All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 221
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Live interview to discuss cancer strategy on HSJ TV
Experts are to discuss the Department of Health’s updated cancer plan live online.
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Transition 'carefully designed and managed', says government
The government has insisted its NHS reform process is “carefully designed and managed”, in reaction to criticism from the health committee.
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Reforms will destroy the NHS, claims Unite
Hospitals will close, tens of thousands of jobs will be axed and health services will become more expensive under the government’s radical NHS reforms, the country’s biggest union has warned.
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Government confusion over midwife numbers boost
The government has confirmed it has not set a target to increase midwife numbers by 3,000, despite a promise to do so by prime minister David Cameron in the run up to the election last year.
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DH will 'co-produce' authorisation process, GPs told
Pathfinder commissioning consortia have been told the NHS Commissioning Board will “co produce” with them its authorisation process for the groups, HSJ has learned.
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DH retracts LINks funds mistake sent to councils
Local authorities should maintain spending on public involvement bodies, the Department of Health has been forced to clarify.
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Trusts fail to tackle spiralling kidney care costs
Latest figures revealing the rising cost of treating kidney disease highlight trusts’ failure to address the growing problem of acute kidney injury, HSJ has been told.
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Trusts facing fines for mixed sex breaches
Trusts face being fined millions of pounds if they do not comply with mixed sex accommodation rules by April.
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An open letter from David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS
‘We will be showcasing what is brightest and best about the NHS and healthcare in the UK’
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The NHS might be being rewired, but its electricity runs to much the same effect
The Health Bill has set a new record as the largest piece of NHS legislation ever tabled. Health secretary Andrew Lansley described it as “evolutionary” – the mind boggles at what he would consider “revolutionary”.
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NHS writes off £35m owed by foreign patients
The NHS has failed to collect more than £35m owed by overseas patients for treatment in England since 2002, according to official figures.
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Hospitals face fines for mixed-sex wards
Hospitals will be fined £250 per patient per day for breaking rules on mixed-sex accommodation after more than 11,000 breaches in just one month, the government has said.
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Trusts battle for right to absorb smaller non-FTs
Two London hospital trusts, one of which is struggling with a large private finance initiative, are competing to swallow up two smaller trusts.
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DH 'telling councils to cut public involvement budget in half'
The Department of Health is expecting the budget of public involvement bodies to be nearly halved next year, just as ministers are promising to empower patients, HSJ has learned.
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Department of Health: 'Staff may lose focus on patients during reforms'
The Department of Health has acknowledged that Andrew Lansley’s sweeping NHS reorganisation risks distracting staff from their £20bn savings target, and from patient care.
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Framework for FT no-hopers 'in the coming weeks'
The Department of Health’s managing director of provider development has said the new arrangements for getting non-foundation trusts authorised will be published soon.
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Public health directors in grip of health secretary
The health secretary will have the final say over the appointment and dismissal of directors of public health.
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Health Bill maintains light touch on consortia
The health bill published today maintains a light touch approach to requirements for commissioning consortia, but appears to leave wriggle room for more prescription in future.
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Small consortia will reduce savings, warns DH
More than a third of the expected savings from transferring commissioning from primary care trusts to consortia will be lost if consortia cover small populations, the Department of Health’s impact assessment says.
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FT oversight to move to DH bank
Oversight of the £24bn worth of “taxpayer investment” in foundation trusts is to be moved to a banking function “established by the Department of Health”.