All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 130
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Prolonging the recovery
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsExclusive: Hunt's 'avoidable deaths' data subject to major delays
High profile commitment to publish trust level avoidable deaths data subject to major delay Original tender for national work was not awarded and alternative project will not begin until next year Department of Health and NHS Improvement declined to provide a timeline for trust level data A high ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Shifting boundaries in England's big cities
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsNHS chiefs step away from 2020 paperless target
Matthew Swindells says there would not be a “whole lot of complaining” if 2020 target is missed, but hit by 2023 Comments follow Wachter review calling for “unrealistic” 2020 target to be dropped Jeremy Hunt sets out phased approach for digital strategy, with initial funding focus on high fliers ...
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CommentJunior doctors' strikes - the effect on waiting times
Junior doctors’ strikes mean a loss of elective activity and a rise in waiting times, but don’t go blaming them for the continued breach of “18 weeks”.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn
Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn in 2015-16, up from £1.2bn the previous year Payments necessary to maintain the day to day running of hospitals and to pay staff or creditors London trust says there is “no realistic prospect” of repaying its loan without further support Explore the full data ...
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NewsStevens: Junior doctor strikes risk harm to patients
NHS England chief executive warns “no good will come of strikes” and patients’ safety cannot be guaranteed NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has waded into the junior doctors’ strike row, warning that “no good for patients” will come from the proposed strikes and that patient safety cannot ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The capital
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsWachter tells ministers: Discard 'unrealistic' 2020 IT target
Ministers urged to ditch “unrealistic” paperless NHS by 2020 target Wachter review warns significantly more money required to achieve a digital NHS Wachter tells HSJ he recognised political issue in calling for more funding but that Jeremy Hunt had been “extremely supportive” of review Review sets out a roadmap ...
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NewsDH halts £170m cut to community pharmacy budget
A significant cut to community pharmacy budgets has been halted by the Department of Health, with further discussions now set to be held with the sector.
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NewsBMA calls off next week's junior doctors strike
WORKFORCE: The British Medical Association has suspended next week’s planned strike action, after being told by NHS England that services “cannot cope with the notice period” that was given.
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CommentThe NHS ignores the law at its peril
The increasing trend of carrying out change in the NHS without legislation to back it up is creating a worrying shortfall of accountability
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NewsDavid Dalton disputes BMA claim on seven day services
DH releases confidential documents from Acas talks showing BMA was offered detailed statement on seven day services Statement including pledge for more clinical staff and that focus of seven day services would be emergency care only Sir David Dalton said the BMA asked for the statement not to be ...
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NewsBMA reveals three more five-day full strikes
The NHS will need to prepare for 20 working days of full strike action by junior doctors between now and Christmas, after the British Medical Association announced three further weeks of action by trainees in England.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Good news or flattering figures?
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsBMA council approves five-day junior doctors strike
BMA council approves five-day strike by junior doctors next month Decision follows rejection of compromise agreement reached between BMA negotiators and government Strike action is likely to significantly affect the provision of NHS services and lead to thousands of cancelled operations Junior doctors in England will stage a ...
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NewsNew data reveals scale of nursing jobs advertised
New data from NHS Digital shows 29,000 full-time equivalent job adverts for nurses in first three months of 2016 More than 9,000 registered nurse and midwife roles were advertised each month on the NHS Jobs website Year on year there were 3,300 more FTE nursing staff working in the ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: It's time to publish the STPs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsRevealed: NHS trusts to lose millions in training funding
Treasury spending review leads to 2 per cent cut in education and training cash paid to NHS providers in 2016-17 Health Education England will offset the cut this year as a one-off move to prevent destabilisation NHS Providers warns cuts are not sustainable in light of wider financial pressures ...
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News80 hospitals in GMC 'special measures' over safety and training concerns
GMC chief executive urges government to accelerate reform of professional regulators, including mergers Medical watchdog is developing a new intelligence system to analyse data and act faster over concerns Seventy-nine hospitals are being monitored because of concerns over standards of training or safety Almost 80 hospitals are being ...