All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 182
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NewsExclusive: Nicholson forced to correct evidence to MPs over Gary Walker
Sir David Nicholson has been forced to write to MPs to correct comments he gave in relation to sacked hospital chief executive during evidence to the Commons public accounts committee, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMPs call for abolition of 'inflexible' NHS spending restraints
An influential committee of MPs has called for “unnecessarily inflexible” restrictions on NHS spending to be “abolished”, to allow providers to invest their accumulated reserves in reforming services.
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NewsGovernment's competition rowback 'doesn't address fundamentals'
The government’s changes to controversial secondary legislation covering the contracting of NHS services have sparked disagreement over the effect of the new rules.
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NewsDH accepts mortality data 'around' during Nicholson's Mid Staffs oversight
Hospital-level mortality rates were “around at that time” when Sir David Nicholson was chief executive of the heath authority overseeing the Mid Staffordshire Trust, the Department of Health has accepted to HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgePositive steps already taken towards dignity in the NHS
How the diginity in care board addresses the concerns of Francis
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NewsEx-older people's tsar criticises out of hospital obsession
Planning for large reductions in older people in acute hospitals is “absolute la la land”, the government’s former older people’s tsar has told HSJ.
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NewsGovernment drops controversial clause from NHS competition rules
The Department of Health has amended key sections of controversial secondary legislation covering the contracting out of NHS services.
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NewsCMO notes 'catastrophic' antimicrobial resistance
The threat posed by antibiotic resistance should be ranked alongside terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government’s chief medical officer has said.
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NewsCorporate manslaughter case attempt brought against Nicholson
Sir David Nicholson could face a private criminal prosecution for corporate manslaughter over deaths at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNicholson 'absolutely determined' to see reform transition through
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the government’s NHS reforms are introduced.
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NewsExclusive: Fewer doctors per bed at death-rate investigation trusts
An analysis of the 14 hospital trusts being investigated by the Department of Health over higher than expected death rates has highlighted medical staffing as a possible cause.
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NewsPatient malnutrition 'unacceptable'
The Department of Health has increased the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog, saying it is “unacceptable” for patients to go hungry or be malnourished in hospitals.
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NewsNHS hospitals could be paid extra under 'cherry picking' rules
Commissioners may need to increase the prices they pay to NHS hospitals left with more complex workloads after other providers have “cherry picked” the easier patients, new Department of Health guidance shows.
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CommentThe benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy innovation is a must-have – and how we drive it forward
How do we design and implement NHS innovations?
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NewsExam marking errors hit junior doctors
Thousands of junior doctors have been left in the lurch over their first medical jobs after marking errors in their final exams.
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DH opens door to NHS pension for private sector
Private companies providing NHS services are being allowed access to the NHS pension scheme ahead of anticipated Treasury action to widen eligibility, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommunity services to be focus of extended competition
Community services worth billions of pounds are likely to be made subject to increased competition by guidance to be developed under controversial new secondary legislation, HSJ has learned.
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CCGs warn they risk being 'saddled with inherited debt'
Clinical commissioning groups have warned they are at risk of being “saddled with an inherited debt” when they take on their new powers, as a result of an onslaught of retrospective claims for NHS continuing healthcare funding.