All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 150
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Leader
The dominance of white men at the very top shames the NHS
It is unacceptable and unsustainable
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News
Fears health visitors will be target in £200m cuts round
Providers of health visiting services fear they could face funding cuts after the government said it would reduce councils’ public health budgets by £200m.
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Supplements
Integration: Local government and health leaders prefer a whole system approach
Exclusive survey on integration models
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News
'Safe staffing' move took national nurses by surprise
Senior national and regional nursing leaders were taken by surprise by Simon Stevens’ announcement that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s work on safe staffing guidance was to be stopped, it has emerged.
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News
DH audit: CQC made 'errors' during McKinsey tenders
A Department of Health audit has found the Care Quality Commission made ‘procedural errors’ in relation to a decision to award two contracts to the consultancy firm McKinsey & Co, with a total value of nearly £1.5m.
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News
English trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients
One of England’s largest specialist providers is to take a stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.
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News
Exclusive: NICE suspends work on nurse staffing levels
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has suspended with immediate effect its work to determine safe staffing levels across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
End Game: Lansley's parting policy potshots
He has no problem questioning the cancer drugs fund
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News
Health secretary launches crackdown on NHS executive pay
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered an immediate review of executive pay at every NHS hospital in England.
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HSJ Local
Fourth largest acute trust reveals £50m deficit forecast
One of the largest teaching hospitals in England is forecasting a year-end deficit of almost £50m, HSJ has been told.
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Supplements
Special report: Estates are the NHS's firm foundation
Estates management must be seen as an important function
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HSJ Local
North West trust seeks £30m from DH for IT and air con
FINANCE: Bolton Foundation Trust is seeking £30m of capital funding from the Department of Health towards its IT and estates strategies.
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News
Exclusive: Monitor ramps up challenge to FTs over spending
Foundation trusts in breach of their licence will face tighter regulatory controls on their agency and management consultancy spending, as part of an interventionist drive by Monitor to bear down on escalating provider deficits.
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News
Bennett moots rethink on performance targets
David Bennett has called for the NHS to investigate the possibility of redefining key access targets to reduce the financial burden they place on providers – where it can be done without compromising safety.
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Comment
Queen's Speech: We can't avoid legislation for ever
The DH is stepping outside or ignoring legislation
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Comment
End Game: Ministers for plague and sunscreen
What the new recruits can do for the Department of Health
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Hunt to Hunt
‘Hi Jeremy, I’m calling you to offer you your old job back’
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News
Updated: Rollover tariff trusts expect massive deficits
Several large hospital trusts that rejected the voluntary tariff agreement have predicted huge swings in their financial position for 2015-16.
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Supplements
Supplement: Enhancing the independent sector's role can ease pressure
Waiting times, delayed discharge and other strains