Hospital choices to be taken locally

Hospital choices to be taken locally: A group examining the future of five hospitals says decisions will now be made at local level. BBC Northamptonshire

Extra funding for NHS dentists announced

Extra funding for NHS dentists announced: The Department of Health is today announcing £30 million funding for NHS dentists. Dental practices can use the extra funds to put on extra clinics, attract new patients or buy in new services such as orthodontics.
Dental surgeries have been applying to the local NHS to access the extra funds which will allow them to take on new patients and fund extra clinics.
This is the second year the Government has made extra dental funding available. This will allow more patients to register with a dentist and get their oral health checked.
Read our press release 30 million reasons to smile this Valentine’s Day Department of Health

Telehealth benefits realised

Telehealth benefits realised: A Yorkshire project proves the cost benefits of telehealth, says a report on the scheme by think-tank 2020health. E-Health Insider

Lessons from Europe: provider governance

Lessons from Europe: provider governance: This Briefing outlines key insights from a 'Lessons from Europe' seminar that examined the impact of recent reforms in hospital governance in Spain and the Netherlands. NHS Confederation

How the NHS locks away its secrets - BBC News

How the NHS locks away its secrets - BBC News:

BBC News

How the NHS locks away its secrets BBC News On setting up the NHS, its founder Nye Bevan is reported to have said if a bedpan was dropped on a ward of a hospital, the noise would reverberate all the way to the corridors of power in Westminster. That may be so, but the level of control and ... NHS whistleblower speaks outITV News NHS boss 'not interested in safety'Express.co.uk NHS must not 'gag' nurses who raise safety concerns, says whistleblowerNursing Times RT -The Times (subscription) -Wall Street Journal all 41 news articles »

NHS whistleblower faces ruin after speaking out about patient safety

NHS whistleblower faces ruin after speaking out about patient safety: An NHS whistleblower who claims he was paid £500,000 to keep quiet over patient safety last night said he feared he would "lose everything" by speaking out against the "culture of fear" in the health service. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• MPs ask former hospital trust boss to back up allegations against NHS chiefs The Guardian
• Victimised for blowing whistle on NHS chiefs: Man who defied gagging order faces ruin The Daily Mail
• NHS 'gagging' compromises patient care Public Service
• AUDIO: Former NHS manager breaks gag order BBC News

Patients at risk from junior doctors working 100 hour weeks: GMC

Patients at risk from junior doctors working 100 hour weeks: GMC: Patients are being put at risk by exhausted junior doctors working 100 hours a week, the General Medical Council has warned, because the European rules on working hours are not working. The Daily Telegraph

See also

• Trainees still working nearly 100 hours a week OnMedica

The NHS: we can make it better

The NHS: we can make it better: Improving NHS hospitals means enforcing a culture of accountability - as the best do already, says Nick Seddon The Daily Telegraph

A&E departments so short-staffed four in 10 doctors are locums, warns report

A&E departments so short-staffed four in 10 doctors are locums, warns report: Accident and emergency departments are so short staffed that at some hospitals four in 10 doctors are locums, a report has warned. The Daily Telegraph

GMC investigates senior Department of Health manager over claims she put targets ahead of patient safety

GMC investigates senior Department of Health manager over claims she put targets ahead of patient safety:
A senior Department of Health manager is under investigation by the General Medical Council over allegations that she ordered a hospital trust to hit its waiting list targets “whatever the demand.” The Independent

See also

• Senior NHS official 'should be suspended' over whistleblower's claims The Daily Telegraph

Monitor publishes new provider licence

Monitor publishes new provider licence: Monitor today signals a new approach to regulation of the healthcare sector with the publication of its standard licence conditions.