All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 66
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NewsHospices and community hospitals can ease covid discharge pressure, says NHSE
NHS England has told local NHS leaders to “strengthen leadership and oversight” of hospital discharge, and to make full use of funded capacity in hospices and NHS community hospitals for covid patients.
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News‘Emergency’ measures giving NHSE control over commissioning extended to end of March
NHS England’s control over clinical commissioning groups has been extended to enable it to ‘commission healthcare from independent sector providers’ during the ongoing covid pandemic.
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NewsCCG accused of ‘colluding’ to evict charity at centre of PFI dispute
A clinical commissioning group has been accused of ‘colluding’ with an NHS facilities company to evict a children’s centre.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Rhetorical diarrhoea and distraction
Andy Cowper on the worsening developments regarding the coronavirus
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NewsExclusive: Hancock demands “affordability” must determine size of NHS covid pay rise
The health and social care secretary has repeatedly emphasised the need for “affordability” when determing the size of the promised pay rise for over one million NHS staff in instructions sent to the independent pay review body this week. DHSC starts Agenda for Change staff pay review process Health ...
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NewsGovernment finally accepts need for ‘independent’ national patient safety commissioner
The government has accepted the need for a new ‘patient safety commissioner’, according to the author of a safety review commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsRegion experiencing ‘January workload in December’ as covid inpatients rise 45pc
The East of England has seen a 45 per cent increase in the number of covid inpatients in the last week, with occupancy now higher than at the peak of the first wave.
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NewsFormer CMO takes up ICS role
Former chief medical officer for England Sir Liam Donaldson has been appointed chair of an integrated care system.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: The NHS’ post-coital vaccine glow begins to fade
This week has seen the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine administered in the UK, but the continuing covid pressures on the NHS remain, with concerns raised about the health service being overwhelmed in coming weeks and months.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts receiving a share of £600m estates fund
An acute trust in London is among the biggest winners of a £600m allocation by the government to pay for backlog maintenance across the NHS.
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Exclusive: NHS and care home staff may miss covid-19 vaccine because of tech oversight
NHS and care home staff may be wrongfully excluded from the covid-19 vaccination programme because of an IT oversight, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWe need better sanctions for those who fail
Better sanctions guidance, redress for victims of “kangaroo courts” and proper training for managers are essential if disciplinary procedures are to be reformed, argue Narinder Kapur, Christian Harkensee and Terry Skitmore.
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NewsClash between NHS England and local NHS plan left covid hotspot without vaccines
One of the areas worst hit by covid-19 is without vaccinations this week because of a clash between local and central plans, and confusion over national booking software which is not yet ready, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHSE: Ethnicity and co-morbidities ‘could’ be considered for covid vaccine priority
NHS England has advised GP groups they “could consider” prioritising based on co-morbidities and ethnicity if they have more people who are over 80 than they can cover with their first batch of covid vaccine.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Get health checks back on track
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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Exclusive: NHS pleas for covid upgrade funds went unmet ahead of second wave
Local NHS requests for hundreds of millions of pounds of government funding to help deal with covid pressures have gone unanswered throughout the pandemic, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsCovid vaccine will be rolled out at ‘60pc of optimum capacity’ during first week
The covid-19 vaccine will be delivered at almost half of planned capacity when the vaccination programme is rolled out tomorrow, according to new national guidance.
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CommentResolving the dilemmas of system working
As we look ahead to the likelihood of legislative change which places ICSs on some kind of statutory footing, identifying some of the key governance quandaries facing systems now is a good first step towards resolving them. By John Coutts
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NewsJust 13 STPs remain as new wave of ICSs confirmed
Just 13 sustainability and transformation partnerships remain, as NHS England confirms a raft of new integrated care systems.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Delivering the vaccine - the NHS’ greatest challenge
The UK is the first country in the western world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine and now the baton has been passed to the NHS to successfully deliver it.