All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 179
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MPs' warning over waiting time data
NHS England is failing to collect “consistent, complete and accurate” waiting times figures from trusts, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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Urgent action needed for software switchover
NHS England has warned that “urgent action” is required from NHS organisations and GP practices which have still not migrated their computer operating systems away from the soon-to-be ditched Microsoft Windows XP platform.
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NewsMid Staffs dissolution deferred by six months
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will remain in business until at least October despite the regulator’s desire to dissolve the organisation “as soon as possible”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUpdated: Unison votes to ballot members on industrial action
One of the largest healthcare unions Unison is to ballot its 460,000 health members over plans to take industrial action – including strike action – following the government’s imposed pay deal.
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NewsTwenty pilots selected for extended hours fund
The government has today revealed the successful bidders for the prime minister’s £50m ‘challenge fund’, a budget to increase access to GP surgeries.
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NewsDH and NHS England launch older people's programme
The Department of Health and NHS England have launched a £400m programme for vulnerable older people to reduce pressure on accident and emergency wards.
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NewsExclusive: Study reveals NHS failure on diversity at senior levels
A new study has found the proportion of senior NHS positions held by people of black and minority ethnic backgrounds has barely changed in eight years, with progress towards better representation labelled as “glacial”.
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NewsMHRA introduces early access scheme
Severely-ill patients will soon have access to new medicines years before they are given the green light for widespread use.
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NewsExclusive: NMC to get new legal powers to re-open cases after Mid Staffs
The Nursing and Midwifery Council is to be granted new powers by the government to allow it to re-open closed fitness to practise cases, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England director returns as Choices chief
A senior NHS England director and former director at outsourcing giant Capita has been made senior responsible officer for the NHS Choices programme.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeprivation of liberty – guidelines from the Supreme Court
What constitutes a deprivation of liberty?
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NewsUnison seeks ballot for NHS industrial action
The largest healthcare union has warned of a “winter of unrest for the NHS” as it revealed plans to ballot members for industrial action.
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NewsData video: What happened to the continuing healthcare cash?
Paying for legacy healthcare claims
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NewsInformation Centre urged DH to intervene in Care.data last year
The Health and Social Care Information Centre urged the Department of Health in December to intervene in NHS England plans to publicise the controversial Care.data project, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBar on multiple directorships dropped to aid trust takeovers
The Department of Health plans to change the law to allow chairs of NHS trusts to serve on the boards of more than one organisation, in a move it says could smooth the takeover process for unsustainable providers.
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Big FT chiefs: Trust independence should not prevent takeover
The chief executives of some of England’s most powerful hospital trusts have warned that the organisational independence of other providers should not be a barrier to them being taken over.
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Leader‘No legacy debt’ pledge does not live up to Lansley’s promise
CCGs have to find funding for continuing care claims
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NewsTreasury claims £650m legacy debt pot
NHS England has admitted that £650m of provisions made by primary care trusts last year to pay for historic continuing healthcare claims will not be available to clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsFlory: 'Significant proportion of trusts have no clear plan for sustainability'
NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory has warned “a significant proportion” of the trust sector has no “clear plan for sustainability”.