All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 4
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LeaderThe Hewitt review could fundamentally change the way the NHS operates
To understand the nature and importance of Patricia Hewitt’s review of the role of integrated care systems announced last week it is necessary to understand its highly unusual genesis.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers ditch NHS England’s A&E target review
Ministers have effectively ditched NHS England’s planned new bundle of A&E targets and want trusts to be firmly regulated on the existing four-hour standard and 12-hour breaches, HSJ understands.
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CommentHunt's message to the NHS: we're all in it together
Richard Sloggett draws similarities between George Osborne’s 2010 economic strategy and chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s message and approach to bind the government and the NHS closer together
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NewsMinisters order review to free ICSs from micromanagement
Former Labour health secretary Patricia Hewitt has been asked by the government to review the role and powers of integrated care systems with a view to giving them greater autonomy.
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NewsNHS will get extra funding to help with inflation, Barclay indicates
Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay has strongly indicated the NHS will receive more funding in tomorrow’s autumn statement, and said that reports he argued to the Chancellor that the NHS ‘did not need any more money’ were incorrect.
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NewsFormer minister to chair Commons health committee
A former junior health minister has been selected as the new chair of the Commons health and social care committee.
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NewsThird health minister returns in Sunak reshuffle
A third former minister in the Department of Health and Social Care has returned to the department, as part of Rishi Sunak’s government reshuffle.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What Chancellor Hunt means for the NHS
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt is now the most powerful person in the country. We discuss what some of his mini-budget reversals mean for the NHS and if the health service is safe in his hands.
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NewsHunt: Tax will need to rise to fund health and care
Jeremy Hunt believes spending on the NHS will have to rise and that the increase should be funded through higher taxation.
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CommentThe NHS is safe(ish) with Hunt
“I think the public are desperate for politicians to speak truthfully – but it isn’t always easy.”
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NewsTop patient safety trio confirmed for HSJ event
Three of the most influential people in patient safety in the UK have been confirmed to speak at the HSJ Patient Safety Congress this year.
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NewsNo GP contract ‘big bang’ needed, says new NHSE director
NHS England’s new director of primary care has said workforce shortages are standing in the way of continuity of care, rather than issues with the GP contract.
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CommentThe Netflix health secretary
Sajid Javid believes no one should need to leave home to binge-watch the NHS. In this exclusive extract from his diary, obtained by Julian Patterson, he explains why
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Calling BS
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsScandal inquiry issues 15 actions for trusts nationally
Repeated care and governance failures were routinely ignored by a hospital trust where poor maternity care resulted in almost 300 avoidable baby deaths or brain damage cases, the most damning review of maternity services in the NHS’s history finds today.
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NewsHSJ’s Ukraine e-auction raises over £23,000
HSJ’s e-auction has raised £23,760 to help the people of wartorn Ukraine.
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News‘Uberisation’ of general practice creates safety risk, warns Hunt
The NHS is moving towards an “Uberisation” of general practice, the former health secretary has warned.
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NewsHealth leaders hit out at firms for continuing Russia links
Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt have hit out at companies with NHS links which continue to trade with Russia.
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NewsHealth secretary calls on NHS to stop buying Russian gas
The health secretary has told the NHS to stop using the UK arm of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom as a gas supplier.