All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 242
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NewsTargeted cleaning 'cuts MRSA rates and saves money'
The Department of Health has been shown evidence that just one extra cleaner on a hospital ward can reduce MRSA infections and save tens of thousands of pounds.
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NewsBullying review: 'proud' chief executives must be forced to accept help
Reluctance by “proud” chief executives in particularly challenging jobs to ask for help “should be resisted”, an independent review has concluded.
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NewsSmoking cessation funding safe following furious letter
The NHS will continue to fund the “most effective smoking cessation intervention in the UK” following a furious letter from dozens of public health bodies and royal colleges.
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CommentAndy Burnham: embrace the new era of redesign to take NHS from good to great
Health secretary Andy Burnham explains the thinking behind his recent assertion that the NHS should be ‘our preferred provider’, setting it against a wider future of ‘re-engineered’ services - and a renewed sense of purpose among staff
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NewsAndy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
Health secretary Andy Burnham has insisted to HSJ that his rewriting of the competition rules will accelerate, not slow, the pace of NHS reform.
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NewsManagers in Partnership backs call for single code of conduct
The union Managers in Partnership has backed a call for a single code of conduct between the Department of Health and regulators.
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NewsNHS boards must not misinterpret 'firm performance management'
NHS boards should be wary of misinterpreting “firm performance management” as bullying or harassment as the economic downturn takes it toll, a former strategic health authority chief executive has said.
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NewsDH disputes maternity choice findings
The Department of Health has disputed claims by the National Childbirth Trust that most expectant mothers still have no choice but to have their babies in hospital.
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NewsNHS management consultancy spend to be revealed
The amount of money spent by the NHS on external management consultancy will be published next summer after the Department of Health gave in to pressure from MPs.
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NewsMental health trusts respond to New Horizons
Mental health trusts are pressing the government to look at fresh ways of protecting services given predicted activity increases and the lack of a national tariff.
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NewsNHS trusts told to be more women friendly
Trusts should make committee nominations more “democratic” and hold meetings during child-friendly hours to allow more women to take part, a government commissioned review has urged.
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NewsMinority of NHS boards put targets before quality, says DH
A minority of NHS boards have prioritised targets, finance and governance over other aspects of service quality, the Department of Health has admitted.
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CommentMedia Watch: News of the World becomes preferred provider
It doesn’t happen often, but this week the intricacies of health policy have made it into the tabloids.
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NewsAndy Burnham extends preferred provider vow
Non-NHS providers of services will only be contracted as a last resort, the health secretary has assured the general secretary of the TUC.
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NewsAnnual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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NewsUse of NHS management consultants must be transparent - Mike O'Brien
NHS organisations will have to be more transparent about their use of management consultants in future, health minister Mike O’Brien has said.
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NewsNHS to appoint liver disease tsar
The Department of Health is to recruit an NHS national clinical director to lead the development of a strategy to combat liver disease.
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NewsNHS Alliance debates patient and public involvement in the health service
How best to ensure patients are at the heart of the health service is the subject of an NHS Alliance online debate running for six weeks from 20 October.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy NHS bullying has no benefits
Healthcare managers should never forget that good performance requires morale-boosting not ego-bashing, advises Paul Beal