All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 179
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NewsDepartment of Health to establish an anti-fraud unit
The Department of Health plans to establish its own fraud investigation function by poaching senior officers from NHS Protect, shrinking the national body’s size significantly as a result.
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CommentWays to reduce the increasing NHS pay bill remain elusive
2.6pc spending increase was not part of the plan
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NewsHealth spending sees sharpest rise in current parliament
Department of Health spending rose by 2.6 per cent in real terms last year – by far the greatest annual rise in health spending of the current parliament
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NewsUnions ballot members for strike action over NHS pay
Three health unions have announced they are going to ballot their members for strike action over NHS pay.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the friends and family test scores badly among clinicians
Most doctors and nurses disagree with its scoring method
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NewsNHS finances 'stretched to limit'
NHS finances have been ‘stretched to the limit’, influential think tank The King’s Fund has warned.
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NewsDuty of candour extended to cover wider set of incidents
A statutory duty of candour in the NHS will cover a wider set of incidents than previously expected, and will force NHS trusts to apologise to affected patients, it has emerged.
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NewsTwo further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsExclusive: Major hospital trust 'very interested' in becoming a social enterprise
One of the largest hospital trusts in the country has revealed to HSJ it is “very interested” in exploring becoming a staff owned social enterprise.
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NewsTrust merger delayed amid financial wrangling
The planned merger of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals and Frimley Park Hospital foundation trusts has been delayed
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NewsHospital trusts should be free to become mutuals, DH advised
Acute trusts should be free to become staff-led mutual social enterprises in an effort to improve staff engagement, a Department of Health commissioned report recommends.
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CommentPublic service mutuals will inspire greater staff engagement
Devolve more power to local level
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HSJ LocalMoorfields misreported waiting times performance for five years
PERFORMANCE: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been misreporting waiting times for treatment at its sites across London for years, with hundreds of patients waiting longer than recorded, the trust discovered.
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NewsPlanned care waiting list in 'danger zone'
The waiting list for planned care has exceeded the 3 million mark, while emergency admissions are continuing to rise, the latest activity data shows.
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NewsNHS finances 'at tipping point', Nuffield Trust warns
The NHS in England could be in a funding crisis before the next general election, an influential think tank has said.
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NewsCouncils urged to toughen health scrutiny
Local authorities have been urged to step up their scrutiny of NHS providers, as a survey revealed funding for such checks has dwindled.
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NewsBetter care fund bailout for acute trusts is agreed
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals when local integration initiatives fail to reduce emergency admissions
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NewsNHS England announces senior appointments
NHS England has announced a slew of senior appointments to strengthen its work on the better care fund and its five year plan.
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CommentElection 2015: 18 week waits remain at risk
The national waiting list is nothing like a simple queue
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