All Government/DH policy articles – Page 53
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NewsNineteen trusts named to receive A&E capital funding
Ministers have announced which NHS trusts will receive part of the next tranche of additional capital funding previously announced for accident and emergency services.
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LeaderPay rises are not the priority for the NHS
This will not be the most popular of HSJ editorials. There is no doubt that most NHS staff deserve an inflation matching, even busting, pay raise – but there are also good reasons why they should not receive one.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Inverse Scare Law – helping politicians ignore the NHS
Andy Cowper on what he calls ’the Campaign for NHS defunding
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NewsSupreme Court decision forces NHS pension rule change
NHS trusts are to be asked for help in tracking down unmarried former partners of deceased NHS staff who were wrongly denied pension benefits, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCould Brexit change competition and procurement in the NHS?
Post-Brexit the UK may gain some freedom to redefine the application of competition and procurement in the NHS but any change will depend on the political choices of the government of the day, writes Cristina Sarb
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Exclusive: Trusts hit by £500m unexpected inflation costs
NHS trusts are having to bear unexpected inflation costs of around £500m, which means the underlying financial gap between their income and expenditure has barely improved over the last year, policy experts have said.
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NewsBrexit: Government must pay for impact on NHS, alliance warns
The government must pay for any financial impact of Brexit on the NHS, a former top civil servant has said, warning of risks to the UK economy if costs spiral without extra funding.
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NewsExclusive: Safety fears over thousands of unregulated NHS staff
Patients are being put at “unacceptable risk” because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.
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NewsJeremy Hunt urged to rethink 'backwards' DTOC targets
County councils have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to rethink ‘undeliverable’ targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospitals that could reuslt in vital funding being withdrawn.
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NewsNHS bursary reform fails to increase student nurses
The government’s plan to expand the number of nurse training places by scrapping the NHS bursary appears to have failed, the latest data suggests.
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NewsGovernment releases cash in last minute push to expand NHS training
Universities and NHS trusts are being offered tens of thousands of pounds by Health Education England in a push to expand training places for nurses and other health professionals this year.
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HSJ Local'Exemplar' trust first to move patient records to the cloud
One of the country’s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft’s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.
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News'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
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NewsExclusive: DH commits millions in funding to expand nurse training
Ministers have committed to a minimum £16m additional funding for new clinical placements for thousands of nursing students at NHS trusts, the Department of Health has told HSJ.
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CommentThe secret to effective joint working between clinicians and managers
A highly successful cross NHS programme has shown how clinicians and managers can harmoniously work together, share Professor Marion Bain and others
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NewsImmigration salary rules could force physios to leave UK
Physiotherapists from overseas working in the NHS could be forced to leave the UK under tougher immigration rules, HSJ has been told.
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News'Political' NHS targets may damage care quality, warns national report
A senior clinician leading a national drive against unwarranted variation in the NHS says cancer targets and surgeon mortality rates are “politically derived measures” that may reduce care quality.
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NewsDH tightens 'retire and return' pension loophole for NHS managers
NHS trusts must not approve bids by staff to retire and then return to work unless there is a business need and it provides value for money, new official guidance says.
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NewsNHS England plans national 'core software' deal to patch cyber holes
NHS England will seek substantial new capital funding for cybersecurity in the wake on the WannaCry ransonware attack, Matthew Swindells has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Harvard and Imperial among universities to run NHS Digital Academy
A consortium of Imperial College, Harvard and Edinburgh universities will run a new academy to improve digital skills across the NHS.