News – Page 823
-
NewsPalliative care reform warning
Concerns have been raised that some bodies introduced in the NHS reforms have not considered the needs of dying people.
-
NewsPatients Association criticises care
A report giving examples of substandard care in hospitals and care homes is calling for changes to be made to the health service.
-
NewsHunt to identify loneliest places
Maps showing the loneliest places in the UK are to be created, the health secretary will announce today.
-
NewsHSJ Live rolling news: 22.11.12
Dalton urges move away from “national versus local priorities” and the rest of today’s news
-
NewsOperating model published for specialised services
The NHS Commissioning Board has published its operating model and commissioning intentions for specialised services.
-
News
CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
Clinical commissioning groups are being told to set aside more than £2bn of their budgets in their first year of operation.
-
NewsLamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale, locally led “experiments” in integrated care that could enable commissioners to move away from the payment by results tariff system.
-
NewsCommissioning board struggles to improve diversity
The NHS Commissioning Board has been told to consider diversity as important as experience when determining who gets management jobs. This comes amid new evidence of its failure to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds.
-
NewsLiver disease on the rise in England
The number of people suffering from liver disease is on the increase in England while other European countries it is decreasing, health experts said.
-
NewsHakin: bear with managers 'trying to do two jobs'
The national lead for commissioning development has urged clinical commissioning group leaders to bear with managers while they try “to do two jobs” during the rest of the transition to the new system.
-
NewsEmergency cancer care 'fragmented'
Hospitals must improve the emergency care offered to cancer patients, according to a new report.
-
NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 21.11.12
Operating model launched for specialised commissioning and the rest of today’s news
-
News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
-
NewsAnalysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the foundation trust pipeline before the capital’s strategic health authority disappears next year
-
NewsCQC may fail to meet annual inspections targets
The Care Quality Commission has just over four months to complete more than half of its annual inspections and is considering informing the Department of Health it will not meet the target.
-
NewsShortage of lung cancer specialists revealed
The lives of lung cancer patients are being put at risk by a shortage of specialists and outdated views on possible outcomes, a report warns.
-
NewsMPs warned about public health shortfalls
Councils’ public health budgets will fall well short of what is required to meet need in their areas, an influential committee of MPs has been told.
-
NewsUPDATED: Basildon children's services slammed by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
-
NewsHospitals overpaying for supplies
New research has revealed that some hospitals are paying hundreds of pounds more than others for certain standard medical supplies.
-
NewsBidders for DGH takeover revealed
One of England’s biggest hospital trusts and one of its highest performing foundation trusts are battling to take over a district general hospital, HSJ can reveal.