Author: Andy Cowper

The NHS reform process has seen two chief executives quit in London and a chair and non-executive team depart in Bedfordshire. News reports in the Health Service Journal cover the resignations of Tara Donnelly, chief executive of West Middlesex University Hospitals NHS Trust and Julian Nettel, CE of Barts and the London NHS Trust.

The BMA has issued new guidance to GPs that they should not take part in referral management schemes that offer practices financial incentives for cutting patient referrals.

Rose Gibb, the sacked chief executive of Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where 90 patients died from Clostridium Difficil infections, is in court claiming £250,000 for breach of contract.

The Department of Health has published the third annual Health Profile of England, showing improvements in critical areas of the nation’s health. Among the areas of improvement are a continued decline in the mortality rates from cancer, heart disease and suicides. Moreover, life expectancy is higher than ever. Infant mortality is at its lowest recorded level.

The pound’s fall against the Euro could affect the supply of pharmaceuticals to the NHS.