All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 177
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NewsExam marking errors hit junior doctors
Thousands of junior doctors have been left in the lurch over their first medical jobs after marking errors in their final exams.
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DH opens door to NHS pension for private sector
Private companies providing NHS services are being allowed access to the NHS pension scheme ahead of anticipated Treasury action to widen eligibility, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommunity services to be focus of extended competition
Community services worth billions of pounds are likely to be made subject to increased competition by guidance to be developed under controversial new secondary legislation, HSJ has learned.
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CCGs warn they risk being 'saddled with inherited debt'
Clinical commissioning groups have warned they are at risk of being “saddled with an inherited debt” when they take on their new powers, as a result of an onslaught of retrospective claims for NHS continuing healthcare funding.
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CommentNicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification
The paper is set on forcing the NHS chief out of his job
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NewsAnna Dixon appointed as DH quality and strategy director
King’s fund director of policy Anna Dixon is to join the Department of Health as director of quality and strategy.
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CommentWhat a 'duty of candour' means in practice
Candour permeates Robert Francis’ 290 recommendations
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News'No timetable' for Treasury review of George Eliot tender
George Eliot Hospital Trust’s plans to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its future are on hold while the Treasury complete a review of its proposals, HSJ has learned.
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Blogs
Your 18-week waits: December 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the long-wait pressures are, for NHS and independent sector providers and for commissioners.
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News'Gagged' former trust chief accuses NHS leaders over safety
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker has accused Sir David Nicholson and senior NHS leaders of putting targets ahead of patient safety.
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NewsNHS Midlands and East 'failed', say MPs
The strategic management of health resources across the east of England strategic health authority has “failed”, according to an influential committee of MPs.
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NewsFrancis highlights problems with 'culture' and targets
Robert Francis QC has criticised elements of the “culture” of the NHS and Department of Health, including overly tough performance management.
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NewsObama adviser to make ‘zero harm in the NHS a reality’, pledges PM
Don Berwick, the man who advised President Barack Obama on his health reforms, has been appointed to spearhead a “zero harm” agenda in the NHS, David Cameron has revealed.
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NewsFrancis blames NHS culture for Mid Staffs failings
An institutional culture which put the “business of the system ahead of patients” is to blame for the failings surrounding Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsFrancis avoids direct criticism of top NHS leaders
The Francis report has criticised the work of the strategic health authorities which oversaw Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, but includes little direct criticism of specific leaders, including Sir David Nicholson.
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CommentThe latest in a long line of scandals
“Whatever Francis recommends, my fear is it’s three years too late”
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Government backs down from plan to abolish specialist regulators
The government has backed down from plans to abolish two specialist regulators and transfer the majority of their responsibilities to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCapita faces NHS Choices axe
The future operating model of the website at the centre of the drive to extend choice in the NHS faces fresh uncertainty after the Cabinet Office blocked the renewal of a contract with the existing supplier.
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NewsMedics question rationale of Lewisham downgrade
The health secretary has approved plans to downgrade the first hospital using failure regime legislation. However, the downgrade is subject to conditions, the details of which remain unclear.