All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 199
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NewsTwo royal colleges declare opposition to Health Bill
The Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives have declared all out opposition to the government’s Health and Social Care Bill.
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Comment'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
The Department of Health’s intention for Public Health England to strengthen the national response to public health crises alongside local bodies may not work in practice unless experiences of previous pandemics are learned from, write Drs Jacky Chambers and Andrew Rouse.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: bonus capital fund threatens to embarrass the system
The letter sent by the Department of Health in late December inviting bids for a £300m capital fund, favouring projects with greater spend in 2011-12, smacks of someone realising the potential for serious embarrassment.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry impacting Commissioning Board risk model
The NHS Commissioning Board’s approach to managing risk is being heavily influenced by anticipated recommendations of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: Health Bill concessions on 'autonomy' and SoS accountability
The government is offering a series of Health Bill concessions in an attempt to diffuse the row over the health secretary’s responsibility for the NHS.
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New strategy director for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial have apppointed Brendan Farmer from Capgemini as director of strategy.
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NewsExclusive: national company to take over PCT estate
A new national property company is to be set up by the government to manage the primary care trust estate, HSJ understands.
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SHAs asked to endorse £278m Alder Hey rebuild
FINANCE: Strategic health authorities will this week be asked to endorse the business case for a £278m rebuilding of the foundation’s hospital and grounds.
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Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems
PERFORMANCE: The trust is working with the Department of Health’s intensive support team on a revised plan to tackle its waiting times problems, NHS North of England’s latest performance report states.
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Two new Monitor non-executive directors appointed
The Department of Health this morning announced the appointment of Keith Palmer and Sigurd Reinton to the Monitor board.
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NewsLabour calls on Lib Dems peers to oppose bill
The coalition government is allowing NHS hospitals to devote half their beds, appointments and car park spaces to private patients, Labour has claimed.
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NewsDH considers year-of-care tariff for patients with long term conditions
The Department of Health is considering a year-of-care tariff for telehealth technology which varies according to the number and severity of a patient’s long-term conditions.
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NewsMost senior leaders failing to create 'strong work climates'
Three quarters of the most senior NHS leaders are “not creating strong work climates”, according to an analysis seen by HSJ.
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London queries whether CCG staff loans lead to 'unfair advantage'
WORKFORCE: NHS London has taken legal advice on whether members of primary care trust staff who are “loaned” to clinical commissioning groups have an unfair advantage when the CCG posts are advertised.
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NewsDH advertises for future leader of Public Health England
The Department of Health has begun advertising for a chief executive designate for its new executive agency Public Health England.
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NewsTraining boards must 'resolve' financial conflicts of interest
NHS organisations charged with both allocating and spending the NHS’s £5bn education budget will be “mostly” trusted to manage any “competing interests” themselves.
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Budding ICO aiming for 'maximum integration'
STRUCTURE: The health economy in North Somerset is hoping to move away from payment by results to achieve “maximum integration”, HSJ has been told.
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NewsOne in 10 people 'end 111 calls early'
A tenth of people who call the 111 semi-emergency number operated by the NHS hang up before they get through to anybody, new research suggests.
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NewsTrusts rewarded with 'quality premium' under Future Forum plan
Trusts’ budgets will be top-sliced to fund a “quality premium” for organisations providing high quality training for NHS staff, under a proposal in a government-commissioned report.