All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 13
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NewsTrusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Government pay advisers have raised concerns about trusts spending an estimated £7m a year on recruitment firms “to pursue the same talent” for executive posts.
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NewsSenior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
The government has awarded above-inflation pay rises for most NHS staff for 2025-26, but senior managers will see their earnings fall in real terms.
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NewsStreeting’s ‘agile’ delivery unit delayed
Plans for an “agile and high-performing” delivery unit in the Department of Health and Social Care have been delayed amid disagreements in the department, HSJ understands.
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NewsNew NHSE strategy chief confirmed
NHS England has confirmed the appointment of a new strategy director.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why AI isn’t taking off in the NHS
In many areas the NHS is still in the foothills when it comes to using artificial intelligence, with most of the innovation found in diagnostics and speech dictation.
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NewsPay for ICB managers set higher than trusts
Integrated care board CEOs and directors should often be paid more than trust peers, under new guidance published today.
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NewsNo pay rise for managers of worst-performing trusts
Very senior managers at the worst-performing trusts and ICBs will not receive annual pay rises from this year, under new national rules.
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NewsEx-director to lead NHSE and DHSC merger
A former NHS England regional director who retired last year has been hired to oversee the abolition of the organisation and its merger into the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsDHSC brings in business chiefs to help NHS ‘get more value’
Government has appointed four business leaders to help build closer connections with the most important NHS suppliers.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: ICBs get their marching orders
NHS England has revealed its new “model ICB blueprint”, which will see more than a dozen functions transferring out of integrated care boards and includes requirements to cut the number of board members.
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NewsSuppliers to help design Streeting’s ‘single patient record’
NHS England is asking suppliers for advice on designing the “single patient record” (SPR), which is seeking to create a “single version of the truth” across the NHS and social care.
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NewsResident doctors ballot for action
No 2025-26 pay proposals announced Resident doctors in England are set to ballot for renewed industrial action over pay, the British Medical Association has announced.
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NewsNHSE reorganisation plans delayed
The first draft of a “high-level plan” for merging NHS England into the Department of Health and Social Care has been delayed, officials have acknowledged.
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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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Expert BriefingImPatient: What future for patient leadership?
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The making of a Health Bill – part 1
The first in an occasional series of HSJ Health Check podcasts tracking the development of the government’s planned Health Bill, which is due to bring about the biggest change in the central running of the NHS for more than a decade.
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CommentNHSE abolition has plunged addiction services back into uncertainty
While last month’s news of the abolition of NHS England continues to reverberate across the health sector, it is not only organisations directly under the NHS banner that are questioning what this will mean for them, writes Victoria Corbishley
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HSJ LocalICB points to lack of government support after teenager’s suicide
Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment – implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old – will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has said.
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NewsEx-hospital chief confirmed as head of DHSC
Former senior Downing Street official and hospital CEO Samantha Jones is the new permanent secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care, government has confirmed.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: The different paths for the pay deal
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. You are receiving this edition of On Call because you are signed up for our Patient Safety Watch newsletter. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick ...












