News – Page 628
-
NewsClegg pledges £8bn extra for the NHS by 2020
The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to publicly commit to increasing NHS funding to levels recommended in the NHS Five Year Forward View – but the pledge depends on ongoing economic growth and the elimination of the budget deficit.
-
NewsHSJ Live 06.01.2015: Emergency departments declare 'major incidents' due to severe pressure
Hospitals across the country struggle to cope with accident and emergency numbers, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
-
NewsUnrealistic better care fund targets must be revised, says NHS England
Projected savings of more than £250m from the government’s flagship integrated care policy are at risk.
-
NewsMarginal specialised tariff would hit critical and neonatal services, providers warn
Some trusts may be forced to scale back specialised services, including critical care and neonatal units, if a marginal rate payment is introduced for them, NHS Providers has warned.
-
NewsTell us how the NHS can better deliver change
HSJ is launching a campaign to help the NHS achieve transformational change.
-
News'Success regime' outlined by national officials
Struggling health economies will agree a ‘single, collective short term plan’ as well as medium term proposals for transformation under the ‘success regime’ proposed by national officials for 2015-16.
-
NewsNational bodies pledge to root out 'misaligned' annual plans
National bodies have pledged to work ‘closely’ together to identify plans based on misaligned or unrealistic assumptions between providers and commissioners.
-
NewsHSJ Live 05.01.2015: Lib Dems commit to £8bn boost as parties vie over NHS
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg pledges to meet forward view funding request, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
-
NewsNew patient safety incentives revealed
New incentives to improve patient safety have been outlined by NHS England. These include advances in seven day services, care of sepsis and acute kidney injury, as well as moves to tackle antibiotic resistance.
-
NewsHSJ leadership inquiry member knighted in new year's honours
Sam Everington, chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, is among a number of NHS managers, nurses and doctors included in the new year’s honours list
-
NewsHSJ Live 23.12.2014: MSK contract loss could 'negatively impact' trust
The decommissioning of musculoskeletal services from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust could “negatively impact” its other work, according to an independent assessment carried out following a controversial contract tender, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
-
NewsExclusive: Unannounced £740m revenue boost shows DH was in 'desperate trouble'
The Treasury has agreed an unannounced £740m increase to the health revenue budget for the current financial year, it has been confirmed to HSJ.
-
News
HSJ apologises for inaccurate nursing press release
HSJ would like to apologise for making an inaccurate claim in a press release issued last week, which resulted in a number of national publications running erroneous stories about the proportion of NHS nurses recruited from overseas.
-
NewsVideo: Watch Simon Stevens give the first HSJ annual lecture
Watching the NHS chief executive’s speech and Q&A is free for registered users of hsj.co.uk
-
NewsHSJ Live 22.12.2014: Unannounced £740m revenue boost shows DH was in 'desperate trouble'
The Treasury has agreed an unannounced £740m increase to the health revenue budget for the current financial year, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
-
NewsNHS England drops treatments scorecard following legal threat
NHS England has dropped a controversial scorecard that was supposed to help it make decisions about whether to fund treatments for a number of rare conditions
-
NewsConcern over projected fall in mental health nurse vacancies
A forecast reduction in the number of NHS mental health nursing jobs over the coming years could threaten the government’s ambition to achieve parity of esteem with physical health, Health Education England has claimed.
-
News'He's not the Messiah but...': HSJ's Christmas cover
This year’s HSJ “Christmas cover” is lovingly ripped off from an idea by HSJ comment editor Andy Cowper, who himself ripped off Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
-
NewsCCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
-
NewsNew national advisory board to tackle workforce issues
A new national advisory board with a system-wide coordination role for workforce issues is to be created, the NHS planning guidance has revealed.