All Government/DH policy articles – Page 103
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NewsGovernment moves to clarify protection for whistleblowers
The government has moved to tighten up the use of so-called “gagging” clauses and pay offs to NHS employees in the wake of high profile coverage of whistleblowing cases.
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NewsDH accepts mortality data 'around' during Nicholson's Mid Staffs oversight
Hospital-level mortality rates were “around at that time” when Sir David Nicholson was chief executive of the heath authority overseeing the Mid Staffordshire Trust, the Department of Health has accepted to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay Inquiry chair revealed
PERFORMANCE: The independent inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, local MPs have revealed.
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NewsEx-older people's tsar criticises out of hospital obsession
Planning for large reductions in older people in acute hospitals is “absolute la la land”, the government’s former older people’s tsar has told HSJ.
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NewsGPs could be first for Ofsted ratings
GPs could be the first healthcare providers to be subject to new Ofsted-style ratings but it could take up to five years to develop the system for hospitals, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Regulators team up on 'failure and distress regime'
Monitor and the Care Quality Commission are developing a “single failure and distress regime” which aims to increase the consequences of quality failures for trusts.
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CommentReducing the bureaucracy burden on the NHS
We need to think about how and why we collect data
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NewsMinimum nurse staffing levels 'not the answer', says minister
Health minister Dan Poulter appeared yesterday to reject the Francis Report’s call for nationally recognised minimum nurse staffing levels.
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NewsNicholson 'absolutely determined' to see reform transition through
Sir David Nicholson has defended himself before MPs and said he is “determined” to remain in post as the government’s NHS reforms are introduced.
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CommentThe pros and cons of losing David Nicholson
Removing the NHS chief executive would cause more harm than good
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CommentFrancis and funding: an explanation for ‘failing’ hospitals
Excess mortality is rooted in funding
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CommentThe benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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NewsLabour moves to kill off controversial competition regulations
Labour is calling on peers to reject controversial secondary legislation governing competition and the tendering of NHS services.
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NewsRegulator moves to put Mid Staffs in administration
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has begun the process of putting Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust into administration.
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NewsFarrar bureaucracy review: everything's in play
Plans to cut bureaucracy in the NHS by a third are “ambitious but realistic”, the man leading the government’s post-Francis paperwork review has told HSJ.
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NewsNHS 111 yet to go live in two out of three sites
Less than a third of England has fully launched the NHS 111 service, with just three weeks to go before the national rollout deadline.
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DH opens door to NHS pension for private sector
Private companies providing NHS services are being allowed access to the NHS pension scheme ahead of anticipated Treasury action to widen eligibility, HSJ has learned.
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CommentNicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification
The paper is set on forcing the NHS chief out of his job
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NewsGovernment tendering rules will lead to big shake-up in services, lawyers warn
Lawyers have warned that new procurement rules due to come into force in April could see significant changes in the provision of NHS services.
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CommentWhat a 'duty of candour' means in practice
Candour permeates Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations