Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Patients suffering under NHS rationing, say GPs

Creeping rationing of NHS care in England is making patients suffer unnecessarily, doctors are warning. BBc News Website

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Topics: Care, Failing Care, Hospitals, NHS, NHS Trusts

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

'Nurses unhappy with Health Secretary'

Nurses are still unhappy despite giving the Health Secretary a dignified reception, nurse leaders have said. BBC News Website

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Topics: Andrew Lansley, Health, Health and Social Care Bill, Nurses, NHS Trusts, Nursing Agency

Friday, May 11th, 2012

NHS 'can't cope' with multi-disease patients

The health system in the UK cannot cope with the rising number of under-65s with long-term medical conditions and needs "radical change", says a study in The Lancet. BBC News Website

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Topics: Multi-Disease, NHS Trusts, NHS

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

NHS report calls for joined up plan to cut falls by elderly

A more joined-up strategy, driven at the local rather than national level, is needed to cut falls by the elderly, says an NHS Confederation report. BBC News Website

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Topics: NHS, NHS Trusts, Falls, Elderly

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Hinchingbrooke hospital 'profit deal' revealed

Details of the deal which allows the private sector company Circle to profit from running an NHS hospital have emerged.

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Topics: Department of Health, Funding, Health, General, Health Services, Hospitals, Money, NHS, NHS Trusts, Politics

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Health Secretary sets out objectives for NHS Commissioning Board Authority

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has set out the Government’s strategic objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board Authority and the basis against which the Authority will be held to account.

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Topics: Government, Health and Social Care Bill, Health Services, Hospitals, Andrew Lansley, NHS Trusts, NHS, Adult Social Care

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

NHS's Sir Bruce Keogh warns over overnight discharging

Hospitals in England have been told to end the practice of discharging patients in the middle of the night in order to free up beds. BBC News Website

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Topics: Hospitals, NHS, NHS Trusts, General, Discharge, Department of Health

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Overnight discharges from NHS hospitals to be examined

The government is investigating after figures emerged suggesting that hospital patients in England have been discharged overnight to free up beds. From the BBC News Website

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Topics: Discharge, Department of Health, General, Hospitals, NHS, NHS Trusts, Waiting Times

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Health cuts: Welsh NHS Confederation says reform needed to save more cash

The NHS in Wales can not cut its costs further without making radical hospital reforms, according to the body representing health boards and trusts.

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Health trust boosted by outpatient survey

OUTPATIENTS at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust are so pleased with the care they receive that the Trust has been placed in the top 20 per cent in the country.

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Topics: CQC, NHS Trusts

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Apology for care facility failings

CONCERNS have been raised concerns over the welfare of patients at a facility at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish.

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Topics: Care, CQC, NHS Trusts

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Care for elderly 'let down by fragmented system

Older people are being let down by a social care system in which they are "passed like a parcel" between services, a committee of MPs has said.

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Topics: Care, Elderly, NHS Trusts

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Review under way into Cornwall's ME service

Cornwall's chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) service is being reviewed.

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Topics: Care, NHS Trusts

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Private firm starts running NHS Hinchingbrooke Hospital

A private firm has become the first to start running an NHS hospital.

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Topics: Doctors, Health, Hospitals, NHS Trusts, NHS

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Plans for NHS in England an unholy mess, say journals

Changes to the NHS in England have created an "unholy mess", the editors of three leading journals have said.

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Topics: Doctors, General, Hospitals, Health, Money, NHS, Nurses, NHS Trusts

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

NHS reforms 'hindering drive to make savings'

The overhaul of the NHS in England is hindering its ability to make the savings it needs to safeguard its future, MPs have said. BBC News Website

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Topics: NHS, NHS Trusts, Hospitals, Politics

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

NHS changes: Clegg says plans must go ahead

Planned reforms of the NHS in England must go ahead, despite fresh criticism from MPs, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said. BBC News Website

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Topics: NHS, NHS Trusts, Politics

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

NHS plans: Unions move to 'outright opposition'

The unions representing nurses and midwives have joined others in stating their "outright opposition" to the government's NHS plans in England.

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Topics: Care, Doctors, General, NHS, NHS Trusts, Nurses, Money

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Hospitals told to improve productivity

Hospitals in England must do much better at improving productivity if patient care is not going to suffer in the coming years, experts say.

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Topics: NHS, Hospitals, NHS Trusts

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The NHS hospitals that feed patients on 86p a meal - while others splash out £7.50

Some NHS hospitals are spending as little as 86 pence a meal on food for patients. New figures show a massive disparity in what is spent per day on food and drinks for patients. Some hospitals spend as little as £2.57 per patient while others spend more than £22 a day - nearly £7.50 per meal. Mail Online

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Topics: NHS, NHS Trusts, Hospitals, Money

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

Over-40s health check provision in England 'patchy'

The provision of health MOTs for the over-40s in England has been "slow and patchy", says a UK charity. BBC News Website

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Topics: Health, Doctors, NHS, NHS Trusts, New Research

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Hospital patients 'more likely to die at weekends'

Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say. BBC News Website

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Topics: NHS, Hospitals, NHS Trusts, Failing Care

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Fraud by staff and patients costs NHS '£3bn a year'

Lives put at risk by financial losses, says report From the Independent News Website

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Topics: Hospitals, NHS, NHS Trusts

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Circle in deal to run Hinchingbrooke NHS hospital

A groundbreaking £1bn, 10-year deal for a private firm to run a struggling NHS hospital has been confirmed. BBC News Website

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Topics: NHS, Hospitals, NHS Trusts

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

CQC warns James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC warns James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (in Norfolk) that it is still failing to meet the nutritional needs of people in its care

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Topics: NHS Trusts, Failing Care, Care, Health