News – Page 756
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NewsUPDATED: Monitor questions payment by results for mental health
The mandatory rollout of a national payment by results tariff for mental healthcare providers in 2014-15 has been dropped by Monitor, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBerwick review costs revealed
The Berwick review of patient safety in the NHS cost less than £100,000, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.
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NewsMore help needed for mentally ill to quit smoking
Health boards are being urged to examine the support they offer to people with mental illness to help them quit smoking.
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NewsNew standards planned for mental health crisis care
The government will impose new standards on mental health providers to force them to improve crisis care for patients across the country, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsCaseload midwifery 'more cost-effective'
One-to-one maternity care before, during and after childbirth could save the NHS more than £300 per pregnancy, according to new research.
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NewsHSJ Live 17.9.13: Burstow raises concerns over competition watchdogs
The latest health related updates from the Liberal Democrats annual conference and a round up of the rest of the day’s news and annoucements
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NewsNew law will lead to prosecutions for poor care, says Lamb
The government will introduce a law to allow healthcare providers to be prosecuted for neglect and poor care, the care services minister Norman Lamb has indicated.
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NewsExclusive: Flagship pathology shake-up left in tatters
A £500m pathology reorganisation has collapsed after another group of commissioners in the West Midlands opted to abandon a controversial procurement exercise, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThis week on HSJ: what is the future for a seven-day NHS?
All week we will investigate the opportunities and obstacles for seven-day working in the NHS
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NewsCompetition guidance stalls amid lack of evidence of benefit to patients
NHS England has delayed the publication of its choice and competition framework amid a “paucity of evidence” of the benefit to patients.
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NewsLamb calls for cross-party talks on NHS
Health minister Norman Lamb has called for cross-party talks to discuss the long-term future of the NHS.
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NewsPersonal budgets mooted for mental health
Care minister Norman Lamb has said he would like to see mental health patients being given personal budgets to pay for care.
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NewsLamb reveals number of integration pioneers
Fifteen integrated care pioneer projects will be announced by the government within the next few months, health minister Norman Lamb has revealed.
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NewsLive discussion: Moving towards 24/7 working in the NHS
Join HSJ’s expert panel for a live discussion on 24/7 working in the NHS at 1pm today.
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NewsHSJ Live: 16.9.2013 Darzi to lead review of London health provision
David Nicholson accused of “systemic cover up” after new gagging orders emerge, coverage of the Liberal Democrats’ conference, 24/7 care and the rest of today’s news.
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Follow HSJ at the Liberal Democrats conference
Follow Shaun Lintern, tweeting live from the Liberal Democrats conference in Glasgow
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NewsThree applicants seek academic health science centre status
Three partnerships between hospital trusts and medical schools are bidding to be accredited as academic health science centres, HSJ understands.
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NewsNMC backs revalidation plans despite concerns
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has approved plans for the revalidation of the profession - provided the new system can be shown to be worth the cost.
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NewsHowe concedes need for more balanced language on NHS failures
Lord Howe yesterday suggested the government needed to be more balanced in its “messaging” to counter a fall in public confidence in the NHS following a series of investigations and inquiries into poor care.