News – Page 855
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NewsBill will leave public health 'compromised, weaker and less safe'
The Health Bill represents a “danger to the public’s health” and should be dropped, despite government insistence that public health is one of its priorities, a group of specialists has claimed.
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NewsExclusive: DH reaches £300m deal with firm over delay-hit IT programme
One of the two remaining contractors in the delay-hit National Programme for IT has agreed to reduce the value of its contract with the Department of Health by around £300m.
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NewsExclusive: London bosses 'extremely concerned' over A&E
The head of NHS London has written to all the capital’s primary care trust cluster chiefs after becoming “extremely concerned” over accident and emergency performance, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPCT staff to be designated 'affected by change'
A primary care trust cluster is to write to all 800 members of staff to inform them they are “affected by change”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth Bill 'unfit for purpose' - BMA
The Health Bill will make family doctors’ work “infinitely harder” and threatens to damage their relationships with patients, a GPs’ leader have warned.
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Exclusive: East Midlands hires big commercial name to develop commissioning
The former chief executive of the UK arm of health insurance company Aetna has been appointed to help develop a regional commissioning support service covering a 5.4 million population.
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Ernst and Young brought in to support CSS
The Department of Health has drafted in consultancy Ernst and Young to develop a support programme for commissioning support leaders.
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NewsExclusive: FT pipeline delays threaten boards with the sack
Board members are being replaced and organisational autonomy is at risk at trusts lagging behind in the drive to reach foundation trust status.
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NewsFT faces 'absolutely enormous' £56m loss
A foundation trust with a turnover of just over £200m a year expects to make a loss this year of more than £56m.
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NewsCommissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
The NHS Commissioning Board is expected to take ownership of the public stakes in many buildings built under a public-private partnership scheme, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsCCG performance framework missing key quality indicators
Priority areas for care quality improvement are underrepresented – and sometimes completely left out – of the proposed accountability regime for clinical commissioners.
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NewsHealth regulators face legal overhaul
Provisional plans have been drawn up that would give the Nursing and Midwifery Council and other professional regulators increased flexibility to use their powers while also making them more accountable.
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NewsLansley praises Lib Dems for strengthening bill
The Liberal Democrats were fundamental in helping to make controversial reforms of the NHS “stronger”, the health secretary has said.
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NewsPatients restrained at hospital - CQC
The Care Quality Commission has published 20 reports into the level of care offered to people at hospitals and care homes.
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NewsVirgin rebrand for care provider Assura Medical
Community and primary care provider Assura Medical is to rebrand as Virgin Care, two years after Virgin bought a controlling stake in the company.
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NewsCharities pursue involvement for CCG commissioning support
National charities are expecting to become major suppliers of commissioning support in the restructured NHS, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsExclusive: two in three hospital trust savings plans in trouble
More than two thirds of NHS hospital trusts fell behind on their savings plans in the first half of 2011-12 as the sector slipped deeper into the red, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor to publish 'black lists' of unviable hospitals
Monitor will publish a “black list” of hospital services which must be reconfigured under an eleventh hour change to the Health Bill.
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Unique hybrid finance model planned for trust's PFI
A foundation trust is in talks about combining a “bullet payment” from the Department of Health with its own surplus and charity funds to make a private finance initiative rebuild more affordable.
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News'Command and control' management style leads to poor care
Poor care will ensue if managers impose a “command and control” culture that robs staff of authority to make decisions, a major report into the care of older people has found.