All Government/DH policy articles – Page 51
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NewsStevens invokes Brexit battle bus in pre-budget funding call
Simon Stevens will today step up his calls for the government to increase NHS spending in coming years, suggesting voters will feel betrayed if promises made in the Brexit campaign are not delivered.
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NewsTrust chief warns of unsafe staffing levels across NHS
A veteran NHS chief executive and former director general of workforce at the Department of Health has warned patients could die due to unsafe staffing levels unless action is taken on a national scale.
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NewsExclusive: Government to announce single NHS workforce strategy
The health secretary will announce plans for a new national workforce strategy designed to help secure the long term supply of nurses and doctors for the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: FT redundancy pay outs fall by more than a quarter
The amount spent on redundancy payments by foundation trusts has fallen significantly over the past three financial years, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsConfed: 'Precarious' NHS needs extra £4bn just to sustain services
The health service needs a minimum of £4bn additional revenue just to sustain day to day services, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsNHS needs at least extra £4bn for digital upgrade, says tech chief
The NHS needs “at least” another £4.2bn to fully replace or upgrade its IT systems, NHS England’s chief information officer has warned.
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NewsUpdated: Trust worst hit by cyberattack calls for funding clarity
Trusts need more clarity about future cybersecurity funding after the WannaCry attack, Barts Health Trust’s top digital doctor has said.
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NewsGovernment reveals plan to cut number of regulators
The Department of Health has revealed its long awaited plans to reform professional regulation, which could see the number of organisations cut.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The big machine or the ecosystem?
NHS bosses are using loopholes in law to slowly transform the NHS from an ecosystem into a big machine, which could lead to unintended consequences, notes Andy Cowper
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NewsNHS told to 'get serious' as full impact of cyberattack revealed
An investigation into the unprecedented WannaCry cyberattack on the NHS has revealed more than 130 urgent cancer referrals were cancelled and more than 1,000 medical devices were infected.
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CommentNHS Providers agree: Public health has never been more important... or more challenging
We must enhance the focus on STPs and accountable care approaches in championing public health, says Saffron Cordery
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NewsBCF 'escalation' process threatens spending plans
Several councils have been placed in a better care fund “escalation” process due to government concerns over their performance on reducing delayed transfers of care, Local Government Chronicle reports.
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CommentDTOCs dispute could jeopardise care reform
Richard Humphries on the storm clouds gathering over the NHS and local authorities this winter
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CommentNursing workforce: Have we got the balance right?
As we expand and focus on training more support workers in nursing, we must also continue to nurture our degree-educated workforce and the future educators and leaders. By Katerina Kolyva
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CommentChris Hopson: The NHS is caught in an impossible trap
As everyone waits with bated breath for the upcoming autumn budget, Chris Hopson outlines three key priorities for NHS leaders to help bring the hobbled health service back to its feet
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CommentThis year's most important health strategy is the one you might not read
If it ignores the upcoming Industrial Strategy White Paper, the NHS will miss the opportunity to boost its future financing, provision and staffing through strategic local economic partnerships, notes Michael Wood
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NewsNew safety regulator could be given power to fine trusts
Ministers plan to give the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch tough new powers including the ability to fine organisations and staff for failing to cooperate with its inquiries.
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NewsDoctors threaten legal action against NHS over IR35 tax rules
Unions representing locum doctors have threatened to seek a judicial review against NHS Improvement claiming the NHS is continuing to wrongly apply new tax rules.
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NewsGovernment seeks to halt GPs leaving profession
Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new government backed indemnity scheme for GPs in England later today.
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NewsMore funding needed to lift pay cap, warn Stevens and Mackey
The government will need to provide the extra cash needed to lift the public sector pay cap in the NHS, Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey told MPs.