All Matt Hancock articles – Page 25
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NewsHancock: 'Watertight' case would be needed to change waiting targets
The case for changing the core NHS performance standards would need to be “watertight”, Matt Hancock told HSJ.
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NewsShifting NHS spend away from hospitals ‘can’t wait’, says health secretary
Increasing the share of the NHS budget spent on primary and community “can’t wait” and should begin next year, health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ.
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NewsHealth secretary identifies ‘big three’ workforce shortage areas
Nurses, GPs and mental health staff are “the big three” areas where the health and social care secretary is most concerned about staff shortages, he told HSJ.
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NewsHancock interview: ‘Big private health companies’ won’t run integrated care
The health secretary has told HSJ the government is “not going to hand [integrated care contracts] to the big private healthcare companies”, and would make this clear in Parliament when it presents new NHS legislation.
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NewsKing’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Health policy and politics – caffeinated or decaffeinated?
Andy Cowper discusses Brexit and what the two political parties think on health policy
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NewsHancock to 'look' at safe staffing legislation
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has said he will “look at” the possibility of introducing safe nurse staffing legislation in England.
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NewsPrimary care funding boost key to prevention strategy, says Hancock
Primary and community care’s share of the NHS England budget will rise in the long-term plan, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock announced today.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The magic sofa fallacy
Andy Cowper gives the lowdown on the recently announced Budget and where did the extra NHS money in the Budget come from
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CommentThe chancellor got lucky this Budget but can that luck hold?
Anita Charlesworth notes that the chancellor narrowly avoided the impossible political choice of making good on the extra £20.5bn promised for the NHS with tax increases but the underlying reality remains unchanged
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NewsPension tax relief cut would be ‘damaging’ for senior NHS staff
Any reduction in relief on pension contributions for higher rate taxpayers would be “significant and damaging for senior NHS staff”, the chief executive of Managers in Partnership has warned.
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NewsHancock: ‘we need to fire fewer chief executives’
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said the NHS must stop responding to perceived service or project failures by firing NHS trust chief executives.
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NewsBrexit: Ministers launch 'tens of millions' bid to stockpile medicine
Ministers have launched a tender worth “tens of millions” of pounds to provide extra storage capacity in the event of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.
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NewsMedical student numbers should double to avoid 'absolute disaster'
The number of medical students need to double in the next decade to avoid “an absolute disaster”, the new head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Planning permission
Andy Cowper says the NHS has seen a lot of making of plans over the years and requires the permission of the system being changed to properly implement them
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NewsGP training target exceeded for first time
Health Education England has exceeded its target for GP training for the first time, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsHancock outlines tech vision with new 'mandatory' IT standards
The NHS should move NHS data and IT systems onto the cloud, using a system like those run by tech giants like Microsoft or Amazon, according to a document outlining the health secretary’s “tech vision”.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Grasping the nettles
The NHS leadership doesn’t seem ready to openly discuss the problems besetting the NHS, especially the workforce crisis, let alone seek meaningful solutions, notes Andy Cowper
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