All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 2
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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News
Government must take ‘more control’ of NHSE, says ex-minister
NHS England’s status as an independent body has “gone too far” and needs to be reined in by government, a recent ex-minister has said.
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News
Leaders ‘challenging CQC inspectors’ are ‘normalising’ poor care
Failings identified in high-profile maternity scandals are “widespread” across many hospitals and poor care is being “normalised” by leaders, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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News
I’ll reject ‘status quo’ proposals, Streeting warns officials
Wes Streeting has warned NHS England and departmental officials he will reject any proposals ”that suggest sticking with the status quo, or bids for more money without reform”.
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News
Doctors vote to end historic pay dispute
Junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer – bringing to an end a bitter dispute which lasted nearly two years and saw 44 days of strikes.
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News
£10bn NHS medtech spend undermined by ‘lack of data’, warns DHSC director
The lack of information about the performance and value for money of medtech products is leading to ineffective procurement and wasting scarce NHS funding, a senior government official has told HSJ.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Inquiries – who are they for?
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss three major NHS inquiries that started hearing evidence this week.
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News
Ministers pressing Treasury to fund ‘a lot of prevention projects’
The Department of Health and Social Care is fighting for funding for ‘a lot of public health projects’ in the upcoming government spending review, a minister has said.
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News
NHS has ‘thrown money’ at unproductive hospitals
Too much money is being “thrown” at hospitals where productivity “has substantially fallen” and not enough is being spent in the community, a major review of NHS performance has concluded.
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News
Darzi: NHS ‘unlikely’ to meet performance targets in five years
Labour is “unlikely” to meet its flagship manifesto commitment to restore the NHS’s constitutional waiting times during this parliamentary term, Lord Darzi has warned.
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News
National bodies ‘failed to help staff with rationing care during covid’
Covid inquiry research finds “room for improvement” for national bodies and regulators Staff report being unable to escalate patients due to bed and workforce shortages NHS England’s representative urges inquiry to consider potential harms from counterfactuals Six in ten healthcare professionals said they lacked support from national bodies ...
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Winning over the Treasury
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Getting what you pay for
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast guest host Ben Clover and colleagues talk winter, money and “collective action” from GPs.
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News
Exclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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Comment
What might ‘Starmerism’ mean for health and care?
Politicians must value and mobilise local community organisations to fill gaps left by cuts in services to improve health and social care, writes Sir Chris Ham
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News
Streeting will ‘blame Tories for NHS failures this winter’
Wes Streeting is being “realistic” about recovering NHS performance, and failures this winter will be attributable to the previous government, he has told NHS chief executives.
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News
Hospital reconfigurations ‘negatively impacting’ patients, warn government advisers
Clinical service reconfigurations are mostly driven by the “poor condition of [the] NHS estate” and a lack of staff rather than a desire to “improve clinical outcomes”, advisers to the Department of Health and Social Care have said.
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News
Service closures on hold after ministerial intervention call
An integrated care board has paused plans to reorganise hospital services after the threat of ministerial intervention.
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News
Exclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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News
Trust’s property deal hit by falling land value
The future of a high-profile NHS land sale and redevelopment deal is in question due to falling land values, HSJ can reveal.