NHS moves swiftly on procurement waste

Jim Easton, the NHS National Director for Improvement and Efficiency, has written to all chief executives inviting them to join the ‘Product Pricing Project’ aimed at revealing the prices paid for different NHS organisations for the same... <<Read More>>

NHS efficiency and quality threatened by cuts to consultants' protected time, new BMA publication warns

The NHS will struggle to protect quality and find efficiency savings if cuts to the protected time senior doctors can devote to the improvement of services continue, the BMA says today. A new BMA publication... <<Read more>>

National health bodies tackle efficiency

Three major health bodies have come to together to discuss how the NHS could be run more efficiently.

Major cuts to NHS arm’s length bodies

‘Bureaucracy will be cut and the functions of several organisations will be streamlined’, following a review of arm’s length bodies, according to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.

In total, the changes outlined in the report will reduce the number of health ALBs from eighteen to between eight and ten, which is expected to deliver savings of over £180m by 2014/15.

In line with the wider reforms set out in the White Paper, Equity...

NHS in London faces major challenges

A report by the NHS Confederation has found that NHS trusts in London face a number of significant challenges.

These challenges include the need to avoid an increase in health inequalities, when tough decisions were being made about spending.

NHS Confederation acting chief executive Nigel Edwards, said...

Homeopathic hospital funding should be cut, says BMA

A facility in Glasgow which issues homeopathic remedies should be not receive anymore NHS funding, according to the BMA in Scotland.

These remarks were made during a recent BBC investigation into spending in the Scottish healthcare system.

Dr Vivienne Nathanson,who is the BMA's director of science and ethics, told the BBC...

NHS trust using surfing to help treatment

In an effort to help patients with mental health issues, Cornwall Primary Care Trust has begun offering surfing lessons.

Despite drawing a little criticism, the trust is confident that the activity can give real benefits to patients with certain conditions.

A spokesperson for the PCT, said...