All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 190
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NewsImprovements in ‘harm free’ older patient care
A significant improvement has been recorded in the proportion of older patients receiving “harm free” care following a major patient safety trial, HSJ can disclose.
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CommentCould an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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NewsNational NHS surplus rises by £329m
The NHS is on course to finish the year with a surplus of more than £1.5bn - £300m more than originally planned - HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHealth reforms clear latest Lords hurdle
The government’s controversial NHS reforms cleared another major hurdle in the House of Lords on Tuesday night.
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HSJ Local
Shrewsbury and Telford's reconfiguration receives £35m of DH cash
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is being given £35m from the Department of Health to spend on a planned reconfiguration of services.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton's QIPP scheme gets £3m boost
FINANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust is to receive £3m of central money to spend on a heat and power plant to support Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention targets.
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HSJ Local
DH hands Surrey and Sussex Healthcare £6m
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to receive a significant chunk of extra government funding for new equipment.
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HSJ Local
Boiler upgrade cash for Sussex Community Trust
FINANCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment, including a boiler upgrade, and the relocation of children’s services.
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NewsTribunal calls for Health Bill risk register to be published
The Department of Health’s case for withholding the Health Bill risk register has been rejected, it has been announced this morning.
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NewsCare record deal could save DH hundreds of millions
The Department of Health has agreed the terms of a deal that could save it hundreds of millions of pounds on the long-delayed installation of care record systems through primary and secondary care.
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NewsTelehealth cost-effectiveness questioned by researchers
UPDATED: The cost effectiveness of a key part of the government’s innovation strategy has been called into question in an official evaluation.
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HSJ Local
£3.3m funding boost for North Bristol
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust will receive £3.3m over the next year as part of the Department’s of Health capital giveaway.
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NewsPM reveals details of £330m NHS capital funding
Prime Minister David Cameron today announced details of £330m of funding allocated for NHS capital projects.
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HSJ Local
Preferred bidder could start running North Cumbria before takeover cleared
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust could take over day-to-day management of North Cumbria from April, months before its proposed acquisition of the trust can be completed, board papers state.
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NewsExclusive: DH reaches £300m deal with firm over delay-hit IT programme
One of the two remaining contractors in the delay-hit National Programme for IT has agreed to reduce the value of its contract with the Department of Health by around £300m.
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NewsPCT staff to be designated 'affected by change'
A primary care trust cluster is to write to all 800 members of staff to inform them they are “affected by change”, HSJ has learned.
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Ernst and Young brought in to support CSS
The Department of Health has drafted in consultancy Ernst and Young to develop a support programme for commissioning support leaders.
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NewsCommissioning board could take ownership of LIFT assets
The NHS Commissioning Board is expected to take ownership of the public stakes in many buildings built under a public-private partnership scheme, HSJ has learnt.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe need for greed in public health spending budgets
Although outcomes can be difficult to measure, trends over the last 50 years suggest the £5.2bn budget for public health in 2013-14 could leave the health service with thinning options
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NewsExclusive: FT pipeline delays threaten boards with the sack
Board members are being replaced and organisational autonomy is at risk at trusts lagging behind in the drive to reach foundation trust status.