All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 176
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NewsHealth budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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NewsNext generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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HSJ LocalNorth Bristol renews plans to go it alone
A proposal to merge two South West trusts, creating an organisation with a turnover of almost £1bn, appears less likely to proceed after one of the organisations confirmed it was still working on an alternative plan to go it alone.
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NewsDH awards audit contracts to HQIP
The Department of Health has chosen to entrust two audit contracts with The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP).
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NewsNHS 111 switch will be a 'big bang'
NHS 111 is likely to generate inappropriate referrals for a “considerable period of time”, a champion of the new non-emergency telephone number has told HSJ.
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NewsLamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale, locally led “experiments” in integrated care that could enable commissioners to move away from the payment by results tariff system.
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NewsCQC may fail to meet annual inspections targets
The Care Quality Commission has just over four months to complete more than half of its annual inspections and is considering informing the Department of Health it will not meet the target.
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News'Prime contractors' could run pathways for decade
Commissioners could be freed to award work to a “prime contractor” over five to 10 years from 2014-15, the Department of Health has indicated.
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NewsAnalysed: The London FT pipeline and its hotspots
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the foundation trust pipeline before the capital’s strategic health authority disappears next year
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NewsQIPP lead: drugs bill will increase
Providers and commissioners need to focus on making sure they achieve value for money on drugs rather than cutting overall spend, the government’s pharmaceutical spending efficiency expert has told HSJ.
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NewsBig Society mutuals scheme underwhelms NHS staff
A flagship Big Society programme to set up a new wave of NHS mutuals has yielded just 19 proposals, less than half the figure set up under the transforming community services programme in 2010 and 2011.
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NewsMandate aims to spark a 'revolution in transparency'
The NHS will be required to measure and publish outcomes data for all major services by 2015, to enable commissioners and patients to make more informed choices about care providers.
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NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...
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NewsMandate: Mental health sector faces new challenges
Providers of NHS mental health services could be expected to meet new waiting time standards to drive improvements in access, according to the NHS mandate.
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NewsNHS chiefs ordered to explain £3bn underspend
The NHS’s leadership has been ordered by the health select committee to explain which pots of money the £3bn Department of Health underspend handed back to the Treasury came from.
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NewsMake telehealth plans public, says Labour
The Department of Health is under renewed pressure to publish evidence to support its claims that using telehealth could save the NHS £1.2bn, after the Labour party joined those calling for publication of its calculations.
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NewsRevalidation to cost £970m over 10 years
Medical revalidation will cost the NHS £970m over the next 10 years, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsUpdated: Care UK buys Harmoni
Care UK has bought out-of-hours provider Harmoni for £48m in a deal that will create an organisation providing unscheduled care for more than 15 million patients.
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NewsEnd of life care controversy leads to constitution amendment
The Department of Health inserted a passage into the revised NHS constitution in response to a recent controversy about end of life care, sources close to the changes have told HSJ.
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NewsRevised NHS Constitution emphasises staff rights and 'duty of candour'
A planned revision to the NHS constitution would place a stronger emphasis on creating a “supportive open culture” among staff, ahead of the Francis report into failings in care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.