All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 197
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NewsCameron backs Lansley as health secretary
David Cameron has hailed his health secretary for doing “a very good job” and as someone who understands the NHS better than most, as he again defends the under-fire minister.
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NewsWelsh leader calls for Cameron 'humility'
David Cameron should find the “humility” to admit his party’s proposals to reform England’s NHS are wrong, Wales’ first minister Carwyn Jones has said.
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NewsDH: hospitals must be fined for readmissions caused by others
Hospitals will be fined for emergency readmissions in 2012-13 even if they can prove that they are not responsible for them, according to rules published by the Department of Health this afternoon.
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NewsCCGs must pay for NHS office space from running cost allowance
Clinical commissioning groups have been instructed to base themselves in existing NHS buildings – most of which are to be taken over by the Department of Health’s new property company – and pay for them out of their running cost allowance.
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New chair for Shelford Group foundation trust
WORKFORCE: One of England’s most prestigious foundation trusts has appointed a new chair.
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NewsDH advisers paid 'as companies' to reduce tax
Twenty-five Whitehall advisers who shared salaries of more than £4m were paid through limited companies, it has been reported.
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News'Prudent' regulator amasses 50 per cent surplus
A £3.4m surplus run up by the body responsible for regulating fertility treatment could pay for up to 850 in vitro fertilisation cycles if returned to providers, it has been claimed.
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NewsCommissioning support services to get private sector guidance
The Department of Health has invited private sector consultancies to brief NHS commissioning support services at a series of regular national “learning network” events, HSJ has learned.
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News'Drop the bill' online petition hits 100,000 signatures
More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition urging the government to abandon the Health and Social Care Bill.
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NewsGovernment forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between its health reforms and a management consultant advising on them.
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NewsCoalition tensions emerge as Cameron backs Lansley
The coalition is braced for further criticism of its NHS reforms today, with health secretary Andrew Lansley’s future still hanging in the balance.
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NewsDecline in NHS productivity 'a myth'
The decline in NHS productivity that the government has cited as grounds for health reform is “a myth”, it has been claimed.
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NHS 111 roll out threatened after DH technical demand
PERFORMANCE: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire primary care trust cluster has said delivery of its NHS 111 service could slip – with unknown time and cost implications – because of a new technical specification from the Department of Health.
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London FT to replace private patients' PIP implants free of charge
Patients treated privately with PIP breast implants at a London foundation trust will have them removed and replaced free of charge if necessary, it has been confirmed.
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NewsNew NHS Confederation forum to bid for policy influence
The NHS Confederation has established a policy forum in a bid to increase its influence over government reform.
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NewsExclusive: community trusts dispute asset transfers with PCTs and DH
Plans to transfer NHS properties to community service providers have stalled amid an ongoing dispute between trusts and the Department of Health, and claims of irrational behaviour by commissioners.
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NewsPressure on Lansley grows as Lords scrutinise reforms
Health secretary Andrew Lansley will face yet more pressure over his controversial NHS reforms, with peers resuming their scrutiny of the legislation today.
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NewsDH to issue guidance on terms and conditions for public health directors
Government guidance on how directors of public health and their staff should be employed will extend as far as stating their terms and conditions and how they should be managed, according to ministers.
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NewsLords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
The Health Bill returns to the House of Lords today, with a raft of new amendments lined up including one proposing a “duty of co-operation” for providers of NHS services.
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NewsExclusive: Care Quality Commission to get external assessor
An “external body” is set to be appointed to assess the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learnt.