All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 181
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NewsDominance of small GP practices undermines push for extended providers
General practice remains overwhelmingly dominated by providers on single sites with small lists, providing little beyond “core” services, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsCaldicott: Information governance knowledge has worsened
The health and social care workforce’s knowledge of good information governance has deteriorated since the NHS reforms were implemented, according to the expert commissioned by the government to examine the issue.
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NewsExclusive: Dalton to examine barriers to hospital chains
The health secretary has appointed Sir David Dalton to lead a team looking at getting trusts to group together into “chains”.
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NewsDH acknowledges 'first fall in life expectancy since 2003'
The Department of Health has acknowledged that life expectancy at 75 – one of its corporate indicators – fell in 2012 for the first time in many years.
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NewsNo integration pioneers win 'accelerator' status
NHS England has reneged on its plan to give a designated “integration pioneer” area special status as a centre of best practice in the use of its £260m technology fund.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital chains win backing
Discussions have begun between national NHS bodies on how the provider landscape can be radically reshaped, including on providers forming national chains of hospitals and services.
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HSJ Local
Staffing changes at mental health trust
South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust will be taking on a new director of nursing, following on from the recent appointment of Matthew Patrick as the trust’s new chief executive.
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NewsGroups raise concerns about fundamental standards
A body representing health charities has warned that draft “fundamental standards” being consulted on by the Department of Health could be “a backward step” for person centred care.
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NewsExclusive: Cash penalties axed for care fund failure
The Department of Health has scrapped plans to withhold money from areas that fail to deliver performance improvements through joint commissioning with local authorities.
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NewsDH tightens grip on informatics policy
The Department of Health has strengthened its grip on the NHS’s informatics policy by making a key policy group directly accountable to itself, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrince Charles backs hospital income link to food quality
Prince Charles has encouraged NHS organisations to introduce pay for performance for the quality of hospital food.
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HSJ KnowledgeCQC regulation is being transformed in 2014
Analysis of the five key changes in the new regime
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NewsCouncils row with DH over deferred care bill
The Local Government Association has claimed a key part of the government’s social care reforms could cost councils five times more than estimated, triggering a row with the Department of Health.
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NewsPathology services 'need to be more transparent'
Pathology services need to become more transparent and be subjected to better safety checks, an NHS England commissioned review has recommended.
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NewsKirkup indicates secrecy on Morecambe Bay probe
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has indicated no witness evidence will be released until his final report is published.
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NewsOxfordshire CCG compromises on controversial contracting plan
Commissioners have prepared a set of compromises to one of the most ambitious integrated contracting plans after a Department of Health review recommended much closer collaboration with local providers.
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NewsApril 2015 targeted for Choices outsource
The NHS Choices website will not be outsourced until April next year, more than a year after initially expected, HSJ has been told.
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NewsLeaders should be 'more willing' to embrace technology
The health service could save tens of millions of pounds if its leaders were more willing to embrace technology to manage their workforce, according to a report from London School of Economics academics and a thinktank.