Health bill concessions after days of ‘panic’ Several days of ‘panic’ and an unprecedented attack on the health bill by three key health sector publication editors has been followed by 137 further amendments. The government...
Call for new body to oversee patient records Fifteen leading organisations have called for the setting up of a body to oversee the development of patient records in health and social care. The Joint Working...
Nurses call for health bill withdrawal The Royal College of Nurses and the Royal College of Midwives have called on the health bill to be dropped, claiming their repeated efforts to help make it workable...
Future Forum declares that health data belongs to the patient A new report by the NHS Future Forum has urged the government to transform the access and sharing of information – with integration focused on...
Huge funding problems and record-breaking job losses loom Large numbers of English hospital trusts face financial difficulties in the year ahead according to the latest report from the all-party Commons Public Accounts Committee. The PAC...
Millions to get telehealth support Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a telehealth drive in which three million patients with chronic illnesses will get hi-tech equipment to monitor their conditions at home. The London Evening...
Strikes and pay fears sweep NHS The NHS faced one of its most strife-torn weeks in decades as strikes over pensions were fuelled by fears over pay cuts and capping. Hospitals cancelled 7,000 of the...
Healthcare providers face 1.5% price cut A 1.5% cut in prices is to be imposed on NHS healthcare providers while commissioners have been told to enforce financial penalties strictly and to clear their own debts....
Payment by Results to be abandoned NHS leaders expect the 2012-13 operating framework to endorse ‘bundled’ and block payments in a bid to control costs. HSJ claims that the document, due out this month, will...
Upbeat prospects for NHS IT market Market forecasts suggest that that English hospitals are to increase their IT spending in the next three years. The EHI Intelligence 2011 NHS Market Forecast Report predicts that trusts...
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