All Government/DH policy articles – Page 4
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Comment
ICS teething troubles are the price they must pay for success
Richard Taunt says ‘grounded hope’ about integrated care systems might hold the key to their success.
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News
Atkins appointed health and care secretary
Victoria Atkins has been named as health and social care secretary, replacing Steve Barclay.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Crunch time for NHSE’s controversial data scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
Updated: Subco staff may get bonus after government U-turn
Staff in NHS subsidiary companies may be eligible for a centrally-funded bonus this year, government has said, just days after stating they would not.
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News
NHS pension contribution rates cut for the highest earners
Government has revealed changes to the contribution rates for the NHS pension scheme, including a reduction in the percentage paid by top earners.
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News
Stevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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News
‘Short termism’ is undermining NHS savings and safety, warns CEO
The government must allow health systems to plan their finances over a longer period to help deliver ‘real’ savings by rationalising services, says a leading chief executive.
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News
ICBs face £5.5m cost for CQC assessments
The Care Quality Commission is planning to charge integrated care boards up to £290,000 each annually to fund system inspections, it has revealed in consultation documents.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: New figures reveal NHS’s virtual ward progress
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
GP practices get ‘shrinkingly small’ sums from housebuilders, says minister
The government is looking at ways to channel more funding contributed by housing developers into primary care estates.
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Expert Briefing
A big revenue hole needs filling
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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Expert Briefing
The Download: The case for proper population health management
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
NHS has more capital but regime for investing ‘not that efficient’, admits DHSC boss
The way in which capital funding is distributed and spent across the NHS is inefficient and too heavily ringfenced, a senior Department of Health and Social Care official has suggested.
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News
Minister wants to ‘inject private capital’ to upgrade NHS buildings
A health minister has indicated he wants to use private finance to help ‘stretch capital budgets as far as possible’ for the NHS estate.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: What the government didn’t say about its patient data sharing scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
NHSE calls urgent meeting over powers to strike off managers
Amanda Pritchard has said it is time to “look again” at whether NHS England should be given formal powers to disbar managers for “serious misconduct”.
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News
Information on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October
NHS board directors have less than two months to challenge the information that will be gathered on their fitness to hold a leadership position and then stored on their employer’s electronic staff record as part of the overhaul of the fit and proper person test.
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News
Hunt demands ‘challenging’ productivity improvements in return for training cash
The chancellor has told HSJ he has agreed “ambitious improvements in productivity” with NHS leaders as part of negotiations for the long-term workforce plan.
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Comment
A festival of networking and extra-marital sex: it's ConfedExpo time again!
Summer is traditionally a time for travelling to Manchester to make an exhibition of ourselves. Conference report by Julian Patterson
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News
Government refuses to commit to key Hewitt recommendations
The government has rejected or refused to commit to many of the cornerstone recommendations made in Patricia Hewitt’s review of the autonomy and accountability exercised by integrated care systems.