All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 169
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NewsLeaders should be 'more willing' to embrace technology
The health service could save tens of millions of pounds if its leaders were more willing to embrace technology to manage their workforce, according to a report from London School of Economics academics and a thinktank.
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NewsGovernance concerns over care.data project
NHS data chiefs have raised “concerns in respect to the governance arrangements” of the pioneering care.data project, according to papers published last week.
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CommentThe service is not ready for a new flu pandemic
The NHS reforms have distracted public health officials
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NewsExclusive: Clegg to launch mental health action plan
Nick Clegg is next week expected to launch a national mental health action plan, advocating a further push towards “parity of esteem” between the sector and the rest of healthcare, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsTameside's Lorenzo difficulties continue
The first trust to accept a sweetener payment to switch to the Lorenzo electronic patient record system has admitted it continues to face a series of risks to patient safety and performance arising from its implementation.
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HSJ Local
Trust receives £10m loan after not getting 'winter pressures' funding
FINANCE: A hospital trust has received a £10m loan from the Department of Health after failing to get funding to tackle winter pressures.
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NewsRoyal college condemns obesity surgery stand-off
The Royal College of Surgeons has condemned a stand-off between local and national commissioners over surgery for the morbidly obese.
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NewsFTN chief criticises tariff and planning guidance
The chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network has said “growing financial pressures” on the NHS are preventing patients from receiving quality care.
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CommentBetter care fund: good policy needs great execution
The £3.8bn pot can have great benefits for the NHS
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HSJ LocalRoyal Liverpool signs 'lowest cost' PFI deal
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust has reached financial close on a £429m deal to demolish and rebuild its main hospital site, clearing the way for construction to start in February 2014.
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CommentHunt vs Burnham: Care Bill grudge match
Commons debate is one of the rowdiest for a long time
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HSJ LocalMidwifery regulation 'risks failure to learn from mistakes'
Flawed local regulation of midwifery services can place the lives of mothers and babies at risk, according to a report published today by the health service ombudsman.
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CommentWhere does dementia policy go next?
The G8 summit on dementia is a big win, but national progress is stalling
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NewsDH paid £1.5m to financial advisers on blood company sell-off
The Department of Health paid £1.5m to the financial advisers who acted for the government in the sale of the majority stake in Plasma Resources UK, the blood products company.
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CommentMichael White: A year of 'everything for the best'
You needn’t be Dr Pangloss to hope for a better year in 2014
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HSJ KnowledgeWalk and talk: A plan to improve public health
Exercise interventions can have great patient outcomes
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SupplementsSo how was it for you? An HSJ roundtable
HSJ’s latest roundtable on the six months into the biggest transformation the NHS has undertaken
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NewsWorkforce plan delayed amid budget talks
The publication of the first national plan for the health workforce has been delayed by Health Education England as discussions with the Department of Health over its budget allocation continue.
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NewsTrust Development Authority calls for more funding
The NHS Trust Development Authority is seeking more funding from the Department of Health to cope with an increased workload in the aftermath of the Francis inquiry, it has emerged.
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NewsAnalysis: Elderly prioritised in spend of £250m A&E fund
HSJ analysis of the 53 trusts due to receive a share of the Department of Health’s £250m winter pressure fund shows many are prioritising improvements to the care of the frail elderly.