Policy and Regulation – Page 88
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NewsGovernment reveals plan to cut number of regulators
The Department of Health has revealed its long awaited plans to reform professional regulation, which could see the number of organisations cut.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The big machine or the ecosystem?
NHS bosses are using loopholes in law to slowly transform the NHS from an ecosystem into a big machine, which could lead to unintended consequences, notes Andy Cowper
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of mental health patients' deaths still uninvestigated
The families of patients who have died while detained under the Mental Health Act in England and Wales are continuing to be denied inquests, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNew NHS Improvement chair urged to retire Tory whip
The Commons health committee has endorsed the appointment of Baroness Dido Harding as NHS Improvement’s new chair, but recommended she relinquish the Conservative whip.
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CommentChris Hopson: The NHS is caught in an impossible trap
As everyone waits with bated breath for the upcoming autumn budget, Chris Hopson outlines three key priorities for NHS leaders to help bring the hobbled health service back to its feet
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NewsGovernment revives plan for medical examiners to review deaths
The government has revived plans for a national independent medical examiner service to review all deaths reported to coroners.
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NewsRevealed: Culture in all English maternity units to be assessed
EXCLUSIVE: The culture of every maternity unit in England will be assessed as part of a nationwide drive to improve safety, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSystem is at 'full stretch' warns new NHS Improvement chair
The new chair of NHS Improvement has told MPs it is “obvious” the NHS is at “full stretch” and needs more money.
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HSJ LocalCCGs demand patients lose weight or face indefinite wait for surgery
People in Hertfordshire who smoke or are obese face indefinite waits for routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight, commissioners have decided as they try to save £68m this financial year.
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NewsNew safety regulator could be given power to fine trusts
Ministers plan to give the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch tough new powers including the ability to fine organisations and staff for failing to cooperate with its inquiries.
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NewsNew regulator launches investigation after patient dies
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has launched its fourth investigation after being alerted to a patient’s death after they presented to hospital two weeks after surgery.
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NewsNew chair of NHS Improvement revealed
The former chief executive of the broadband provider TalkTalk is the Department of Health’s preference to be the next chair of NHS Improvement, HSJ understands.
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NewsTheresa May names lead to review Mental Health Act
The prime minister has announced the former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will lead an independent review of the Mental Health Act.
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HSJ LocalCharity fears national precedent if CCG axes free transport services
A charity has warned a dangerous precedent may be set if a clinical commissioning group enforces its decision to stop funding non-emergency patient transport to people who rely on “life sustaining” treatment.
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NewsExclusive: Government threatens to intervene over DTOCs performance
Ministers are set to issue a fresh warning to councils deemed to have made insufficient progress tackling delayed transfers of care, amid a bitter row over the withholding of funding.
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CommentThe clock is ticking on prevention and integration
Lip service has been paid to the need for prevention and integration in the NHS and social care system. Now more must be done to implement change on the ground, writes Mike Adamson, chief executive of the British Red Cross
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NewsExclusive: NHS regulators face scrutiny in new Kirkup inquiry
A new inquiry by Bill Kirkup into the death of a baby girl 16 years ago will examine the role of NHS regulators and national bodies whose inaction led to a “regulatory gap”, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentNHS England and NHS Improvement should be brought closer together
Is it possible to tighten up NHS organisation and efficiency without major upheaval?
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HSJ LocalTrust pleads guilty to health and safety charge over patient's death
One of the country’s largest mental health and community trusts has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law over the death of a teenage patient.
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NewsResignations send stark warning to chief execs on A&E performance
Two acute trust chief executives have resigned today under pressure from ministers and NHS Improvement over consistently poor accident and emergency performance.