All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 126
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NewsDozens of councils face funding cuts for poor DTOCs performance
Thirty two local authorities have been warned by ministers their adult social care allocations could be cut next year if their delayed transfer of care performance does not significantly improve, HSJ has learned
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NewsGovernment seeks to halt GPs leaving profession
Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new government backed indemnity scheme for GPs in England later today.
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NewsFinance directors 'feel bullied' by NHS regulators to agree targets
The professional body representing public sector accountants has warned experienced NHS finance staff are “often feeling bullied by regulators to publicly report numbers they do not think are achievable”.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: A fresh start for Liverpool
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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NewsMore funding needed to lift pay cap, warn Stevens and Mackey
The government will need to provide the extra cash needed to lift the public sector pay cap in the NHS, Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey told MPs.
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NewsNew chair of NHS Improvement revealed
The former chief executive of the broadband provider TalkTalk is the Department of Health’s preference to be the next chair of NHS Improvement, HSJ understands.
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NewsNHS to fund new 'digital exemplar programme' for NPfIT system
DXC Technologies - supplier of the Lorenzo IT system - is set to receive about £10m to take part in a new national “digital exemplar” programme, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A good wheeze from the prime minister?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector
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NewsHealth secretary urged to act on CAMHS after teenager's suicide
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been asked to consider the lack of commissioned services for children too anxious to attend hospital appointments following the death of a teenage boy.
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HSJ LocalCharity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop funding non-emergency patient transport to people who rely on “life sustaining” treatment.
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NewsFinal contract for NHS procurement shake-up put on market
Procurement leaders hope to improve the way the NHS handles transactions with a contract for financial management worth nearly £50m that has gone to the market.
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NewsNHS workers to get first refusal on affordable homes
Plans to give health workers first refusal on affordable housing built on surplus NHS land have been welcomed by sector representatives.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust 'on the verge' of special measures
A teaching trust ‘on the verge’ of financial special measures is applying for distress funding after predicting it will run out of cash next month.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bosses call on government to confirm sustainability cash beyond 2019
NHS trust leaders have called on the government to protect the £1.8bn sustainability fund beyond 2018-19, but say it should not be channelled into commissioning allocations until problems with the national tariff are addressed.
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NewsHunt plans 25 per cent increase in student nursing placements
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today outline plans to create an extra 5,000 training posts for student nurses from next year, an increase of 25 per cent.
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NewsExclusive: Government threatens to intervene over DTOCs performance
Ministers are set to issue a fresh warning to councils deemed to have made insufficient progress tackling delayed transfers of care, amid a bitter row over the withholding of funding.
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CommentCowper's Cut – Now is the autumn of our discontent
With the budget approaching, austerity still biting and the deficit not shifting, the NHS is not the only institution fearing a tough end to the year
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NewsRevealed: How much NHS trusts made from land sales
Sales of land or physical assets by NHS trusts generated cash receipts of £220m in 2016-17.
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NewsDH completes team assessing £730m procurement after last minute plea
The Department of Health has managed to recruit new evaluators for a £730m procurement after two people left the team tasked with assessing bids at late notice.
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NewsNew scrutiny body to be 'voice of clinicians' in NHS procurement
Products bought for NHS trusts are set to be subject to greater scrutiny for clinical value as part of a major overhaul of NHS procurement.