HSJ’s sister title Local Government Chronicle gathers reaction to last week’s public health white paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People.
Local government has never been in any doubt that the bulk of the levers for health improvement lie within its grasp. But while the government’s plans to transfer primary care trust functions back to councils are broadly welcomed, sector leaders are bracing for chaos as current spending is cut back, unpicked and redistributed.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been ordered to stop developing guidance on some public health topics and put others on hold.
Martin Plackard, chief strategy officer at NHS Blithering, has made an important correction after a plan to extend health services for practitioners was initially misunderstood. Julian Patterson has the details
Preventable deaths of seven people from sepsis – including four children – have prompted coroners to flag major concerns about NHS services’ management of the condition.
A watchdog today called for simplification of health and social care regulation, saying “it’s really quite challenging to get the health and social care regulators into one room” because there are so many.
The Care Quality Commission’s assessments of integrated care systems have been put on hold at the last minute, as the government declined to sign off on the process.
Eight hospitals in England have fire safety warnings attached to them, with half in place since 2022 or earlier, HSJ can reveal.
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