My name is Alex Plough and for the past few months I’ve been working as the special projects editor of Help Me Investigate Health. Regular readers will not recognise my name as I’ve been published little on the blog. But behind … Continue reading →
A version of this post covering schools appears on Help Me Investigate Education. With food hygiene in the news following the horsemeat scandal, I thought I’d put together a quick guide on getting information about your own local hospitals’ hygiene … Continue reading →
We’ve teamed up with the BBC College of Journalism for an event on reporting the new health system that comes into force this year. ‘Journalists and the new health system‘ is bringing together the people who will be scrutinising the new … Continue reading →
Cross-posted from CCG Latest News: NHS Merseyside is spending £65,700 on re-recruiting personnel for four Clinical Commissioning Groups, a freedom of information request has revealed. The four groups are: Sefton CCG – approx. £23,200 Halton CCG – approx. £11,600 St … Continue reading →
If you want to get an overview of the different parties involved in the new health system and their roles – including some new players as well as old players with new responsibilities – a recent report from the National Quality Board‘s … Continue reading →
Cross-posted from CCG Latest News: They are taking control in April but some CCGs have a tougher job on their hands than others. Meet three commissioning groups with a big challenge ahead of them. Dr Foster, which supplies intelligence and … Continue reading →
A longer version of this post can be read in today’s Birmingham Mail. You can find out how to do the same report in your own area here. If you’re going to have to go to an A&E department in … Continue reading →
Today we publish the first results of a collaboration with the Birmingham Mail: when’s the worst time to go to A&E in the West Midlands? (It’s 1am, by the way). Or, to give it its print headline: “A&E delays worst … Continue reading →
Seventeen NHS hospitals have dangerously low numbers of nurses – Telegraph – The hospitals, many of them busy district generals, were issued with warnings by the Care Quality Commission after its latest inspections, the body has disclosed. Each was … Continue reading →
Two events that HMI Health followers should be aware of – one about money, and the other about power. Public health budgets The money is in public health budgets, which are being transferred from Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) within the NHS to … Continue reading →