Category Archives: Healthcare Roundup

No confidence vote as thousands march against health bill Senior doctors have defied their own leadership to pass a vote of no confidence (subscription required) in health secretary Andrew Lansley by a margin of four to one. BMA chair Dr … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 9th March, 2012

Health bill battle escalates This week has seen clinical commissioning groups (CCG’s) take different sides as the battle over the Health and Social Care Bill escalates. Some 70 CCG leaders have backed Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and have written to … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 2nd March, 2012

Care quality chief quits Cynthia Bower, head of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which checks hospital standards in England, will quit after a highly critical government review. The CQC and Ms Bower have been under intense fire during the public … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 24th February, 2012

Nine London trusts seek EPR A flurry of media coverage has followed news that nine London trusts are tendering for an electronic patient record system in a deal worth £250m to £400m. Industry sources believe the chances are high that … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 17th February, 2012

Lords defeat for health bill as PM denies wanting Lansley shot Health secretary Andrew Lansley faces a torrid time with the Lords defeating the government in the first of the latest round of votes on the health bill. At the … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 11th February, 2012

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 has proposed the extra changes … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 3rd February, 2012

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 Group (JWG) believes that a … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 29th January, 2012

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 have been ignored. Health secretary … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 20th January, 2012

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 the patient. The document, which … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 13th January, 2012

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 found that four in five … finish reading Healthcare Roundup – 16th December, 2011