All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 2
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NewsExclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading indicator’ to champion waiting list reduction
The recent reduction in the waiting list repeatedly cited by ministers as evidence of the NHS’s recovery has given a “misleading” impression to the public about the service’s underlying performance, leading policy experts have warned.
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News£174k offered for top DHSC jobs
Three new director general posts have been advertised by the Department of Health and Social Care structure, each commanding a salary of up to £174,000.
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News10-Year Plan author seconded to Downing Street
One of the main authors of the 10-Year Health Plan is temporarily moving from his role at NHS England to one at Number 10, HSJ has learned.
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CommentMackey’s subco plan is risky and unnecessary
Now is not the time to subject low-paid workers to morale-sapping outsourcing, says Unison general secretary Christina McAnea
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News‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
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NewsNHS must be seen as just one part of health ‘ecosystem’, says Milburn
The “big change” ushered in by the 10-Year Health Plan will be to shift the view that healthcare in England is synonymous with “a single institution we happen to call the National Health Service”, according to government adviser and former health secretary Alan Milburn.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Freedom in theory, not in practice
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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NewsICB predicts 400 staff will get £100k redundancy payouts
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has proposed shedding up to 400 posts via a voluntary redundancy scheme costing more than £40m.
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NewsCoroners reveal concerns over trust safety investigations
Trusts are beginning to run parallel safety investigations because a compulsory new national process does not meet the demands of coroners, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Deficits are cancelled
This week, we cover what is happening with the more than £2bn that NHS England wants to take off overspending trusts.
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NewsConservatives name new health shadow
Stuart Andrew to shadow Wes Streeting Ed Argar steps down from opposition frontbench due to health issues Comes amid wider reshuffle The Conservatives have appointed a new shadow health and social care secretary.
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NewsManagers will be barred for misconduct and 'silencing whistleblowers'
NHS directors who commit serious misconduct will be barred from taking up other senior roles, under the government’s manager regulation proposals.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Dash Review opens a crucial door
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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News10-Year Plan director to lead care reform
The lead civil servant for the 10-Year Health Plan has been named the government’s interim director general of adult social care.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Mackey vs the BMA
This week the HSJ team looks at the upcoming resident doctors’ strike, plus how satisfied the public is with primary care.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: How to stop the strikes
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsNHSE admits ‘really poor’ management and HR
Persistently poor management and HR processes have been reported to NHS England’s board today.
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NewsSecond Streeting adviser joins NHSE board
One of the leading figures behind the government’s 10-Year Health Plan is to join NHS England’s board as a non-executive director, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsStreeting’s delayed decision on A&E downgrade sparks concern
The alarm has been raised over the length of time Wes Streeting is taking to reject or support a planned A&E downgrade.
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NewsNational primary care boss shifts to new role
The Department of Health and Social Care’s primary care lead is being seconded to an NHS agency, HSJ has learned.