News – Page 783
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NewsAnalysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
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NewsCCGs seek to tighten screw on provider contracts
Clinical commissioning group leaders entering their first contract negotiations want to tighten the screw on providers, at the same time as promoting service integration, HSJ’s CCG Barometer survey reveals.
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NewsTwo CQC executives resign
Two members of the Care Quality Commission’s executive team have handed in their notice, HSJ has learned.
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ABPI to discuss NICE role in bid to break pricing deadlock
The government is to hold talks with the pharmaceutical industry on the role of the National Institute for Heath and Clinical Excellence, in a bid to reach agreement on new pricing arrangements.
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NewsPCTs set up rebate deals despite DH opposition
At least 30 per cent of primary care trusts are defying the Department of Health to set up discount deals with pharmaceutical companies, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsNHS changes vow over Mid Staffs inquiry
A public inquiry into regulators’ failure to prevent routine neglect at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trustl must lead to a more “patient-centred” health service, the NHS Confederation has urged.
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NewsCentral health database challenged
Privacy campaigners and medical groups have questioned a move that will see GPs hand over patient information to a central information bank.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 4.2.2013
A full review of national media reports on the impending Francis report and the rest of today’s news
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NewsWards dangerously understaffed, warn more than half of nurses
Nearly a quarter of nurses say their trust is at risk of a Mid Staffordshire-style care breakdown
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NewsCQC moves to assess trust leadership in response to Francis
The Care Quality Commission is to assess the leadership, culture and governance of acute services in the NHS and the corporate governance of private sector care providers, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.
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NewsRegulator to cap Queen's Hospital A&E admissions
The Care Quality Commission is to place a restriction on the number of patients that can be treated at an east London emergency department.
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Lewisham decision sparks fresh debate on future NHS
The announcement that accident and emergency and maternity services are to be downgraded at Lewisham Hospital has sparked a fresh round of debate of the future of the NHS.
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NewsHSJ live: rolling news 1.2.2013
Maternity unit temporarily closes as police investigation sparks hike in staff absence - and the rest of today’s news
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NewsIan Dalton quits NHS Commissioning Board for BT
Ian Dalton, the NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive, is leaving the organisation to join BT Global Health.
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NewsHunt compromises on Lewisham Hospital downgrade
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a compromise solution to the downgrade of services at Lewisham Hospital.
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NewsAt least 10 PCTs to be bailed out by peers in 2012-13
At least 10 primary care trusts would face finishing 2012-13 in the red without loans or bailouts from their neighbouring commissioners, HSJ research has found.
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NewsJoin tech revolution or face 'serious repercussions', hospitals told
Hospitals face “very serious repercussions” if they do not have electronic patient records systems in place by 2014-15, the NHS Commissioning Board’s national director for patients and information warned last night.
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NewsCare 'could consume half spending'
Health and social care could consume half of government spending in 50 years’ time, the King’s Fund has predicted.
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News'No correlation found' between quality and responsiveness to online complaints
Researchers have found no correlation between trusts’ responsiveness to online complaints and the quality of patients’ experience.