All North West articles – Page 129
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HSJ KnowledgePersonal goals to improve physical fitness in NHS staff
A plan to get 2,012 NHS staff engaged in physical activity in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics should do much to inspire a traditionally unhealthy sector.
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NewsCommissioning group rapped for rules breach
The NHS competition watchdog has recommended the North West specialised commissioning group is barred from entering into long term “framework agreements” with providers.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe outstanding ideas that will transform healthcare
HSJ and healthcare partnership Circle inaugurate a prize that will recognise the brightest and bravest thinking that seeks to influence health policy today.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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NewsCompetition panel bans exclusive provider deals
Exclusive framework agreements between commissioners and providers have been dealt a major blow by an NHS cooperation and competition panel judgement.
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NewsImprovement Foundation's former staff lose NHS screening contract
The NHS cancer screening programme has pulled out of a deal with former staff of the Improvement Foundation amid concerns about how much money the failed company still owes primary care trusts.
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NewsTransforming Community Services: PCTs step closer to deciding fate of provider arms
Primary care trusts are edging closer to determining the future of their provider arms.
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NewsNHS Employers appoints new director
NHS Employers has appointed Dean Royles as its new director.
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NewsWhite paper leads to shake up in top posts at SHAs
UPDATED: Department of Health announces managers who will lead the transition implementing the white paper.
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NewsControversial urgent care unit will not revert to full A&E status
Burnley urgent care centre will not return to full accident and emergency status but will be upgraded to treat more emergency patients.
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NewsDon’t sideline sexual health, warn clinicians
Leading figures in sexual health have called on health secretary Andrew Lansley not to ignore the sector.
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NewsEast of England opens up hospital quality figures
A strategic health authority has published hospital trusts’ performance against dozens of quality indicators on the internet.
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NewsEmergency care support teams called to help one in five trusts
Around one in five eligible NHS organisations have called in an expert team to help resolve emergency care problems.
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NewsPCTs warned of pharma funded education risks
Primary care trusts have been warned not to rely on pharmaceutical companies to provide education for practice nurses.
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CommentStephen Eames on the NHS leadership race
Research by McKinsey shows companies like to promote the idea that employees are their biggest competitive advantage. Yet most are as unprepared for the challenge of finding, motivating and nurturing talent as they were a decade ago. Why?
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NewsBurnley A&E campaigner loses seat
Labour MP Gordon Prentice has lost his Pendle seat to the Conservatives.
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NewsNorth West accelerates NHS web development
NHS organisations in the north west are taking advantage of the recession to hire top IT experts on the cheap to help speed up the development of their web technology.
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NewsNHS North West urged to be ‘proactive’ about performance improvement
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told NHS North West to adopt a more “proactive approach” to improving performance across the region.
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CommentAndrew Haldenby on hospital closures and competition
The gloom surrounding the UK’s public finances is darkening as the general election approaches.
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NewsAndrew Lansley backs Burnley crusade
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed calls for accident and emergency status to be restored to the emergency service at Burnley General Hospital in Lancashire.