All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 29
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NewsTwo trusts to miss deadline for eliminating ‘distressing’ wards
At least two trusts are set to fall short on a high-profile pledge to eradicate ‘dormitory’ style wards in mental health facilities, with delays caused by cost pressures and shortage of materials and labour.
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HSJ LocalNHS ‘net zero’ push endangered by lack of funding, claims trust
A major hospital trust which was the first NHS organisation to declare a ‘climate emergency’ has said lack of national funding is undermining the ‘transformational change’ needed for the service to achieve its net zero targets
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Social care goes it alone on staffing plan
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsTreasury ‘legitimately sceptical of DHSC and NHSE’, claims Streeting
The shadow health secretary has called the relationship between the Treasury, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care ‘appalling’, adding he will address HMT’s ‘legitimate scepticism’ about health spending if Labour wins power.
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NewsAgency profits growing due to ‘acute shortage of staff’
Two companies supplying staff to the NHS saw large growth in income and profits last year, annual accounts reveal.
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NewsNHS Providers boss: Tackle consultant strikes to unlock progress on juniors
Ministers should focus on resolving the consultants’ pay dispute first, and use an agreement to help facilitate a deal with the junior doctors, NHS Providers’ boss Julian Hartley has told HSJ.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘incorrect forecasts’ blamed by DHSC for capital overspend
Government documents seen by HSJ cite “incorrect cost forecasts” – as well as inflation and delivery delays – for overspending on the capital budget for upgrading hospitals.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How much have strikes cost the NHS?
Less than halfway through the financial year all 42 integrated care systems are in deficit.
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NewsMore trusts find RAAC concrete on estates
At least seven more trusts have confirmed lightweight concrete on their estates following NHS England-ordered reviews and widespread safety concerns, HSJ has found.
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NewsICS salaries face eight-month wait for ministerial sign-off
Ministers took nearly four times as long to sign off integrated care board directors’ appointments as those of NHS trusts last year, HSJ has found.
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NewsNHS can’t prepare for pandemic surge due to lack of staff, NHSE warns
The NHS has too few staff to prepare for a pandemic surge, while its ageing buildings and social care’s weak ‘resilience and capacity’ would also undermine its response, NHS England has warned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Another maternity red flag
Nothing is more important than the process of giving birth, but hospitals are increasingly struggling to induce mothers-to-be on time.
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Expert BriefingA big revenue hole needs filling
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsFormer NHS tech chief joins firm bidding for £480m NHS data contract
The former head of NHS digital policy has been appointed to the advisory board of a leading UK data technology company.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: I’m afraid there is no (winter) money
Rishi Sunak announced an impressive sounding sum of money last week, apparently to help the NHS cope with winter pressures.
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NewsStrikes caused 22 ‘critical incidents’, government claims
The NHS has declared 22 ‘critical incidents’ due to disruption caused by industrial action since December, including the need to transfer critical care patients, according to the Department for Health and Social Care.
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NewsPolice dropping most mental health calls ‘could cost NHS £260m’
The national rollout of a new policing model scaling back officers’ responses to mental health incidents could cost the NHS around £260m, a trust chief executive has told MPs.
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NewsNHSE project will stop patients sharing data, government advisers fear
Experts fear a rise in patients opting out of sharing their health data when NHS England announces the winning supplier to provide a controversial new data platform, documents reveal.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Child’s death highlights expectation vs reality gap on suicide
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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