News – Page 809
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NewsNo revalidation of nurses for three years
Revalidation for nurses will not be introduced for at least three years, despite the head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council admitting current arrangements are “not fit for purpose”.
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NewsCuts pose risk to infection control gains, nurses warn
Progress on tackling healthcare associated infections could be lost as services come under increasing financial pressure, infection control nurses fear.
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News'No substance' to clinical network claims
The NHS Commissioning Board has denied the jobs of 600 staff working on clinical networks are at risk but concerns remain that uncertainty over their future will lead to a loss of expertise.
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News'Whistleblowing' charter launched
A whistleblowing charter has been signed by health unions, employers and regulators, which pledges to support staff who raise concerns.
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NewsWarning against surgery age limits
Thousands of older patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.
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NewsGuidance on hospital food revealed
Some hospitals are failing to provide patients with high quality and healthy meals, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsNicholson fears 'carpet bombing' privatisation
A warning by the head of the NHS that the government’s controversial health reforms could end in “misery and failure” sparked fresh Labour calls for parts of the shake-up to be halted.
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NewsMinisters offer NMC £20m to cut fee hike
The government has offered a £20m grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in a bid to reduce the size of its proposed fee hike which has sparked uproar among the workforce.
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NewsCQC seeks new recruits to hit inspection targets
The Care Quality Commission is seeking to recruit up to 200 health and social care professionals to ensure it can complete the required number of inspections by the end of the financial year, HSJ has been told.
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NewsKPMG investigates property company tax
The Department of Health has drafted in KPMG to assess the tax implications of setting up the government-owned company due to inherit NHS property assets with an estimated value of £5bn, amid fears it faces higher bills.
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NewsPay 'cartel' hires lawyers to help draw up breakaway plans
The South West Pay Consortium has appointed a leading law firm to advise it on plans to amend staff pay, terms and conditions.
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NewsExclusive: patient deaths spark tuberculosis investigation
A decision to increase the number of patients being treated at a dialysis unit run by the University Hospitals of Leicester could have led to the death of a patient, it has emerged.
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NewsLib Dem peers backtrack over CCG board membership vote
Liberal Democrat peers have agreed to support government regulations under which councillors - and local doctors and nurses - are banned from clinical commissioning group governing bodies.
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NewsTwo fifths of doctors consider leaving medicine says BMA
NHS reforms and increased pension costs have led more than two fifths of doctors considering leaving medicine, according to the British Medical Association.
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News'Dual carriageway' approach urged
A “dual carriageway” approach should be used for the roll-out of personal health budgets by NHS commissioners, according to a new report.
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NewsBMA slams 'unfair' pension reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a fresh attack on the government’s controversial pension reforms, labelling them “fundamentally unfair”.
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NewsExclusive: Jim Easton resigning to join Care UK
Exclusive: Jim Easton is resigning as the NHS Commissioning Board’s director of transformation, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNurses 'warned children about Savile'
Nurses advised young patients to “pretend to be asleep” when Sir Jimmy Savile was visiting their hospital, it has been claimed.
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NewsFresh concerns over NHS data protection
The information watchdog has raised fresh concerns about the NHS’s ability to protect sensitive personal data, warning trusts of further fines and adverse publicity if they fell short of their duties.
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NewsBig drop in GPs lined up for CCG leader roles
Less than a quarter of the clinical commissioning groups created under the government’s NHS reforms will have GPs as their accountable officers, an HSJ investigation has found.