All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 90
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NewsNHS’ chief information officer departs for tech giant
Former NHS chief information officer Will Smart has taken up a position with global firm DXC Technology.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: In short supply this winter
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsTop A&E doctor: Pensions tax puts safety at risk over winter
The leader of the emergency medicine profession has issued a fresh warning about its doctors cutting their hours due to new pension tax rules as demand surges through winter.
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NewsJunior doctors pursued for pension costs after backdated pay rise
Hundreds of junior doctors are being pursued by NHS trusts for unpaid pension contributions linked to their backdated pay award, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMinisters confirm ban on some drug exports ahead of Brexit deadline
Ministers have confirmed plans for a ban on the export of certain medicines, starting with a group of 24 drugs including 19 hormone replacement therapy treatments, ahead of the no-deal Brexit deadline at the end of this month.
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NewsNew rule to stop NHS directors ‘revolving door’
New rules will mandate trusts to supply references when NHS directors are given a new job, in a bid to stop the so-called “revolving door” for those who have failed, HSJ has learned.
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NHSX chief: NHS has ‘not made it easy’ to adopt new tech
The NHS has “not made it easy” to spread new technology across the healthcare system, according to NHSX’s chief executive.
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NewsGovernment bids to control FT capital spending
Foundation trusts will be subject to capital spending limits – further eroding their autonomy – as part of an overhauled approach to planning and approving estates and technology investment in the NHS.
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NewsAmbulance trust faces multimillion pound bill for no-deal Brexit
An ambulance trust is expecting a multimillion pound hit to its bottom line if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal next month.
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NewsNew burdens could wipe out public health grant uplift
New significant public health burdens could be imposed on councils, wiping out a promised real-terms increase in the public health grant next year.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: Ministers’ tactics to see off threat of a Brexit drugs sell-off revealed
Welcome to the ‘About that bus…?’ weekly newsletter – giving you the inside track on how the fallout from Brexit is affecting the NHS at national and local level, edited by James Illman. Contact me in confidence.
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NewsMapped: The hospital builds in PM’s pledge
The trusts which will benefit from a share of £2.7bn to rebuild hospitals, or £100m to develop business cases for future schemes, announced by the prime minister today.
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NewsGovernment promises £3bn hospital building programme
The government has announced a £3bn capital investment plan to rebuild hospitals and replace diagnostic equipment.
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NewsRegulators tell trusts to ‘learn lessons’ from deaths in 2008 and 2012
NHS regulators have warned trusts to heed the learnings of an ombudsman report into the deaths of two patients, ahead of their own review into patient safety failings.
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Expert BriefingNew NHS finance regime will spotlight struggling trusts
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Expert Briefing‘About that bus…?’: Not just Kent – The troubled health economies facing a no-deal jam
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NewsSafety alerts to be reformed to reduce trust burden
All safety alerts issued by national bodies are to be standardised under a single template in an effort to eradicate confusion and reduce the burden on NHS organisations.
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NewsUnit’s ‘temporary’ downgrade may stay in place for ‘foreseeable future’
Full maternity services will not return to an Oxfordshire hospital for the “foreseeable future” if proposals are given the green light by county health chiefs.
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NewsQueen’s Speech may include new powers for fining trusts
The Queen’s Speech could cover new patient safety legislation, including giving the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch extensive new powers, such as the ability to fine trusts and seize equipment.
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NewsTrusts can keep clinicians’ unused pension contributions
Trusts will be allowed to determine whether they will pay or keep the contributions they would be required to pay into doctors’ pension funds if their clinicians opt for one of the government’s proposed pension tax workarounds.