News – Page 934
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NewsExclusive: SHA troubleshooter now confirmed in turnaround role at England's biggest trust
As reported by HSJ earlier this week Mark Davies has now been confirmed as interim chief executive at Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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NewsManager who pumped NHS funds into stud farm told to pay cash back
A former senior NHS manager who channelled £200,000 of hospital funds into her stud farm business has been ordered to pay the money back.
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NewsC difficile infection rates falling
The number of older people recorded as having contracted the C difficile hospital bug in Scotland has dropped by 37 per cent in a year, statistics showed today.
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NewsSHA abolition delayed by three months
The abolition of strategic health authorities is to be delayed by three months until July 2012, the Department of Health is expected to announce today.
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Consortia to handle PCTs' savings burden
Primary care trusts with some of the toughest financial challenges in England are handing responsibility for the huge savings they must make this year to pathfinder commissioning consortia.
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NewsSteve Field: Cameron listening exercise is for real
Steve Field, chair of the government’s NHS Future Forum review, has told HSJ it is “not just a paper exercise” but says “going back” on the Health Bill is not an option.
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NewsPathfinder consortia focusing on integration, analysis shows
Pathfinder commissioning consortia are prioritising service integration but are overly focused on governance issues, according to a report shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsEarl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
Health minister Earl Howe has told NHS North West to break up a four year “framework” deal between the region’s specialised commissioning group and mental health service providers.
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NewsHealth Bill amendments 'soften' competition rules
Government amendments to the Health Bill made during the committee stage have further “softened” rules aimed at encouraging competition, according to legal analysis for HSJ.
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NewsAssigning PCT staff to commissioning consortia will be phased
The pace at which primary care trust staff are assigned to commissioning consortia should be determined by local management cost saving targets and the readiness of GPs to take up their new responsibilities.
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NewsFoundation trusts call for more time ahead of new A&E indicators
Achieving the new accident and emergency clinical quality indicators will be “near impossible” for most trusts, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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Monitor's intervention threshold lowered in new framework
Monitor is set to intervene in more foundation trusts that are in danger of breaching their authorisation.
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NewsExclusive: Two more directors to leave Imperial following announcement of chief exec's departure
One of the largest NHS trusts in England has confirmed it is set to lose its chief financial officer and chief information officer, two days after HSJ revealed its chief executive is moving on.
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NewsLord Howe: 'Unsustainable' NHS needs reforms
The government’s modernisation plans are necessary if the NHS is to survive, Lord Howe has said.
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News'Clarity' needed on consortia public health rules
A public health leader has called for commissioning consortia to be compelled to “work through” health inequality plans with public health specialists once they transfer to local councils.
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NewsMid staffs chief executive "morally wrong"
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s 2008 request for £1.35m to fund more nurses at a time when it was predicting a £1.6m surplus was “morally wrong”, the public inquiry into failures at the organisation was told.
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NewsUrgent care efficiency tool to get nationwide roll out
All urgent care providers should adopt an audit tool that has helped one area to cut acute emergency spending in half.
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NewsHealth and wellbeing boards' powers in doubt
Local authority health and wellbeing boards must have stronger powers to ensure cooperation from commissioning consortia, the government has been warned.
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NewsSecure mental health beds blocked
A lack of “step down” services is adding to pressures on secure mental health services, say researchers.
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NewsFirst after-death care guidance issued
A pathway for caring for patients after death has been developed in the first national guidance on “last offices”.