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News2.5% pay rise proposed by ministers
The government can only offer NHS staff a 2.5 per cent pay rise next year and says anything more threatens the “speed and delivery” of the 10-Year Health Plan.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Planning guidance explained – with NHS Providers’ CEO
Now that NHS England has published its planning guidance – rechristened the “medium-term planning framework” – we look at what it will mean for the service, with guest Daniel Elkeles, CEO of NHS Providers.
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CommentIf it’s serious about inequalities, government will tackle homeless health
With homelessness at record levels, a promised government strategy must be used to tackle extreme health inequalities, argues MP and health and social care committee member Danny Beales
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NewsExclusive: Director quits DHSC for senior regional role
The second permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, Tom Riordan, is leaving after only a year in the post for a newly created cross-government role.
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NewsGovernment delays new NHS workforce plan
The government has pushed back publication of its new NHS workforce plan to spring next year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJoint NHSE-DHSC leadership team revealed
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have set out how the service will be jointly led by the two organisations until their formal merger is complete sometime in 2027.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How the Leeds Way went wrong
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, one of the biggest acute providers in Europe, was seen as an example of how a trust can turn things around, despite its size and complexity.
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NewsEx-tabloid editor to review ‘integration’ of DHSC and NHSE media teams
Wes Streeting has hired a former newspaper editor to review the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England’s “media and digital work”.
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News‘Troubling’ bid to curb checks for restricted patients
Government is making a legal bid to curb the need for health and care providers to get council sign-off and oversight when they admit and put restrictions on people with limited mental capacity.
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NewsTwo trusts removed from maternity probe
Two trusts have been removed from the health and social care secretary’s “rapid” national investigation into maternity services, a month after they were included.
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NewsDHSC to spend £8m on IT for NHSE takeover
The Department of Health and Social Care is expecting to spend at least £8m on new IT infrastructure to aid its takeover of NHS England’s functions.
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News‘Urgent’ inquiry into major trust called by Streeting
Ministers have taken what they described as the “exceptional step” of launching an “urgent” independent inquiry into maternity and neonatal care failings at one of England’s biggest teaching trusts.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Can patients save the NHS?
This week, the HSJ Health Check podcast explores how Labour hopes a fundamental change in the relationship between patients and services can turn the NHS around.
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NewsPM: NHS is failing to deal with antisemitism
The government has announced a “short, sharp review” of antisemitism in the NHS, with the prime minister saying some cases are ”simply not being dealt with”.
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NewsInquiry chair: No time to ‘co-produce’ with families
Families have been told they cannot “co-produce” an investigation into how they were failed by maternity services because of the “timetable given” by government.
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NewsStreeting accused of ignoring nurses’ safety warning
Wes Streeting has failed to respond to an “urgent” warning from a clinical group that safety is being compromised by gaps in community services, HSJ has been told.
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CommentThe third sector must take Healthwatch’s place in the development of neighbourhoods
The Department of Health and Social Care must map out a collective vision which includes the third sector as a key partner in the development of the promised neighbourhood health service.
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NewsNHSE’s improvement teams axed
NHS England’s elective, emergency care and mental health improvement support teams are being axed – and their staff and functions merged into the Getting it Right First Time programme, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Distraction, not devolution
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsGovernment to review ‘outdated’ funding formula
The review of the system used to allocate funding to GP practices announced yesterday will begin immediately and aim to conclude within six months, the Department for Health and Social Care has told HSJ.