All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 4
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Duty of candour a ‘tick box exercise’ for overworked leaders, says watchdog
Senior leaders are resorting to “ticking the duty of candour box” instead of developing a “just and learning” culture in their organisations because their bandwidth is full, the patient safety commissioner has said.
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Minister orders ‘special review’ of embattled trust
The government has ordered a “special review” into a trust facing multiple major concerns, including its treatment of Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in Nottingham last summer.
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Consultants narrowly reject pay offer
Consultant doctors have narrowly rejected the pay offer from government in a ballot.
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DHSC censured for letting trusts keep extra £1bn
National leaders have been censured for allowing NHS trusts to retain £1bn of incentive funding, despite key elective care targets being missed.
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NHSE reverses plan to cut beds in new hospitals
NHS England has reversed a plan to cut bed numbers in the programme to build 40 “new hospitals”, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: DHSC caught on ‘back foot’ by ‘confused’ visa clampdown
Department of Health and Social Care officials described the announcement of a visa clampdown for health and care workers as “confused at best” and said they were pushing the Home Office to clarify its position, internal emails show.
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Five trust CEOs were paid more than £300,000 last year
Several trust chief executives were paid more than £300,000 in 2022-23, including adjustments for previous underpayments, pay in lieu of pension contributions, and redundancy packages.
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Exclusive: Tory marginals favoured in ‘new hospitals’ selection
A process in which the government added and overlooked trusts for the “40 new hospitals” programme appears to have benefited marginal constituencies, according to analysis and documents obtained by HSJ.
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Atkins told to ‘grasp nettle’ as dental contract set for £400m underspend
A refusal by many health systems to fund more dental appointments comes as the national dentistry contract is again projected to be underspent by more than £400m, HSJ has learned.
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Going beyond the achievable
It’s no coincidence that as A&E targets have got softer, performance has got worse. NHS England has a foolproof plan to turn things round, writes Julian Patterson
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Exclusive: GP share of NHS spend falling to eight-year low
The proportion of the NHS budget spent on general practice is due to fall to its lowest point in at least eight years, according to new figures placed in Parliament.
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Ministers issue ‘unwise, unnecessary and risky’ reconfiguration rules
More details have been revealed on how and when the health secretary will be able to intervene with changes to local NHS services.
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Government seeks £150k lead for '40 new hospitals' programme
The government is advertising for a top civil servant to permanently lead its “new hospitals” building programme, leaving it unclear whether the current director will remain in place.
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How Healthwatch helps the NHS engage with communities
As 2024 begins, Louise Ansari, CEO at Healthwatch England, highlights some of the projects that made a difference for patients last year while showing the vital role of local action. We need to hear more of such examples in the new year.
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Revealed: Doubling of average waits for critical stroke treatments
Stroke patients in England are waiting an average of almost seven hours for a specialist bed, double the wait reported before covid.
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Health policy chief made a dame
A health think tank chief has been made a dame and a health department mandarin given a CB in the new year’s honours.
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HSJ’s 10 most-read policy stories of 2023
It’s the last day of 2023 so we’ve taken a look back at HSJ’s most-read policy stories for the year.
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HSJ’s 10 most-read workforce stories of 2023
As we prepare to part ways with 2023, we’ve taken a look back at the most-read workforce stories of the year.
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HSJ’s 10 most-read stories of 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, HSJ takes a look at its most-read stories of the year.
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Increased CQC fees for ICBs threaten drive to improve care
To ensure system assessments add value and help improve care quality, the CQC should rethink the assessment process and consider two alternatives, writes Sarah Walter