All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 165
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NewsFinancially challenged areas among biggest losers from care claims clawback
Some of the most financially challenged health economies were among the biggest contributors to an £800m pot established to settle continuing healthcare claims that was clawed back by the Treasury, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsOne in six councils without a director of public health
Some one in six local authorites are yet to appoint a permanent director of public health, more than a year since they took control of the service.
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Green light for new emergency centre in the West Midlands
FINANCE: Plans for a new emergency centre at The Royal Wolverhampton Trust were given the go ahead by the NHS Trust Development Authority last week.
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NewsMental health wait standards 'must happen next year', says minister
The introduction of waiting time standards for mental healthcare “must happen from next year”, the care services minister has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.
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NewsNHS trust sector ends year £241m in deficit
The NHS trust sector finished 2013-14 £241m in deficit, the NHS Trust Development Authority has confirmed.
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NewsDH plans tougher tests for better care fund
The Department of Health and the Cabinet Office will today meet with health and local government representatives to draw up a tougher set of tests for the better care fund.
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NewsMental health rising as reason for helping homeless
Mental health has become an increasingly significant reason for housing homeless people, an analysis of figures recorded by councils show.
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HSJ PartnersProviding false information could become a criminal offence
New law could come in from October
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NewsGovernment advisory group criticises migrant NHS rule changes
The government’s repeated reforms of rules governing migrants’ access to NHS services have caused confusion among healthcare staff with “tragic consequences”, a new report has found.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor to receive big budget boost
Monitor has become the third healthcare regulator to receive a significant boost in its income as part of the government’s drive to improve standards in the NHS.
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NewsWhitehall launches probe into health and wellbeing boards
Health authorities have pledged to check whether health and wellbeing boards are involving providers in better care fund plans as part of a Whitehall-led effort to increase scrutiny of local proposals.
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HSJ KnowledgeTracking the changes in NHS procurement and contracting
Technology is high on the policy agenda
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NewsLocal commissioners given say in special administration
Local commissioners that are not directly involved with failing hospitals are to be given the chance to respond to proposals put forward by trust special administrators, after the government last night adopted an amendment to the Care Bill.
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NewsFall in public satisfaction with emergency departments
Public satisfaction with accident and emergency services dipped to a five-year low in 2013, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey.
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NewsTreasury approves Papworth move to Addenbrooke's site
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust has finally secured its long-awaited move to a site on Addenbrooke’s hospital, thanks to a £165m funding package agreed by the Treasury.
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NewsRespect, dignity and compassion to become mandatory for NHS training posts
New recruits to NHS training posts will be expected to pass a “values-based” test from next year in a bid to embed respect, dignity and compassion in future workforces.
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NewsWinterbourne View scheme an 'abject failure', minister admits
Combined health and local government drive to help people with learning disabilities move out of hospitals has been an “abject failure”, Norman Lamb has said
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NewsPatients given anti-psychotic drugs
More than two thirds of inpatients with learning disabilities in specialist units are given anti-psychotic medication, a census commissioned in response to the Winterbourne View Hospital scandal has shown.