All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 2
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News10-Year Plan author seconded to Downing Street
One of the main authors of the 10-Year Health Plan is temporarily moving from his role at NHS England to one at Number 10, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAcute trust CEO to lead GP-owned provider
A retiring acute trust chief executive has been appointed the CEO of a community provider seen as a frontrunner to pioneer the government’s vision of a neighbourhood health service.
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NewsNHS must be seen as just one part of health ‘ecosystem’, says Milburn
The “big change” ushered in by the 10-Year Health Plan will be to shift the view that healthcare in England is synonymous with “a single institution we happen to call the National Health Service”, according to government adviser and former health secretary Alan Milburn.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Freedom in theory, not in practice
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsAnnual bill for NHS’s most costly drug set to be slashed
The annual cost of NHS diabetes care could fall by £300m after the Supreme Court refused to consider blocking the introduction of a generic alternative to a widely used drug.
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NewsRevealed: Court battle over drug costing NHS £300m a year
The UK’s leading pharmaceutical firm has said it will have to cancel projects aiming to help thousands of NHS patients if it loses a legal case that would bring cheaper alternatives on to the market.
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NewsTrust ‘missed opportunities’ in child’s death
The health service should carry out a national review of the use of paper-based records in children’s care, an independent investigation into a child’s death has said.
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NewsPay suppliers on time, NHSE tells trusts
NHS England has insisted it is committed to a policy that requires trusts to pay suppliers promptly.
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NewsConservatives name new health shadow
Stuart Andrew to shadow Wes Streeting Ed Argar steps down from opposition frontbench due to health issues Comes amid wider reshuffle The Conservatives have appointed a new shadow health and social care secretary.
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NewsEx-banker to chair teaching hospital after stint at neighbour
A major teaching trust has appointed a new chair.
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NewsFive systems lose £100m deficit support
Five integrated care systems have had their deficit support funding withheld as a result of overspending or failing to deliver savings, NHS England has revealed.
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NewsGroup appoints interim CEO amid ‘urgent’ patient safety concerns
A trust group which has seen its CEO take a leave of absence following a clash with fellow board members has appointed an interim chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSecond Streeting adviser joins NHSE board
One of the leading figures behind the government’s 10-Year Health Plan is to join NHS England’s board as a non-executive director, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsStreeting’s delayed decision on A&E downgrade sparks concern
The alarm has been raised over the length of time Wes Streeting is taking to reject or support a planned A&E downgrade.
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NewsPrivate hospitals to lose £60m from in-year tariff changes
Private providers are set to lose more than £60m from a proposed cut to prices paid for cataract procedures.
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NewsConsultancy called in to review trust's staff 'experience'
A trust grappling with concerns over culture has commissioned an independent review into staff experience.
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NewsNHSE declares £1.5bn of ‘risk’ in financial plans
A large number of local trust and commissioner financial plans are still “high risk”, NHS England has said.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Streeting ends deficits
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsCSUs and swathe of patient watchdogs axed
Government is announcing the scrapping of several national patient watchdogs, commissioning support units, and 150 local Healthwatch organisations.
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NewsTrusts announce shared chair and director
A South Yorkshire trust is to share a chair with its neighbour as part of a programme of “partnership working”.