All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 50
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NewsGovernment seeks ‘critical friend’ chair to hold NHS England accountable
The government is seeking a new chair for NHS England who will be a ‘critical friend’, hold the organisation to account, and nurture links with the pharma industry.
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NewsTreasury leaves NHS waiting on crucial staffing budgets
Government has failed to confirm education and training budgets for next year, despite repeated warnings by officials of the potential damage to delivering key asks, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOwnership of hundreds of primary care buildings is uncertain, national estates chief warns
A national estates chief says the government must find a new ownership model for hundreds of primary care centres that are currently run in partnership with the private sector.
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NewsStaff covid death payouts set to top £40m
NHS death in service payments for health and social care staff who died with coronavirus are set to top £40m, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsNew national tech chief targets ‘broken’ use of data amid pointless ‘duplication’
The way the NHS collects and uses data is ‘not logical’, with ongoing work by trusts, integrated care systems and national bodies ‘overlapping considerably’ – according to a new NHS tech chief.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: NHSE’s journey from cuddly to confrontation with GPs
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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NewsTrusts write off £50m in overseas patient debt
Hospital trusts in London wrote off £54m in bad debts from overseas visitors over the last two years, annual accounts reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust chiefs fear ‘reduction’ in new hospital plans after NHSE rejects capital request
An acute trust has warned it may have to scale down its plans for a new hospital after NHS England refused to allow previously allocated funds to be spent on a much-needed elective care centre.
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NewsSingle rooms should be ‘default’ in hospitals, says Powis
Single rooms should be the ‘default’ for inpatients in English hospitals as they would improve infection control and patient flow, NHS England and Improvement’s national medical director has said.
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NewsHuge increase in staff at DHSC and NHS England
The Department of Health and Social Care has more than doubled its staff over the past 18 months, alongside large increases at NHS England and Public Health England.
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NewsNHS England boss stepping down
NHS England’s chair is standing down early next year, meaning government will appoint his replacement ahead of the organisation’s formal merger with NHS Improvement.
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NewsDoctors say NHS England ‘unfair’ in decision to remove surgery from some hospitals
Serious concerns have been raised about an ‘unfair’ tender process which will lead to specialist surgery being withdrawn from multiple hospitals.
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NewsCare increasingly disrupted by building failures as NHS repair bill grows
Patient care is being disrupted by increasing numbers of infrastructure failures amid a continued rise in the cost of fixing outdated and potentially dangerous parts of the NHS estate, new figures show.
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NewsGovernment proposes changes to members’ NHS pension contributions
The government has launched a major consultation that proposes changing how much members pay into the NHS pension scheme, including cuts to contributions for some staff.
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CommentJulian Patterson: ‘We’ll need to learn to live with Javid’
Government scientists have admitted that health and social care secretary Sajid Javid could be a long-term problem that could return year after year like seasonal flu.
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NewsHEE tells trusts to prioritise training, or services will suffer
The quality and performance of services will suffer if medical training is not ‘prioritised and funded’ by trusts, Health Education England has warned.
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NewsFirst of ‘40 new hospitals’ delayed amid EU workforce disruption
Disruption to the supply of materials and workforce to the construction sector have contributed to another delay to a major new hospital, for which planning started more than 10 years ago.
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CommentICSs pose a potential risk to improving stroke care
Even though Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks, vital to the further transformation required in stroke prevention and treatment, may span multiple ICSs, there is currently no mechanism to ensure that their plans and priorities are joined up. By Juliet Bouverie
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CommentJulian Patterson: A more roadworthy NHS
Exciting new publishing venture from the government promises to make it cheaper and easier than ever to maintain your old runabout
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NewsMinisters target 85pc flu vaccine uptake among frontline NHS staff
The government is aiming to get at least 85 per cent of NHS frontline staff vaccinated against flu this winter – an 8 percentage point increase on last year’s performance.