All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 5
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inside the Southport victims’ privacy breach
On this week’s podcast, with increasing examples of staff accessing patient records inappropriately, we ask how widespread this practice really is - and whether regulators need to do more.
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NewsHealth Bill proposal an ‘attack on patient safety’
Scrapping the legal guarantee that a nurse sits on every foundation trust board is a “brazen attack on patient safety”, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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CommentThe government’s new cyber bill has forgotten the NHS
Two bills announced in the King’s Speech deal with issues of vital importance to the NHS and its use of new technology. The fact that neither mentions the other is a huge missed opportunity
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NewsResident doctors to strike during by-election
Resident doctors will strike for four days next month – with the threat of more action in July – after talks with the new health and social care secretary failed to produce a breakthrough.
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NewsReal-terms CEO pay fell 13% in five years
Trust CEO pay has dropped by more than a tenth in real terms in five years, government advisers have said.
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NewsSenior managers to get ‘well deserved’ pay rise
Senior NHS managers will get a 3 per cent pay rise for 2026-27, the government has announced.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Who controls patients’ data?
This week, we talk more about the government’s plans for a new “single patient record” - the legislation for which was in last week’s Health Bill - and why primary care could be a stumbling block.
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NewsCQC warns Health Bill could leave it fighting itself in court
The Care Quality Commission has warned that government plans for it to absorb the national patient safety investigations body could leave it arguing against itself in the High Court.
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NewsDozens of stroke units lose ‘A’ ratings
Close to 80 per cent of stroke units are falling well short against a swathe of new standards introduced to the high-profile national audit, according to HSJ analysis.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: What the Health Bill is and is not
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes publishes his Health Bill and quits – where does it leave the NHS?
We discuss Wes Streeting’s tumultuous 22 months in charge – and analyse the Health Bill he has left in his wake, which was published on Thursday.
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NewsMinisters take powers to overrule ‘unresponsive ICBs’
The government is taking a raft of new powers over the NHS – including one that will enable them to direct integrated care boards on virtually any of their functions – in its new Health Bill, published on Thursday.
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Expert BriefingOn Call: The big gamble in DHSC’s new structure
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By senior HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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NewsNHS churned through 48 ministers in 11 years
Forty-eight people have served as ministers in the Department of Health and Social Care in the 11 years since the 2015 general election, with an average tenure of just 487 days, according to analysis by HSJ.
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NewsNew health minister appointed
Britain’s first female Sikh MP has been appointed as a health minister.
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NewsHealth minister resigns
Zubir Ahmed has become the first health minister to quit in the current batch of resignations, saying his decision was guided by surgical principles.
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NewsExclusive: Govt debating jobs freeze on admin roles which can be done by AI
The government is considering recommending that trusts “embrace automation” by freezing recruitment and decommissioning training places, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: 10 tips for Wes
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsStreeting intervenes over energy price shock
The health secretary has urged hospital chief executives to sign up to a national energy procurement scheme to cushion themselves from energy price shocks caused by the war in Iran.