All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 218
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NewsPoliticians block reforms - King’s Fund
Politicians “often act as a barrier” to essential NHS reforms, The King’s Fund has claimed.
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NewsLib Dems renew Health Bill concerns ahead of Commons debate
NHS reform will again raise coalition government tensions this week when MPs consider the revised package.
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Comment'It's time for managers to stand up and be counted'
In the battle against Whitehall maybe the NHS needs its own Arab Spring – led by managers, suggests Kieran Walshie.
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NewsCameron’s flagship cancer treatments fund ‘could prove insufficient’
The value of David Cameron’s pledge to fund pioneering treatments for cancer – a showpiece of the Conservatives’ general election campaign – has come under fire from oncologists, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsFurther Health Bill amendments to include new 'failure' rules
Ministers will table a new set of amendments to the Health Bill next week, including setting out the failure regime for care providers.
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NewsExclusive: Medics resist plan to attach pay to PROMs
One of the country’s leading clinicians has claimed a flagship government policy to link payment by results to the quality of outcomes could deny care to those “who need it most”.
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NewsDH plans to scrap a quarter of all central data requests
The Department of Health is proposing to stop asking for at least a quarter of the data sets it currently requests from NHS bodies – but has admitted that the cull will make room for new data demands.
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Trust access to PFI funding could be constrained by Treasury rule change
NHS trusts could find it harder to secure badly needed private finance initiative funding after chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander ordered the Department of Health to review how it authorises potential schemes, HSJ has learned.
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News'Crude' spending estimates risk CCGs' funding
Future commissioners could face “catastrophic consequences” if a rushed attempt to map current spending on GP practice populations leads to inaccurate funding allocations, experts have warned.
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CommentGrounds for optimism at last over London reconfiguration
It appears the NHS in London might get its wish on downgrading two hospitals.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: 24 Hours to Save the NHS
Experienced NHS director and independent consultant Patrick Keady reviews Nigel Crisp’s new book 24 Hours to Save the NHS.
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NewsFifteen per cent of patients wait more than year at hospital
Fifteen per cent of patients faced waits of more than a year to receive elective treatment at one hospital trust, Department of Health figures reveal.
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NewsInformation strategy responses show fears over equality
Responses to the consultation on the Department of Health’s information strategy show widespread concern that an increasing use of technology could lead to greater inequalities in access to healthcare.
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News£800m funding injection for medical research
The government has announced.an £800m funding boost for medical research to help create new treatments and care for patients.
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NewsMental health personalisation campaign 'losing momentum'
The drive to personalise mental health care could become a “damp squib”, campaigners have warned after research suggested a lack of appetite for change among service users.
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NewsFoundation trusts reveal new merger ideas to survive
Three acute foundation trusts have revealed plans to ensure their survival through mergers, plans submitted to Monitor show.
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NewsDH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
The Department of Health has set out key details of the authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups – but stopped short of providing a clear list of requirements or a “bar” for approval.
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NewsDH confirms delay to GP practice registration
The government has confirmed it is delaying the deadline for the registration of GP practices with the Care Quality Commission by a year.
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NewsFoundation Trust revives £2m e-records project
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has resurrected plans for an e-records system despite a recent failed pilot of e-records software and criticism by MPs of attempts to create a similar network nationally.
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NewsExclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups
A draft Department of Health plan seen by HSJ reveals key details of the development and authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups.