All Public health articles – Page 27
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HSJ LocalTrusts team up to challenge Virgin's £104m contract win
Two trusts have challenged a local authority’s decision to award a children’s services contract worth up to £104m to Virgin Care.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England vaccine advice 'increased risk of flu admissions'
More patients may have been admitted to hospital with flu this winter after NHS England asked GPs to order a less expensive flu vaccine, a senior doctor has warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust unfairly sacked 19 staff after losing contract
A mental health trust unfairly dismissed 19 staff after losing a community services contract, a tribunal has ruled.
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CommentCCGs lack skills to commission research
Evaluations to assess impact of various public health programmes or mental health services are often under scoped and under planned, states Dr Peter West
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HSJ LocalOutstanding trust loses £16m contract to charity
An outstanding rated trust has failed in its bid to renew a five year health and wellbeing contract in Bedfordshire.
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NewsCQC flags up 'deep concerns' with independent rehab providers
People with drug and alcohol addiction are being put at risk of harm at many independent residential rehabilitation units, a new report has warned.
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NewsPublic health data to be shifted to NHS 'safe haven'
Public Health England could move potentially millions of patients’ personal data to an NHS “safe haven” – but will likely retain control of the cancer registry for now, the Department of Health has said.
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CommentNHS Providers agree: Public health has never been more important... or more challenging
We must enhance the focus on STPs and accountable care approaches in championing public health, says Saffron Cordery
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HSJ LocalCCGs demand patients lose weight or face indefinite wait for surgery
People in Hertfordshire who smoke or are obese face indefinite waits for routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight, commissioners have decided as they try to save £68m this financial year.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Winter, deaths and inequality
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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HSJ LocalTrust criticised over maternity culture ran 'normal birth' campaign
A trust that was recently criticised over the “oppressive” culture within its maternity department ran a “normal birth” campaign earlier this year, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentPublic engagement – pitfalls, barriers and benefits
Dan Wellings explains the importance of and ways to effectively engage people with the NHS
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CommentThe clock is ticking on prevention and integration
Lip service has been paid to the need for prevention and integration in the NHS and social care system. Now more must be done to implement change on the ground, writes Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross
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HSJ LocalSmokers and obese patients face six month surgery waits
Elective surgery referrals for smokers and patients with a body mass index over 35 look set to be delayed for six months under a new commissioning plan in Yorkshire.
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NewsSimon Stevens: Cut DTOCs to prepare for possible flu outbreak
Freeing up delayed transfer of care beds will be vital to ensuring the NHS has enough capacity to manage winter pressures and a possible flu outbreak, Simon Stevens has warned.
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HSJ LocalCCG and council to create £105m joint executive board
A clinical commissioning group and local authority will set up a joint board with executive powers in a bid further integrate health and social care commissioning.
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NewsExclusive: New top doctors' leader warns over 'softening' of waiting targets
One of the UK’s top medical leaders has warned over the ‘softening’ of waiting list targets, in the first interview in her new post.
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CommentTake the public health approach for housing an ageing population
It is important to ensure that much greater numbers take informed decisions about how they will live in their own home in later years of their lives, writes Francis Philippa.
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CommentWhen it comes to financing our own future, we need to focus on the revenue
The Local Government Finance Bill may have failed to feature in the slimmed down Queen’s speech but it could still have lasting implications for the NHS, avers Michael Wood
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HSJ KnowledgeWatch now: webinar on how to reduce demand from frail older people
HSJ’s latest online event brings together experts to discuss a cost effective way in which commissioners could reduce demand from frail older people