News – Page 830
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NewsDementia service access criticised
Dementia sufferers need better access to memory specialists, MPs said, after a report revealed that some patients are waiting over a year to be seen.
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NewsHealthWatch board will have appointed local members
Up to a third of HealthWatch England’s committee members look set to be appointed from local branches of the new public scrutiny body.
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NewsManagement of AF 'needs revising'
A potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder is not being properly managed in the UK, according to a new report.
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NewsReview concludes NMC is failing 'at every level'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has problems “at every level”, according to a highly critical report into the regulator published today.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital trust announces it is seeking merger partner to make FT status
Barnet and Chase Farms Hospitals Trust has announced it is seeking a merger partner to become a foundation trust.
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NewsSpend on new drugs expected to drop
The drugs industry expects the NHS to cut its real terms spend on new medicines over the next three years - but it is warning that the slow adoption of new drugs could create avoidable costs.
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NewsWelsh youngsters 'not offered health funds'
Health officials in Wales have been accused of letting young people who have cerebral palsy “suffer unnecessarily” by failing to offer funds for surgery which could help with mobility.
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Yorkshire trusts finalise merger
York Hospitals Foundation Trust officially acquired the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare Trust on Sunday.
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NewsHSJ Awards: entry deadline extended
Due to popular demand, we are pleased to announce that the entry deadline for this year’s HSJ Awards has been extended to 13th July, giving you an extra week to register and submit your entries.
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NewsNew integrated provider on cards for London
Two councils and a community trust in London are to consider plans to integrate provision of health and social care services.
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NewsUCLH chief fears CCGs could bring more fragmentation
One of England’s most respected hospital chiefs has said he fears clinical commissioning groups could lead to care becoming increasingly fragmented – and that rationalisation of acute services is “happening behind the scenes” without their input.
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NewsLansley: I'll back commissioners leading the case for change
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said care settings will only “rarely” have to be closed but insisted he will back commissioners who show leadership and take difficult decisions on reconfiguration.
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NewsCommissioning board admits shortage of interest in CSS director jobs
There is a shortage of applicants to run commissioning support services, HSJ has learned, sparking fears that the jobs are proving unattractive to senior NHS managers.
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NewsMonitor 'could not have prevented' oversized PFI
A report into how a foundation trust came to be burdened with a large private finance initiative agreement has found Monitor was unable to prevent the deal – but said it could have spotted its slide into deficit earlier.
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NewsNew BMA chair elected as future strike decision is put off
A decision on future strike action by the BMA has been deferred until next month as newly elected chair Dr Mark Porter will seek an urgent meeting with the Health Secretary.
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NewsMortality rate for mental illness is three times the population average
People who suffer with a serious mental illness have a mortality rate three times as high as those in the general population, according to new research.
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NewsQuarter of CQC inspections reveal essential standards not met
Fewer than three out of four of the 14,000 health and social care sites inspected by the Care Quality Commission met all essential standards around quality and safety.
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NewsDeparting Maudsley chief plans to develop Oxford AHSC
Stuart Bell, departing chief executive of the South London and Maudsley Mental Health Foundation Trust, has told HSJ he wants to help develop an academic health science centre in Oxford.
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Doctors mull over further industrial action
Doctors will today debate whether to call for another day of industrial action over the government’s controversial pension reforms.
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NewsResearch casts doubt on value of 'friends and family test'
Research commissioned by the Department of Health has raised doubts about use of the “friends and family” test as a single indicator of patient experience.