by Sam | 2 Aug 2013 | Health, Public Sector
NHS England has given the clearest hint yet of what the post-Sir David Nicholson future might look like, with the publication of the job description for the role of its chief executive once Sir David stands down in March 2013 (although there have been some suggestions...
by Sam | 31 Jul 2013 | Health, Public Sector
The Department of Health is headed back to the drawing board over its plans for Lewisham Hospital, after Mr Justice Silber determined that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt had overstepped his powers when announcing plans for the downgrading of the hospital’s...
by Sam | 30 Jul 2013 | Health
Interesting news from The Grocer magazine, which reports that Association of Directors of Public Health has decided to pull out of the Responsibility Deal in early July in protest against the Government’s U-turns on plain cigarette packaging and minimum pricing of...
by Sam | 26 Jul 2013 | Health, Public Sector
Something I have long suggested is that a “culture of carelessness” has spread throughout many areas of our once hallowed National Health Service. The publication of the Keogh Report, with its findings of 14,000 unnecessary deaths in just 11 Trusts, has finally...
by Sam | 25 Jul 2013 | Health, Nutrition, Sport, Whitehouse News
The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) has announced that leading nutrition companies Glanbia Performance Nutrition and PhD Nutrition have joined its membership. Glanbia Performance Nutrition, which owns Optimum Nutrition, BSN and GNUK ,...