All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 37
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CommentMedia watch: someone needs to get a grip on reforms
There was little room for domestic issues amid wall to wall coverage of events in Libya and Japan in the papers this week, but nevertheless the Sunday Telegraph managed to maintain the pressure on health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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HSJ Local
Mental health unit delayed after PCT fails to organise registration
COMMERCIAL: The opening of new mental health facility in Devon has been held up after a primary care trust failed to organise its registration with the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrusts agree local deals for royal wedding holiday
At least five trusts have reached agreement with local unions not to pay staff extra for working on the royal wedding Bank Holiday.
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CommentCluster forming work sets sail in the South
Transition to the so called “new world” of commissioning is gathering pace in the South West and South Central regions, as work to form clusters begins in earnest.
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NewsFirst ambulance trusts achieve FT status
South East Coast and South West ambulance services have become the first ambulance trusts to achieve foundation status.
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NewsNHS Direct renews plans for FT status in 2013
NHS Direct has renewed its ambition to become a foundation trust and is pinning its future viability on becoming a “major provider” of the NHS 111 urgent care service.
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HSJ Local
Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use their proposed merger to create a “powerful, globally recognised brand”.
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News'Draconian' director scared staff at Mid Staffs
Union reps at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have told of a culture where staff were too scared to speak out because of a “draconian” director of nursing.
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NewsDH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
The Department of Health is considering outsourcing key elements of the NHS blood service to the private sector.
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NewsNHS Direct offers services to GPs
NHS Direct could start booking GP appointments after starting talks with Surrey based consortium EsyDoc.
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NewsDH to drop workforce section in slim down
The Department of Health’s workforce directorate could disappear as part of a restructure designed to slim down the department.
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NewsStaff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
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NewsAmbulance workers call off strike at last minute
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service Trust called off industrial action at the eleventh hour last week after agreeing to more talks with the trust.
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NewsCommunity services transfers will miss TCS deadline
Almost one in 10 of the planned transfers of community services from primary care trusts will miss the 1 April deadline, the Department of Health has admitted.
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NewsHealth visitors wary of recruitment plans
Nursery nurses and healthcare support workers could be recruited to health visiting teams in a bid to increase capacity and improve retention rates in the profession, HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times has learned.
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NewsThousands of jobs to go as leading R&D centre announces closure
The government’s ambition for the UK and the NHS to lead the world in encouraging pharmaceutical innovation was dealt a blow with the announcement that a leading research and development facility is to close.
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NewsAmbulance staff threaten full walk out
Staff at Great Western Ambulance Service have postponed industrial action following a legal challenge by the trust but could still stage a full walk out.
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NewsNicholson appointed to NCB to 'provide leadership and continuity'
David Nicholson’s appointment as future chief executive of the NHS Commissioning Board bypassed all usual recruitment processes due to “unique challenges” posed by the reforms, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExtent of health secretary's powers over NHS Commissioning Board 'surprising'
The health secretary will have the power to bypass parliament in shaping the “direction” of the NHS Commissioning Board, analysis by HSJ and law firm Beachcroft has revealed.
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NewsCommissioners could be forced to pay into Monitor fund
Monitor will have the power to compel providers and commissioners to pay into a fund which can be used to provide “financial assistance” if a provider goes into administration.