All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 26
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‘40,000 put at risk last month’ while waiting in ambulance
More than 38,000 patients were put at risk of harm during March – more than 4,000 of them seriously – while they waited in an ambulance outside hospital, according to estimates shared with HSJ.
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The Ward Round: The Great Resignation
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‘Heavily funded NHS recruitment’ taking staff away from social care
Government advisers have warned that well-funded NHS recruitment campaigns are diverting staff away from social care services, and called on ministers to adopt a ‘joined-up approach’ to attracting workers to health and social care.
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Covid discharges to care homes necessary, but DHSC failed on isolation, court finds
Discharging untested hospital patients into care homes in spring 2020 was ‘necessary to preserve the capacity of the NHS’, but the government acted illegally by failing to recommend they were isolated on admission, the High Court has ruled.
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Trust abandons £150m commercial loan plan
A trust has abandoned a proposal to borrow £150m from a commercial lender to plug gaps in government capital funding.
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Cost of living pushing more staff to ‘off-framework’ agencies
Clinicians are increasingly choosing to join ‘off-framework’ staffing agencies which pay higher day rates, pushing up trusts’ costs, according to information shared with HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The profession at ‘high risk’ of being lost
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NHS management overly ‘task focused’, government review finds
NHS management and leadership are overly ‘task focused’, according to briefings by the senior military leader who has carried out a major review of health and care for the government.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Leading ICS sits bottom of activity rankings
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NHS set to miss key targets in fight against antibiotic-resistant infections
The NHS is falling behind in the race to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections, with the service set to miss two key targets.
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Building order of ‘new hospitals’ revealed as £550m consultancy deals announced
Projects in Dorset and Devon are set to be the first within the government’s New Hospital Programme to agree construction contracts.
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Mortuary sex inquiry report taking ‘longer than anticipated’
The report from an independent inquiry into a hospital mortuary sex offender is likely to be delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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ICSs must seek permission to bust £170k pay cap for directors
Integrated care systems must make the case to NHS England and ministers if they want to pay executives more than £170,000, leaked guidance reveals.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Midwifery in crisis
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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New controls on FT capital spending
NHS England has set out the new rules and circumstances in which it would seek to curtail capital spending by foundation trusts.
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NHSE tightens control over trusts’ tech procurement
NHS England has cut the number of procurement frameworks for digital and IT products by a third, as part of a purchasing shake-up.
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Leading clinicians ‘horrified’ as NHSE slashes community funding without warning
Senior medics have reacted in horror to NHS England’s decision to ‘dramatically’ cut the funding of a key long-term plan commitment designed to improve older people’s community services and deliver more care at home.
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Board shake up at NHS England
Sir Andrew Morris will become joint deputy chair of NHS England when it takes on the powers of NHS Improvement later this year, while Lord Ara Darzi is leaving the board.
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Govt cuts £330m from NHS budget and gives it 13 priorities
The government has reduced the NHS revenue budget for 2022-23 by £330m, after the Treasury refused to fund the Department of Health and Social Care for additional ongoing covid costs, HSJ understands.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: A final wake-up call for ministers
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.