All Policy articles – Page 60
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NewsNew tech team to clean up trust IT fiascos
A new central technology team is being parachuted into NHS trusts to clean up after major IT deployments go wrong.
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NewsClinical waste driven hundreds of miles south amid disposal row
Clinical waste from NHS hospitals has been transported and disposed of in ways which normally breach safety regulations, prompting concerns about capacity in the waste sector.
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NewsCouncil chief says social care may be better off under NHS
Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has questioned whether social care should be taken over by the NHS, stating it was unlikely to “win” financially while it remained part of local government.
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NewsNHS warned of 'crippling' PFI charges over the next decade
The NHS has been warned of “crippling” finance charges from its PFI contracts over the next decade, when aggregate repayments on the deals will reach their peak.
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NewsTrusts using HCAs in place of nurses
NHS trusts recruited a higher percentage of healthcare assistants than nurses over a two year period, new research has revealed.
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NewsNHSI to require business cases for subsidiary companies
NHS providers must submit a business case to show setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company yields value beyond VAT savings, under new proposals from NHS Improvement.
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NewsLabour calls on minister to 'correct record' over waste incineration capacity
Labour has called on the government to explain why it “apparently contradicted” NHS and Environment Agency officials’ concerns over the capacity of incinerators to burn clinical waste.
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CommentChange won’t happen by accident
Axel Heitmueller suggests the government should develop a change model to enable transformation of health services, especially in light of the move towards integrated care
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NewsDecades old computer systems putting lives at risk
Decades old IT systems underpinning the national cervical cancer screening programme could put lives at risk, ministers have been warned.
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NewsCQC: Some patients only have access to poor services
Patients in some parts of the country now only have access to providers delivering poor services, according to the Care Quality Commission’s annual assessment of healthcare quality in England.
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NewsExclusive: Government to ask hospitals to assess impact of 'no deal Brexit' on supply chains
NHS trusts will be asked to assess the impact of a no deal Brexit on their supply chain of goods and equipment, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHopson: Long term NHS plan must not be 'written behind the bike sheds'
The NHS long term plan must not be “written behind the bike sheds” by national chiefs if the NHS is to take ownership and deliver its targets, the body representing trusts has warned.
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NewsCore 999 targets ‘won’t be met for two years’, sector chief warns
Ambulance trusts will not hit most of their new response time targets for “another two years” largely because of significant workforce shortages, a sector leader has told HSJ.
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NewsPrime Minister announces new cancer strategy
The prime minister has announced a new cancer strategy for the NHS that will see patients diagnosed and treated faster to improve cancer survival rates.
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NewsGender balanced boards ‘good for safety’
Gender-balanced boards at NHS organisations result in “better care and safer care”, according to the leader of the Health and Care Women’s Leaders Network.
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NewsHancock: Genomics project to sequence one million genomes
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has announced an expansion of the 100,000 genomes project, saying the NHS will sequence one million genomes within five years.
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NewsHancock to announce £240m for social care
Matt Hancock is set to announce an additional £240m of social care funding to help meet demand this winter.
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NewsTreasury confirms it will provide NHS pension funding
The Treasury says the increased costs of NHS pension contributions will be met with additional government funding, and dismissed claims to the contrary made by the Labour party.
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HSJ InteractiveLessons from the last NHS 10 year plan
David Hare explores the lessons the NHS needs to retain from the last 10 year plan as it embarks on the new
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NewsThird of MPs do not understand new care model jargon
The majority of MPs want the NHS to simplify its language with a third admitting they do not understand new care model jargon.