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NewsHealth minister among latest to resign
Health minister Edward Argar resigned last night, one day after health secretary Sajid Javid.
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New health secretary named
Sajid Javid has resigned and been replaced by Steve Barclay as health and social care secretary.
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Javid: Government ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals
Sajid Javid has insisted the government is ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals by 2030, amid reports of funding rows and delays.
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Comment
The distraction games
Need something to take your mind off the cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine and celebrity libel cases? Time to dig out the old board games, writes Julian Patterson
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Comment
What Javid’s speech was really about
Built as a big reform speech, Sajid Javid’s recent speech widely left health policy commentators, who follow such reform talk closely, frustrated, bemused, underwhelmed or all three, writes Richard Sloggett
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The secret weapon that could help win the PM’s war on cancer
Andrew M Wardley says there is one intervention that can both help catch cancer earlier and reduce health inequalities in cancer care: expanding outreach cancer services
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Ex-NHS chief to lead new ‘Office of the Prime Minister’
The Prime Minister’s senior health adviser Samantha Jones has been appointed interim permanent secretary and chief operating officer of the new Office of the Prime Minister, as Boris Johnson continues his attempts to recover from the partygate scandal.
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Recovery plan expects two more years of waiting list growth
The government’s NHS recovery plan says elective waiting lists are likely to continue growing until March 2024.
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Don’t ‘rush out’ incomplete elective plan, ministers warned
Ministers have been urged not to ‘rush out’ their elective recovery plan this week by NHS Providers because the full impact of omicron on the service has not been established.
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No 10 ‘fixation’ with single health and care leader is delaying white paper
The integration white paper could be delayed until early spring next year, with the prime minister’s personal support for the idea of a single individual responsible for both local health and care services believed to be contributing to the delays.
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Updated: Javid says non-urgent elective operations will have to be postponed until 2022
The Prime Minister has admitted the NHS drive to provide booster vaccinations to as many people as possible by the end of the month will cause widespread disruption in the service before Christmas.
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Leak reveals ‘40 new hospitals’ cash must cover rising costs of existing schemes
Spiralling costs at delayed NHS construction projects will reduce available funding for new “hospitals” promised by the government, HSJ has learned.
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Trust’s ‘new hospital’ bid replaced with upgraded unit
The government has downgraded an acute trust’s hospital redevelopment plan, HSJ can reveal.
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Service specialisation and digital technologies can offer real patient improvements
Carl Shoben and John Underwood write about a new poll on the NHS which points out the public’s top two priorities are tackling the waiting lists that have built up during covid and greater investment in the health service
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The ICS house of mirrors
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. Brought to you this week, for the last time, by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Discharge fund faces a ‘hard line’ at the Treasury
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Tech chiefs miss chance to sell data-sharing scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Happy ‘Freedom Day’ (Black Wednesday Remix)
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Trusts to remind public they must wear masks after 19 July
Multiple trusts are planning to tell the public they must comply with current covid infection control measures, such as mask wearing, beyond 19 July when they visit NHS premises, HSJ can reveal.
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Cowper’s Cut: Changing Health Secretary may cause Saj effects
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
