News – Page 828
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NewsHealth minister faces vote of confidence
Wales’ health minister, Lesley Griffiths, is to face a vote of no confidence from opposition parties in the Welsh Assembly.
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Commissioning support market faces heavy regulation
The NHS Commissioning Board has revealed the future market in commissioning support services is likely to be heavily regulated, potentially including restrictions on firms making a dividend.
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NewsNo social care funding settlement until next spending review
Ministers have confirmed they cannot commit to a cap on the cost of social care unless they can find an extra £2.2bn at the next comprehensive spending review – and suggested the cap could be higher than the level recommended by an independent review of care funding.
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NewsHSJ retains Publication of the Year award
Health Service Journal was last night named Publication of the Year by the Medical Journalists’ Association for the second year in a row.
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NewsAnger over failure to agree social care funding
The government’s failure to agree a funding plan for social care have been greeted with disappointment from across the health sector.
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Competition panel to probe referral management
The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun a probe of the competition implications of providers operating systems to manage patient referrals.
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NewsNew quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
A major new health information collection has highlighted the worse quality of life suffered by people with long-term conditions in poorer areas.
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NewsSocial care cuts pile pressure on NHS
Two thirds of NHS leaders believe cuts to council spending have impacted on their services over the past year, prompting warnings that the system is “heading for collapse”.
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NewsMorecambe Bay withheld damning report from regulators, probe finds
Monitor is to toughen disclosure rules for would-be foundation trusts, after a probe found University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withheld information that could have led regulators to discover its major care failures sooner.
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News'Developmental' CCG authorisation process gets underway
The authorisation of clinical commissioning groups will be an “iterative process” – with organisations able to correct their weaknesses throughout the process – government regulations have confirmed.
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NewsC difficile penalties to remain despite concerns
The Department of Health has rejected calls to make the penalties for breaching C difficile targets more proportionate but promised to keep the situation under review, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPCTs restricting access to sexual health services - report
MPs have warned the government that soem trusts are actively restricting women from accessing contraceptive services, in a new report published today.
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NewsJust nine CSS managing directors appointed
Just nine out of the 23 managing director posts for commissioning support services have been recruited, it is announced today.
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NewsNHS Propco could 'destabilise' local health economies, social enterprises warn
Department of Health plans to create an independent property company to take over primary care trusts’ estate are likely to have a “considerable destabilising effect on local health economies”, social enterprises have claimed.
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NewsSurgeons in warning over old equipment
Financial constraints on the NHS could lead to doctors operating on patients with outdated equipment, surgeons have warned.
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NewsEnd-of-life care pathway 'used to cut costs'
Hospitals may be withholding food and drink from older patients so they die quicker to cut costs and save on bad spaces, leading doctors have warned.
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NewsExclusive: fear over Olympic drugs overseas sell-on
Some pharmacies in London may request additional drug supplies during the Olympics only to sell them off overseas for profit, it has been claimed.
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NewsSW pay consortium to press ahead with Agenda for Change plans
A consortium of 19 NHS trusts in the South West has met for the first time and agreed to press ahead with plans to break away from Agenda for Change.
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NewsData error trust reviews deaths
An trust is probing whether its poor record keeping was responsible for 25 patient deaths.
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NewsExclusive: Commissioning board appoints long term conditions lead
NHS Lincolnshire commissioning director Martin McShane has been appointed the NHS Commissioning Board’s lead for long term conditions.