All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 4
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NewsGP leaders seek end to ‘hostilities’
The British Medical Association’s GP committee has voted against escalating its “collective action”, in a bid to “reset” its relationship with government and NHS England.
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NewsPrivate providers face tougher rules on payment
A major government review into the prevalence of mental illness and neurodivergence is set to call for a mandatory tariff and specification to tackle huge variation in price and quality in ADHD and autism services, HSJ understands.
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NewsExclusive: NHS CEO will keep top-tier status
The NHS chief executive is set to have equal rank in government to the health department’s permanent secretary when NHS England is abolished – meaning a proposal to downgrade their status has been rejected by ministers.
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NewsBoards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Maternity and neonatal services “cannot operate on the margins,” and deaths of babies and children must be investigated as a priority by NHS boards, the health and social care secretary has warned.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsCooper appoints ‘strong and capable’ CQC chair
The health secretary has named Baroness Julia Neuberger as the Care Quality Commission’s new chair, after MPs said they believed she would be “strong and capable”.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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NewsExclusive: First AI clinical negligence claims lodged
The NHS has received its first clinical negligence claims related to the use of artificial intelligence, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: AI’s new rulebook
On this episode the tech bureau joins Annabelle to discuss the final report from the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare – which had promised to deliver a “new regulatory rulebook”.
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NewsNHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Hundreds of NHS England staff who took partial retirement are in danger of receiving redundancy payments which are tens of thousands of pounds lower than they expected.
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NewsMinisters to unpick Healthwatch abolition
Ministers have indicated they will amend the Health Bill in the Lords to preserve an independent local voice for patients and care users.
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NewsSingle water contract to save NHS £5m a year
NHS England is centralising the NHS’s water contracts in a move it says could save at least £5m a year.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Landmark’ safety policy was barely tested before launch
The “Martha’s Rule for maternity services” was used just 13 times in a national pilot before being cited by government and adopted by ministers as a solution to the maternity crisis, HSJ can reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Decisions that must be made this autumn
This week we talk about some of the big decisions that need to be made this autumn, at a time when the NHS is slipping down the government’s list of priorities.
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NewsNHSE staff could be kept out of DHSC
Ministers and officials are considering whether to keep some NHS England functions and staff separate from the Department of Health and Social Care when the organisation is abolished next year, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe NHS is dismantling AHP leadership
As ICBs slash senior allied health professional roles to save costs, the NHS risks losing the very leadership needed to deliver its shift toward community care and long-term prevention
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NewsMany maternity units have ‘structural difficulties’, PM admits
The prime minister has admitted “structural difficulties” similar to those faced by a rural maternity unit recently forced to close over staff shortages are widespread across the NHS.
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NewsGovernment U-turns on ICB board change
The government has U-turned on Health Bill proposals to remove mandated council representation from integrated care boards.
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NewsEnd of life care waits help push delayed discharges to record levels
Hospital discharge delays hit their highest level on record in July.