News – Page 873
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NewsExclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to appoint all CSS leaders
The NHS Commissioning Board has announced exclusively to HSJ that it will appoint all commissioning support service leaders this spring.
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NewsMonitor should toughen assessments following scandal - Bennett
Monitor’s executive chair has admitted it is “very likely” University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay had “deep-seated problems” at the time his organisation granted the trust foundation status.
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NewsRegulator's dual role still unclear
Monitor is still unclear about how it can justify its additional powers over foundation trusts once it becomes healthcare sectorregulator, its executive chair has told HSJ.
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NewsPenalise poor performers 'robustly', Flory demands
The NHS’s deputy chief executive has used his latest quarterly report to direct the health service to “robustly bear down” on “persistent poor performer” organisations.
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NewsCSSs to collaborate on national support functions
Commissioning support services are likely to be closely involved in the four national scale commissioning support functions, HSJ has learned.
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NewsResponse to PiP scare was 'inadequate', say MPs
Action by the government and a health regulator to communicate with women over the PiP breast implants scandal was “inadequate”, MPs have said.
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NewsBurnham attacks NHS reform risks
The government has “knowingly taken major risks with the National Health Service” and “ignored warnings from civil servants” in pushing through its controversial health reforms, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has claimed.
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NewsNHS reform risk register reveals list of serious concerns
A version of the Department of Health’s risk register for the NHS reforms has been published on the internet, having apparently been leaked.
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NewsIncrease in patient liberty restrictions - CQC
There has been a rise in the number of approvals for measures that allow hospital and care home staff to deprive people of their liberty.
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NewsAmbulance responses 'vary' in elderly fall cases
There are wide differences in how UK ambulance services respond to 999 calls from elderly people who have fallen, research suggests.
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NewsEnglish nurses more confident in managers than European peers
Despite a high degree of scepticism, nurses in England appear to have more confidence in their managers than their counterparts in other countries, researchers have revealed.
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NewsExclusive: CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed
Clinical commissioning groups will have to meet 118 authorisation requirements to be approved to take over from primary care trusts in April next year.
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NewsIntegrated care has no 'significant impact' on hospital costs
The greater integration of care has no significant impact on the cost of secondary care, with benefits cancelled out by “unexpected” increases in emergency admissions, a major review has found.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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NewsMental health trust in breach of authorisation despite 'improvement'
A mental health trust has been found in significant breach of its authorisation by Monitor, after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about care.
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NewsRegional differences in accidental injury death rates
The number of people who die from injuries such as falls, road accidents and poisoning varies dramatically aross England, research suggests.
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NewsCharity challenges CQC over critical report
A charity has challenged the findings of a critical Care Quality Commission report on one of its homes for young people with learning disabilities.
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NewsOlder cancer patients' treatment restricted, Macmillan claims
Elderly cancer patients are being “under-treated” on the NHS because of assumptions made about their ability to cope, a charity warned today.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury claws back £0.5bn from health budget
The Treasury has clawed back half a billion pounds that was allocated for health spending this year, prompting fears that the punishing NHS savings drive will go towards “general deficit reduction”.
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NewsGovernment review reports 'exceptional set of challenges' for DH
The Department of Health needs to clarify and better communicate significant elements of its reforms, or risk implementation problems, according to a cross-government review.