News – Page 1947
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Milburn versus Bogle in the battle of the 48hour pledge
Health secretary stands his ground - but still has pay-round joust to come
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Reeves leaves funds and friends
NHS Executive's departing finance director triumphed over tough times
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Pitfalls of arranged marriages
It is impossible to pick up a government report these days without the terms 'partnership', 'teamwork' and 'joined-up working' leaping off almost every page. For all the new-found enthusiasm for them, none of these notions is new, as numerous articles published in HSJ alone testify. Indeed, there is much about ...
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WEB WATCH
'Fog everywhere.Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. . . Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by ...
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The mind Bogles as BMA chief vents his spleen
In the wake of the Cabinet's special session at Chequers I was struck by the fact that Alan Milburn was judged a safe enough pair of lungs to report to the broadcasters.
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Feeling a bit peaky
Why does the number of people waiting for outpatient appointments reach its height in September? The answer, says Rodney Jones, can be found in the mismatch between supply and demand
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House of unrepresentatives
Ethnic minorities, the young and those in traditional full-time employment have largely been excluded from lay membership of PCGs. David James and Maxine Willitts report
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Formulary won
An acute trust has worked with a PCG to produce a joint formulary in under a year. Facilitator Heather Walker outlines the project
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Mortality data auditing in private hospitals 'bad and getting worse'
Private hospital mortality data is poor and getting worse, according to the latest report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Perioperative Deaths published this week.