Health Committee Archives | Digital Health

24 January 2012

NHS ‘salami slicing’ cuts – Dorrell

The Commons' health select committee has warned that the NHS is falling behind on the 'Nicholson challenge' and being distracted

2 December 2010

MPs given estimate of PCT job losses

Between 30 and 40% of the staff who are currently employed in primary care trusts could find a role supporting

4 November 2010

BMA tells MPs to ‘save PCT managers’

Primary care trust staff who will be needed to make GP commissioning consortia work are already leaving the NHS, MPs

9 August 2010

PCT ends United Health contract early

NHS Northamptonshire has ended its contract for commissioning services with UnitedHealth UK a year early, the primary care trust has

31 March 2010

Improve PCT data skills, say MPs

Poor quality data analysis skills have played a key part in the failure of many primary care trusts to work

8 December 2009

DH mandates incident reporting

The Department of Health has confirmed that it will end the voluntary system for reporting patient safety incidents to the

17 March 2009

QoF should tackle health inequalities – MPs

The Quality and Outcomes Framework needs radical revision to fully take account of health inequalities, according to MPs. A report

14 January 2009

MPs cast doubt on Darzi reforms

The future pay of NHS managers should be linked to their data-analysis abilities, according to MPs concerned about the health

21 July 2008

NICE to overhaul QoF

The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) is to be overhauled to focus on indicators which have the greatest impact on

29 February 2008

DH seeks tougher sanctions for security breaches

The government is seeking an increase in penalties for NHS staff that breach the Data Protection Act. Health minister, Ben