News – Page 1820
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In place of strife
news focus: Sectarian violence in Northern Ireland has left health services with further strain on increasingly tight budgets. Jonathan Traynor reports on the legacy of confrontation
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Long-haul plight
news focus: Unacceptable waiting times, too few beds and a looming general election - the Irish Republic's solution is a 10-year plan for its health service. Joe Armstrong reports
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On shaky ground
The Wanless report said far more about the future of the NHS than merely its funding. Paul Stephenson asks whether its predictions are founded on crumbling assumptions
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Let's twist again
news focus: The independent-minded Scottish health minister will be thrust into the firing line as he implements a tough agenda. But Malcolm Chisholm's appointment is a popular, if surprising, move, says Jennifer Trueland
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Senior academics on move as universities face uncertainty
Published: 06/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5784 Page 10
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Days like this
Better nurse management needed - DoH writes off capital charge discrepancies -no payout for non-haemophiliacs -AMA funding fury - Row over PM's role in Papworth decision
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Private contractors urge managers to join them to learn more about PFI
Public service managers involved in private finance initiative schemes should be seconded to the private sector to learn more about the workings of commercial organisations, according to a National Audit Office survey.
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No-star trust chair quits as workload pressures mount
The chair of a no-star trust has resigned half way through the three-month probation period it had been given to sort its problems out, with workload pressures likely to have influenced her decision to go.
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Brown's £1bn 'will not yield quick returns'
The NHS budget is set to rise significantly over the next few years after the Treasury review of longterm trends in healthcare, chaired by former National Westminster Bank group chief executive Derek Wanless, showed that major increases in funding were needed to keep pace with an ageing population and advances ...
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Hospital choice widens in bid to cut waiting time
The government is expected to announce by Christmas that patients who have been waiting the longest for operations will be able to get treatment outside their own area, in a further effort to ensure the 15-month waitingtime target is met by next March.
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The final report of Scotland's inquiry into organ retention has recommended a total overhaul of the 1961 Human Tissue Act covering post-mortem and organ retention, which it says is 'vague and uncertain'.The review says all post-mortems should be authorised by relatives, with penalties for breaches.Draft standards on post-mortem and organ ...
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Audit Commission and NICE invest to boost profile
The Audit Commission and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence are investing significant resources in communications in an attempt to boost their profiles.
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De Brun reveals huge spending disparities between Northern Ireland's community trusts
Expenditure per head of population varies by more than £200 between Northern Ireland's community trusts, health minister Bairbre de Brun revealed last week.