All Government/DH policy articles – Page 78
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NewsHome secretary lifts controls on nurse immigration
The home secretary has moved to immediately relax controversial immigration controls on nurses working in the UK, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew medical innovation bill ‘potentially dangerous’, warn royal colleges
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has set out ‘real concerns’ over a private member’s bill that seeks to promote access to innovative medical treatments.
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News'Planning together': Does Simon really mean it?
Simon Stevens’ speech at the King’s Fund this week has been described as his most important since he returned to the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: NICE safe staffing U-turn followed meeting with Hunt's office
A decision by NICE to reverse its plans to publish work on safe nurse staffing levels came immediately after an email exchange between its chief executive and Jeremy Hunt’s office, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHunt offers BMA ‘unequivocal assurances’ over contract reform
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association to offer ‘unequivocal assurances’ over plans to reform junior doctor contracts.
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CommentMichael White: Hysteria versus complacency is the new political dividing line
Unpicking the hyperbole of conference season
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NewsStevens: Government needs to 'rethink' immigration policy for NHS
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has warned the UK needs to ‘better join the dots’ between immigration policy and the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Flawed’ perceptions of GPs impact recruitment, warns HEE
Junior doctors and medical students are being put off training as GPs because of ‘fundamental flaws’ in how the profession is perceived, the chief executive of Health Education England has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury could replace free nursing education to boost workforce
Ministers could end free university education for student nurses in a bid to boost the numbers joining the NHS workforce, under proposals put forward by national education bodies.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England seeks freeze in better care fund transfer
NHS England is seeking a freeze in the sum the NHS is required to pool with local government in the better care fund, HSJ has learned.
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Explained: The facts behind the junior doctors contract row
As junior doctors threaten industrial action over plans to impose new pay, terms and conditions next year, HSJ answers the big questions on what is being proposed
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CommentPanic and denial won't solve funding issues
Honesty and realism is required for decisions on health spending
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NewsExclusive: Contract proposals should not be seen as final, says NHS Employers
NHS Employers has accepted its proposals for changes to junior doctor contracts ‘are not ideal’. It insists they are only a starting point for talks with the British Medical Association.
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NewsCall for better end of life care training
NHS hospitals risk repeating mistakes during end of life care if they ask staff to rely on formal processes rather than focusing on patient outcomes, HSJ has been told.
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NewsHEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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NewsRoyal colleges wade into row over junior doctors' contract
Medical royal colleges plan to lobby Jeremy Hunt over planned changes to junior doctor contracts which threaten ‘the future of medicine and patient care’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS Employers bypasses BMA to seek direct talks with junior doctors
NHS Employers has written directly to 38,000 junior doctors inviting them to a series of open meetings to discuss a new contract for trainee medics.
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NewsTreasury may redefine NHS ringfence, think tanks warn
The Treasury may redefine the ringfence on NHS spending to apply only to NHS England’s commissioning budgets – leaving billions spent on public health, training and research unprotected in the coming spending review, health think tanks have warned.