All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 5
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Expert BriefingImPatient: What’s changed since Bob began his work
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 ...
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NewsMinisters need a mental health plan, says outgoing NHSE director
Mental health and learning disability services are not being paid enough “strategic attention” by ministers, a departing NHS England board member and former nursing leader has told HSJ.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Joe Public doesn’t care about NHS deficits
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsMerged agency must keep board, Streeting told
Three patient safety groups – one chaired by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt – are calling for the patient safety watchdog to retain its independence when it is absorbed into the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSuicide leading cause of death among new mothers
The NHS needs to do more to prevent suicides among pregnant women and new mothers, a national audit has recommended.
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NewsStreeting accused of ‘betrayal’ by maternity campaigners
A campaign group representing families involved in maternity failures says its members feel “completely betrayed” by the health and social care secretary, and are calling for greater scrutiny of national NHS decisions.
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NewsFourteen maternity investigation trusts named
Fourteen trusts are to be subject to a government-commissioned investigation into maternity service quality, it was announced today.
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News£114k performance bonus for new DHSC commercial director
The Department of Health and Social Care’s new director general for commercial and growth could receive annual remuneration of £342,000 if they are awarded their full bonus.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE director resigns, claiming politicians wanted ‘change at the top’
Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national mental health director for the last nine years, has today resigned “with immediate effect”.
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NewsClinicians’ concerns have held up outpatient reform, says Mackey
NHS England’s outpatients recovery efforts have been stymied by a lack of funding and because “we’ve struggled to get the clinical community uniformly behind it”, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How to win the (NHS) league
The HSJ Health Check podcast returns this week, just as NHS England unveils new performance rankings for every trust in England.
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NewsDHSC seeks £120m saving from 'unwarranted price variation'
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting expert advisers to help update the list of prescribable products in community settings in a bid to save up to £120m.
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NewsGovernment spent £3m on 10-Year Plan engagement
The government spent more than £3m on the engagement exercise for its 10-Year Health Plan, a health minister has revealed.
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NewsFirst ICB mergers approved
Seven new integrated care board footprints will come into effect next spring, the government has announced.
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NewsRegional CEOs to ‘manage’ health systems, says NHSE
The CEOs of seven reformed NHS regions are to be made directly responsible for “the success of the health system they manage”, according to the new “blueprint” for their future.
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NewsTrusts’ ‘league table’ rankings revealed
NHS England has revealed its new “league table” rankings for every NHS trust, with hospitals in London scoring best and East of England the worst.
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NewsExclusive: Spending freeze imposed after NHSE identifies £300m budget hole
The government has ordered a spending freeze and told the NHS to absorb the £300m cost of the most recent resident doctors’ strikes from existing budgets, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMinisters pressed for promised ‘independent workforce plan’
Government must deliver on its manifesto commitment to “regular, independent workforce planning” for health and social care, royal colleges and others warned Wes Streeting today.
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NewsExclusive: Govt could agree multi-year pay deal for resident doctors
A multi-year pay deal for resident doctors could be agreed by government in a bid to end the deadlock around industrial action.
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NewsICBs set to miss government cost-cutting target
A series of integrated care boards have said they will not be able to meet the deadline to cut staffing costs by the end of 2025, due to a lack of central funding for redundancies, HSJ has learned.