All Matt Hancock articles – Page 27
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NewsSubsidiary company plans spark union anger
NHS trusts looking to create wholly owned subsidiary companies to secure VAT savings risk facing action by union members with strike action already planned at one trust.
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NewsRevealed: Babylon’s national expansion push
Digital health company Babylon Healthcare has contacted more than a dozen clinical commissioning groups as it pushes for expansion across the country, including extending its NHS GP partnership to two new cities.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: On the Hunt for elephants
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration could be referred to Hancock
A major reconfiguration of services faces referral to the health and social care secretary by a local council, putting £118m of transformation funding at risk.
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NewsHancock: I want to help GP at Hand expand
Matt Hancock has told an audience of Babylon Healthcare staff he wants to help the company expand “so loads of companies can come do what Babylon are doing” in the NHS.
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NewsExclusive: Government agrees multimillion settlement over IT contract row
A decade long, £700m contract dispute between the government and a major IT supplier has been resolved, HSJ can reveal.
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News712 unnecessary deaths – and how to avoid them: HSJ and BD roundtable
An HSJ roundtable, sponsored by BD, looked at how to reduce medication errors, improving outcomes for patients and reducing waste from unused or unnecessary medicines.
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CommentCowper's Cut: The NHS has Bonnie Tyler Syndrome
Andy Cowper highlights the many very real problems that beset the NHS
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NewsNo more big IT contracts for the NHS – Hancock
The new health and social care secretary has said “big contracts” for NHS IT services are over, claiming the service is often taken advantage of by suppliers.
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NewsAnother £200m for top digital trusts
A further round of £200m will be distributed to some of the most advanced digital trusts in the country, the health and social care secretary will announce today.
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NewsHancock abandons Hunt’s Monday meetings
New health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has axed the Monday meetings with NHS leaders instigated by his predecessor Jeremy Hunt as part of an overhaul at the top of the Department of Health and Social Care.
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HSJ LocalHealth secretary backs hospital reconfiguration plans
The health and social care secretary has backed NHS plans for a major reconfiguration of acute hospital services.
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NewsExclusive: Dozens more maternity failings exposed at scandal hit trust
Dozens more cases of poor care have been uncovered at a hospital’s maternity service, which is already under investigation for failing 23 families, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: An unenviable choice on elective waits
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS told not to stockpile medication ahead of a 'no-deal' Brexit
NHS organisations should not spend money on “unnecessary” local stockpiling of medicine ahead of a possible no-deal Brexit.
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CommentGP hours and the much needed tech-care revolution
With research showing that the average GP works less than three and a half days a week, Sinead Mac Manus discusses how technology, especially AI, can play an important enabling role in freeing up GPs’ time
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Matt Hancock and the disruptors
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock met disruptive tech businesses promising to fight 'vested interests'
New health secretary Matt Hancock held a meeting within days of being appointed with 10 disruptive technology businesses in which he promised to fight against “vested interests” when they impede innovation.
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BMA vows tougher line on consultant contract after pay award
A senior figure within the British Medical Association has suggested the union will take a tougher stance with the government over planned reforms to consultant contracts.
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NewsNew IT procurement framework for contracts worth £450m
GPs will switch to a new centrally funded £450m IT framework from next year, as officials complain about a market failure and the slow rate of innovation.