News – Page 1566
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NewsDH accused of 'wishful thinking' on redundancy costs
Figures being used by the Department of Health to estimate the cost of NHS redundancies have been dismissed as “wishful thinking.”
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NewsHospital trusts hit by £90m fall in earnings
Hospital trusts lost out on income worth approximately £90m during the three months to June as a result of the Department of Health’s policy to restrict funding for emergency admissions.
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NewsExpert predicts GP consortia failure
Many GP led commissioning consortia will fail, a US expert on doctors’ groups has told a Nuffield Trust lecture.
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NewsNHS estate and hotel services heavily outsourced
Almost one third of NHS estate and hotel service costs are now provided through contracts with the private sector, latest figures show.
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NewsNHS Confederation and Slipman agree ‘way forward’
The NHS Confederation has agreed a “collaborative way forward” with the Foundation Trust Network and its suspended chair Sue Slipman.
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NewsNo evidence GP consortia will be better than PCTs
Primary care trusts should be allowed to “merge or demerge” into more successful commissioning organisations , rather than being swept away and replaced by smaller GP consortia, a think tank has said.
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NewsCapita eyes NHS quangos
Outsourcing firm Capita is looking to take over at least four NHS quangos that currently employ nearly 12,000 people and have a combined budget of more than £2.6bn.
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NewsCRB vetting cost £70m last year
Health and social care sectors spent almost £70 million vetting their staff last year, figures show.
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NewsLansley warns councils against ‘empire building’ in healthcare
Councils have been warned by Westminster politicians not to use their new responsibilities over health to “empire build” or encroach on health service budgets.
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News'Health outcome bond' pilot to attempt hospital admissions cut
A private company plans to launch a “health outcome bond” to provide NHS commissioners with private investment capital in an effort to cut emergency hospital admissions.
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NewsMore choice needed in end of life care, says King's fund report
More should be done to give patients and carers choice about end of life care, according to a report by the King’s Fund.
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News'No problems' at cardiac unit, inquest told
A doctor who carried out heart surgery on a baby girl who was one of four infants to die at a leading Oxford hospital in a matter of months has told an inquest there were no problems within the unit at the time.
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NewsManagers divided over pensions changes
More than half of NHS managers think they should pay more towards their pensions, an HSJ survey has revealed.
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NewsInquest into John Radcliffe baby death opens
An inquest into the death of one of four babies to die at a leading hospital in a matter of months following heart surgery, will be held on Wednesday.
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NewsDH considers national pay increment freeze
The Department of Health is to examine introducing a national freeze in annual pay increments affecting more than a million NHS staff.
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NewsOutsourcing quotas to drive mixed health services provider market
The Treasury has announced plans to “explore” setting quotas for outsourcing key health services.
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NewsWhite paper fears will not lead to GP exodus, says BMA
Concerns about the white paper and taking on commissioning will not result in a “mass exodus” of GPs into retirement, according to the leader of the British Medical Association’s GP committee.
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NewsMental health order use 'very worrying'
Concerns have been raised about how Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) forcing mental health patients to take their medication are being served and carried out.
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NewsHospital concerns top ministers' letters
Hospital issues were the most common subjects raised by members of the public with Scottish government ministers, according to details of correspondence.
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NewsMidlands trusts plan joint pathology service
The 2008 Lord Carter of Coles review of NHS pathology services was the trigger for a steady reconfiguration of the market and consolidation of providers.