All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 127

  • News

    More CCGs risk deficit after care home price hike

    11 April 2017

    Commissioning leaders fear funded nursing care price hike could push more CCGs into deficit FOI requests reveal CCGs estimate the rise cost them £152m in 2016-17 Price hike from £112 to £156.25 a week was announced by the Department of Health last year and backdated to April 2016 DH ...

  • EU flag
    News

    Exclusive: Leak reveals worst case scenario for nursing after Brexit

    6 April 2017

    Modelling by civil servants shows NHS nursing supply could fail to meet demand by 2025-26 Worst case scenario shows a shortage of between 26,000 and 42,000 nurses Health minister convenes new committee to drive policy response After Brexit the NHS could be hit by a shortage of more ...

  • Town hall sign
    News

    Private investors and councils key to capital investment, says Mackey

    5 April 2017

    Limited access to capital funding means the NHS will need to design more funding schemes that are “off balance sheet”, potentially enabled by local authorities, Jim Mackey says.

  • Jim_Mackey
    News

    Exclusive: Mackey admits trust deficit cannot be cleared in 2017-18

    5 April 2017

    NHS Improvement chief executive says provider sector will fail to break even in 2017-18 Sector could break even next financial year but factors are beyond trusts’ control, says Jim Mackey Discussions taking place about reporting on the joint financial performance of the NHS provider and commissioning sectors The ...

  • Workforce jpg
    News

    Lack of workforce plan 'biggest internal threat' to NHS sustainability

    5 April 2017

    The lack of a “comprehensive long term workforce strategy” represents the biggest internal threat to the sustainability of the NHS, a new report says.

  • News

    NHS in 'Mexican standoff' with locums due to new tax rules

    4 April 2017

    New tax regulations for off-payroll staff come into force on Thursday Some locums and temporary staff are refusing to work at NHS trusts Trusts face “Hobson’s choice” over locums’ pay demands, says finance director Medical director says NHS “must hold the line” on pay cap The NHS is ...

  • child in hospital
    HSJ Local

    Children's lives put at risk at Stafford hospital, royal college warns

    4 April 2017

    Royal college review backs closure of children’s emergency centre Earlier review highlighted “potentially life threatening” management of cases Concerns follow a review in 2006 highlighting similar fears for safety Children’s lives were put at risk because of unsafe emergency services at Stafford Hospital, a review by the Royal ...

  • Mid_Stafford_hospital_sign
    HSJ Local

    Staffordshire still unsustainable after 'failed' Mid Staffs dissolution

    4 April 2017

    Staffordshire CCGs receiving £15m a year additional support from NHS England University Hospitals of North Midlands is forecasting a deficit of £100m in 2017-18 Trust special administration process described as a “failed experiment” and “zombie policy” NHS organisations in Staffordshire are facing huge deficits after the Mid Staffordshire ...

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital
    News

    NHS 'must become more commercial' to raise £6bn from land sales

    31 March 2017

    Trusts could raise between £2.7bn and £5.7bn through land sales Hitting upper target requires NHS to take ‘far more commercial approach’ and gain new skills Sir Robert calls for more London trusts to follow Moorfields’ example Trusts could generate nearly £6bn from redeveloping and then selling land but ...

  • Robert_Naylor
    News

    Naylor review: NHS needs £10bn increase in capital funding

    31 March 2017

    Funding gap could be filled by land sales and private capital but extra Treasury cash also needed, review says Trusts should not get central capital funding unless they have credible plan and hit new benchmarks Review also calls for incentives including allowing STPs to retain sale receipts from locally ...

  • Elderly hands walking frame
    News

    Officials plan new metric to measure patient flow

    31 March 2017

    A new set of metrics is being developed to assess patient flow across the NHS and social care system, Local Government Chronicle reports.

  • calendar
    News

    Exclusive: Treasury funding fears derail medical examiner launch

    30 March 2017

    Funding fears over medical examiner fees have delayed launch A national medical examiner service was first recommended by the Shipman inquiry Department of Health says it is committed to launching medical examiners Plans for a national rollout of independent medical examiners next year has been abandoned by ministers ...

  • News

    Trusts urged to 'prove critics wrong' with deficit reduction

    30 March 2017

    NHS Improvement says the aggregate forecast for the provider sector had improved at the end of February, compared to the outlook two months earlier “Material number” of land sales will help boost aggregate position, along with technical accounting measures Trusts urged to “be a bankable investment” by delivering their ...

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    Following the Money: The drag beneath the surface

    29 March 2017

    HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.

  • Woman using tablet computer
    News

    Jobs cut as NHS quango will 'cease to exist'

    29 March 2017

    NHS Protect will “cease to exist” from July and be replaced by NHS Counter Fraud Authority Memo confirms support and training for local organisations will no longer be available New organisation will employ 140 staff, which is around 20 fewer than the number employed by NHS Protect in March ...

  • purse
    News

    Government told to end current pay restraint policy

    28 March 2017

    NHS Pay Review Body warns government action is needed on pay policy Ministers told the lack of a people strategy means workforce issues being neglected One per cent pay rise recommended for all NHS staff Ministers have been warned by the NHS Pay Review Body that action will ...

  • pension_retirement
    News

    NHS pension costs to shift from DH to employers

    24 March 2017

    Employer pension contributions will rise from 1 April to cover cost of new levy Department of Health considers the pension scheme a frontline operational service NHS Business Services Authority will receive £35m NHS employers will have to increase their contributions to the NHS pension scheme from next month ...

  • Liverpool seafront
    HSJ Local

    NHS England asked to investigate CCG pay rises

    24 March 2017

    Theresa May said health secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked NHS England to look at pay increases for non-executives at Liverpool CCG Rosie Cooper MP has raised concerns over “shocking pay increases” Salary rises came after increase in working days NHS England has been asked to investigate pay increases ...

  • Ben clover expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    London Eye: How the East Was One

    22 March 2017

    Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    News

    Whistleblowing charity intervenes in HEE court case

    21 March 2017

    Public Concern at Work granted permission to intervene in Court of Appeal case Chris Day claims he was victimised by Health Education England for whistleblowing Charity says the case could undermine whistleblowing legislation if it fails Whistleblowing charity Public Concern at Work has intervened in a Court of ...