by Sam | 14 Aug 2014 | Uncategorized
Disproportionate funding cuts mean mental health services are “running dangerously close to collapse”, Professor Simon Wessely told the Guardian today in his first interview since being elected President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Despite the Health...
by Sam | 24 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
Nineteen NHS trusts have been referred to the Health Secretary after auditors raised concerns about their financial viability, representing an almost four-fold rise from five last year. The Audit Commission reviewed 98 trusts running a combination of hospital,...
by Sam | 2 Jun 2014 | Creative Industries, media and technology
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt told Health Services Journal this week that the NHS can withstand the financial squeeze it faces during the next parliamentary term by adopting new technologies and making care safer. “We’re only scratching the surface when it comes to...
by Sam | 12 Mar 2014 | Politics
The contentious Clause 119 of the Care Bill, which introduces powers for the Secretary of State to close or downgrade a hospital if a neighbouring trust is struggling financially, has been passed through Parliament. A total of 297 MPs voted in favour of Clause 119,...
by Sam | 10 Mar 2014 | Uncategorized
This week’s final stages of the Care Bill in the House of Commons is likely to see a cross-party revolt over plans to give the Health Secretary and officials he directly appoint (the ‘Trust Special Administrator’) power to direct changes to, or...
