1. NHS trust directors’ pay up 6.4%
NHS trust directors in England received an average pay increase of 6.4% last year, according to new research.

2. DoH ‘may regret’ regulating advanced nurses on the cheap
The government may scrap plans for statutory regulation of advanced nursing roles in favour of a low-cost ‘buyer beware’ scheme, a DoH adviser has said.

3. GMC consults on fitness-to-practise Read more »

This shows some progress since 2004 but the Healthcare Commission says further improvement is needed.

59% believed A&E staff did everything they could to help control patient pain and 27% said they did to some extent.

Many patients said they did not receive enough information when they left A&E: 37% were given a complete explanation of possible medication side effects, 37% were told when they could resume activities like Read more »

The stakes cannot be higher for Boston’s Tufts Medical Center.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been reading how rival Partners HealthCare, comprised of powerhouse hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals, have bullied health insurers into disproportionally higher payments.

I have argued it is because patients demand their services.

Now, Tufts Medical Center is attempting to play the same game, Read more »