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NewsDepartment of Health to cut over 500 jobs
More than 500 civil servants working for the Department of Health are to leave their jobs under a major Whitehall cost cutting drive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer NHS manager jailed for fraud for second time
Former NHS manager Conrad de Souza jailed for 17 months after admitting six counts of fraud NHS Protect says he took “extraordinarily large risks to win back power, prestige and financial rewards” He lied about qualifications, previous convictions and his employment record when applying for jobs A former ...
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HSJ LocalNew A&E department to be built
Plans for a new accident and emergency department in Durham have been given the green light by the county council’s planning bosses.
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LeaderSimon Stevens will not resign – yet
It is likely that Number 10 did not choose to go to war with NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens over NHS funding. But they have had numerous warnings to avoid their “NHS has had more money than it asked for” line and have also continued to privately badmouth Mr ...
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NewsCCGs with 'best performing' vanguards to receive extra funding
Vanguard areas could receive £1.50 per head to extend GP access, CCG board papers say NHS England to identify CCGs with “best performing” vanguards to receive funding Clinical commissioning groups with the “best performing” new care models for primary care will receive extra funding to extend GP opening ...
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CommentKarin Smyth: Getting behind the NHS headlines
Karin Smyth MP reflects on the way ahead following the Commons public accounts committee’s inquiry into the financial sustainability of the NHS
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NewsGovernment seeks areas to 'graduate' from BCF this year
Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models of integration Framework being published soon will invite applications Only a handful of areas expected to be chosen to pilot the changes Several areas will “graduate” from the better care fund to more advanced models ...
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NewsSimon Stevens hits back after apparent criticism from Number 10
NHS England chief executive gave evidence to MPs’ committee following a report in The Times that suggested senior aides to the prime minister were briefing against him Simon Stevens says: “I think it would be stretching it to say the NHS has got more than it asked for” Mr ...
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CommentStrategic estates partnerships: not so much why as why not?
Keven West explains why the financial pressures on trusts mean it’s time for them to reap the many benefits of SEPs
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NewsCatch up: NHS England chief faces MPs' questions
Live coverage of the Commons public accounts committee hearing on NHS finances
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister launches review of care and integration policy
The prime minister has begun a review of policy on social care funding, delivery and integration with health, amid huge concern about failure in the sector, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS like a 'rabbit in headlights', says national safety director
Mike Durkin says “grown up” conversations between managers and clinicians are not always happening as hospitals come under intense pressure He says staff are still afraid to raise safety concerns Comments come as many accident and emergency departments have been overwhelmed since Christmas One of the NHS’s most ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Industrialising safety in healthcare
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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NewsDH rules out action to increase A&E funding before 2020
News follows “early discussions” with senior medics about plans supported by an “emergency care transformation fund” Government source tells HSJ it will not be acting to increase emergency care funding before the next election Royal College of Emergency Medicine says it will be “developing plans over coming months” ...
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LeaderThe 10 reasons why 2017 might not be all bad
An entire generation of healthcare leaders has come and gone since the NHS faced a year as daunting as 2017. The service was able to live off the capacity and capability built up during the time of plenty in the noughties until the middle of this decade before the funding ...
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NewsExclusive: Prime minister hires new health adviser
A management consultant and former doctor is to become the prime minister’s adviser on health.
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Exclusive: Outperforming trusts could get 'preferential access' to capital
NHS Improvement discussing potential scheme with the Department of Health Comes after regulators confirmed trusts able to meet or better their control total will receive “bonus” payment Trusts have previously been warned over the scarcity of capital funding in coming years Regulators are seeking to give “preferential access” ...
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HSJ LocalCCGs secure block contracts worth £1.5bn
Contracts are a significant shift away from payment by result tariff, which pays providers based on their activity levels Six trusts will receive 1 per cent real terms growth in 2017-18 compared to outturn income in 2016-17 Move aimed at sharing risk across the health economy to help encourage ...
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Comment2017 is a make or break year for the forward view
Sustainability and transformation plans must be backed up by resources, time and leadership and not become lost in the huge drive to get performance back on track
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NewsRevealed: Trusts in mix for millions in digital funding
Fourteen mental health trusts in contention for digital funding Six trusts will receive £5m each Announcement on more acute trust digital exemplars and an area-wide exemplar also expected soon Fourteen mental health trusts are vying to secure up to £5m of central funding as part of the digital ...