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NewsPatient safety brief upgraded in new DHSC team
Patient safety and public health have been upgraded to a ministerial responsibility, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.
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NewsCouncil privatises NHS-run care service
Private providers are set to take over the running of some adult social care services currently carried out by an NHS trust in the South West.
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NewsICBs told to redraw boundaries again
Integrated care board boundaries will be redrawn again after Andy Burnham pledged they would match new local government footprints by 2029.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Burnham’s plan to save billions for the NHS
This week, we’re talking about the latest on neighbourhood health, and what prime minister Andy Burnham’s push for social care reform means for the NHS.
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NewsBurnham wants NHS savings to help pay for social care
Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms, Andy Burnham has said.
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LeaderWe must abandon the myth that inquiries work
“I don’t think people do get closure [from inquiries]… It’s a myth, and I don’t think that we should dangle the prospect of it as something that we can achieve.” Dr Bill Kirkup speaking on last week’s HSJ podcast
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Whose knowledge counts?
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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LeaderWhat a Burnham premiership will mean for the NHS
HSJ has spent the past few weeks talking to those in and around the “Burnham camp” in an effort to answer this question. Some consistent and significant themes have emerged.
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NewsTrusts to be monitored on local recruitment
Trusts will be monitored on how many staff they recruit who live locally and are unemployed, under 10-Year Health Plan proposals.
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NewsEx-health secretary attacks ‘drastic’ ICB shake-up
Government and NHS England should “step back” from their NHS “reorganisation” which “came out of nowhere” and risks “taking people’s focus internally”, according to former Labour health secretary Andy Burnham.
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NewsNHSE has too much power over managers’ careers, warns ICS boss
An integrated care board chair has said NHS England has too much power over promotions for senior managers, claiming it creates a “real problem” in incentivising ICSs to have a long-term focus on health inequalities and prevention.
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NewsExclusive: Burnham proposes new ‘single system’ pilot to government
Andy Burnham has asked government to support Greater Manchester as a pilot for the next phase of joining up social care with NHS services, arguing there is a new imperative in the wake of coronavirus.
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘I should have challenged DH advice on Mid Staffs’
This week: Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
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NewsBurnham: Reconfiguration took focus 'away from where it should have been'
Andy Burnham says health leaders in Greater Manchester should reflect on the much heralded reconfiguration of hospital services in the region, saying it “took time, energy and focus away from where it should have been”.
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CommentThis election could set a new course for mental health
The main parties’ manifesto commitments to the sector seem to suggest that a strong platform for change is finally at hand, says Ben Nunn
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NewsRouse: Manchester NHS recently tested terror attack response
Manchester’s emergency services practised dealing with a scenario “not too dissimilar” to last night’s terror attack about one month ago, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief officer Jon Rouse has said.
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NewsIntegrated care a 'main priority' for Greater Manchester, says Burnham
Andy Burnham says handing the running of social care services to the NHS would be a “main priority” if he becomes Greater Manchester mayor Former health secretary says the fact the region had a health and social care devolution deal was the “clinching factor” as to why he stood ...
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NewsAndy Burnham named Labour's Greater Manchester mayor candidate
Andy Burnham has been nominated as Labour’s candidate to be the first elected mayor of Greater Manchester.
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NewsHeidi Alexander appoints new political adviser
Labour shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander has appointed a new political adviser.