contractors running the troubled national IT programme.
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East Sussex A&E proposals criticised by local MPs
Trust considers alternating emergency care service between hospitals
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Foundation concern over £28m in unpaid bills
Nine foundation trusts have 'significant concerns' over whether outstanding bills will be paid by primary care trusts. The trusts are warning that £28m might have to be written off.
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Treaty clash between regulatory rivals
Friction between regulators Monitor and the Healthcare Commission was growing this week over the former's reluctance to sign up to a concordat designed to reduce the regulatory burden on trusts.
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Politicians in line for a drubbing, ahead of Confed debate
Patient and public involvement is a 'sham' and politicians are 'pretty useless' at explaining NHS reform, key NHS figures have warned.
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Comms failure hampered London bombing response
London Ambulance Service trust has accepted that the breakdown of the mobile network and the configuration of its radio system led to 'communications difficulties' that hampered the NHS response to the bombings in London on 7 July last year.
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GP star-rating talks called off over fears of misuse
Any system of 'star-ratings' for GPs now looks unlikely after the Royal College of GPs broke off talks with the government over the proposals.
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Higher costs warning on independent sector
Uncertainty over the role of the independent sector is likely to result in higher costs to the NHS, less innovation and a 'muddle' which will put patients in danger, the King's Fund has warned.
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MPs to probe IT programme
MPs on the Commons health select committee are set to investigate the NHS IT programme later this year in response to a letter from 23 computer experts. MPs will examine the national programme and decide whether there is a need for an independent audit.