News – Page 592
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NewsHSJ 21.07.15: Stevens, Keogh and Cummings at the health committee - catch up
Simon Stevens, Sir Bruce Keogh and Jane Cummings face MPs, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsExclusive: DH funds private prescriptions for drug denied to NHS patients
Taxpayers’ money is being used by the Department of Health to pay for private prescriptions for a £12,000 a year drug to treat narcolepsy, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: Huge regional variation in NHS financial health
There is wide regional variation in the financial health of the NHS, HSJ analysis of the performance of clinical commissioning groups, providers and specialised commissioners in 2014-15 reveals.
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NewsCCGs expected to fund 2.3 per cent rise in emergency activity
Clinical commissioning groups are expected to fund a 2.3 per cent increase in emergency activity this year compared to 2014-15, NHS England has confirmed.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Midlands and East feels the financial heat
HSJ’s roundup of Monday’s key stories
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NewsHSJ Live 20.07.15: Huge regional variation in NHS's financial health
Comprehensive HSJ analysis of the performance of CCGs, providers and specialised commissioners, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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NewsCancer commissioning overhaul could save 30,000 lives
The NHS can save 30,000 more lives a year by overhauling cancer commissioning and treatment funding, a national taskforce has said.
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NewsUpdated: NHS England halts cancer drugs working group
A group tasked by NHS England to examine how cancer drugs can be evaluated and commissioned in future has had its work ‘paused’ after just six months in operation.
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NewsDH starts search for NHS Improvement chief executive
The Department of Health has begun advertising for the chief executive of new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsExecutive Summary: Running before putting your trainers on?
HSJ’s roundup of Friday’s key stories
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NewsHSJ Live 17.07.2015: Exclusive - NHS England halts cancer drugs working group
Group tasked by NHS England to examine how cancer drugs can be evaluated and commissioned in future has had its work ‘paused’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsNew safety investigation body 'will operate without fear or favour'
A new body to investigate clinical failure and incidents of patient harm in the NHS will “operate without fear or favour”, the government has said.
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NewsUpdated: US corporation brought in to help improve five trusts
An American healthcare corporation is being brought in to support five trusts in improving quality and clinical engagement.
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NewsPay review says doctors should lose weekend opt-out
There is a ‘compelling’ case for seven day services in the NHS and medical consultants should lose their contractual opt-out for weekend work, according to an independent pay review.
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NewsPatients to be told CQC ratings to encourage 'informed' hospital choice
Patients will be told the Care Quality Commission rating and waiting times for their local hospitals when making appointments through a new electronic booking system to encourage ‘truly informed’ patient choice, the health secretary has said.
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NewsNew body takes over NHS England safety responsibilities
NHS England’s safety function will be moved to the new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsOnline retail guru to boost NHS use of digital innovations
The internet entrepreneur and cross-bench peer Martha Lane-Fox has been tasked with finding ways to help increase the use of digital innovations in the NHS.
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NewsProfessional codes 'fit for purpose', Keogh reports
The professional codes for nurses and doctors are fit for purpose - but further work should be done to provide incentives to ensure all staff are more open, the NHS medical director has reported.
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NewsMonitor/TDA merged body to be called NHS Improvement
The combined provider regulator bringing together Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority will be called NHS Improvement, Jeremy Hunt announced this morning.