All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 4
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NewsDHSC GP adviser steps down
Wes Streeting’s neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.
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NewsExclusive: National tech chief revealed
A former consultancy boss has been hired as the new interim director general for technology, digital and data at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsStreeting hires delivery adviser with no health experience
Wes Streeting is drafting in an education expert as his senior adviser on delivery, despite disagreements in his department about the role.
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NewsCuts to centre stopped under Labour
Two years of cuts to NHS England’s workforce came to an end under the first 12 months of the Labour government, despite ministers’ plans to cut the centre, figures show.
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News13 trusts trial procurement process designed to ‘save billions’
Thirteen trusts are piloting a procurement system that places less emphasis on price.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What Ian Dodge learned about legislation
The HSJ Health Check podcast is tracking development of the government’s planned Health Bill. This week, we talk to Ian Dodge, who shaped several major pieces of NHS legislation as long-serving policy lead at NHS England and the Department of Health.
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NewsGovernment must remember ‘it’s not 2001’, cautions DHSC chief
The government must remember “it’s not 2001” as it puts increasing focus on the performance of individual NHS providers, one of the Department of Health and Social Care’s most senior figures has warned.
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News‘No rush’ to transfer NHSE staff as abolition faces delay
There is no longer a “rush” to transfer the employment of NHS England staff to the Department of Health and Social Care, Sir Jim Mackey has told them.
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NewsGovernment to put ‘realistic’ price on NHS data
The government has hired a consultancy to make a “realistic” estimate of the value of NHS data to industry, researchers and academics.
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NewsChair lambasts ‘regrettable’ plans to remove FT governors
The removal of governors is a “regrettable” proposal that is generating “concern and anxiety” among foundation trusts, a trust chair has warned.
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News‘Philosophical intent’ will guide new NHS workforce plan
The government’s 10-Year Workforce Plan will focus on “a philosophical intent of what roles we need” rather than “prescriptive numbers” on staffing requirements, a health minister has said.
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NewsExclusive: Report delivers damning verdict on Labour’s ‘muddy’ health policy
The government’s health policy is incoherent, lacking in detail and under-resourced, a highly critical report by a leading think tank on Labour’s first year in power has concluded.
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NewsExclusive: Mackey’s trust gets league table upgrade after last-minute data correction
The trust led by NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey was promoted from the third to the second “segment” of the new provider league table following a last-minute correction to one of the data points which underpin the rankings, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: An NHS takeover of the DHSC
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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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why the NHS is going private for cancer checks
This week we discuss an exclusive story about a major expansion of cancer testing centres that will see the private sector take on a bigger role delivering NHS services.
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News‘Fuzzy’ NHS management standards to be revised
The NHS’s first proposed skills framework for managers has too much “fuzzy language” and needs to be simplified, the NHS England board has decided.
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NewsNHSE director steps down after a decade
An NHS England regional director has stepped down after a decade in similar roles.
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NewsUnions withdraw from pay review process
Most of the Agenda for Change trade unions have withdrawn from this year’s pay review process and instead urged the government to hold direct pay talks.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: ICB chiefs jump ship
Two more integrated care board chief executives have resigned this week, the latest in a string of departures as their role undergoes major change.
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NewsFirst names in DHSC’s new top team revealed
The first appointments to the combined Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England top team have been announced – but many key posts remain vacant or not permanently filled.