All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 202
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NewsFifteen per cent of patients wait more than year at hospital
Fifteen per cent of patients faced waits of more than a year to receive elective treatment at one hospital trust, Department of Health figures reveal.
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NewsInformation strategy responses show fears over equality
Responses to the consultation on the Department of Health’s information strategy show widespread concern that an increasing use of technology could lead to greater inequalities in access to healthcare.
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News£800m funding injection for medical research
The government has announced.an £800m funding boost for medical research to help create new treatments and care for patients.
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NewsFoundation trusts reveal new merger ideas to survive
Three acute foundation trusts have revealed plans to ensure their survival through mergers, plans submitted to Monitor show.
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NewsMental health personalisation campaign 'losing momentum'
The drive to personalise mental health care could become a “damp squib”, campaigners have warned after research suggested a lack of appetite for change among service users.
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NewsDH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
The Department of Health has set out key details of the authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups – but stopped short of providing a clear list of requirements or a “bar” for approval.
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NewsDH confirms delay to GP practice registration
The government has confirmed it is delaying the deadline for the registration of GP practices with the Care Quality Commission by a year.
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NewsFoundation Trust revives £2m e-records project
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has resurrected plans for an e-records system despite a recent failed pilot of e-records software and criticism by MPs of attempts to create a similar network nationally.
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NewsExclusive: draft authorisation document reveals key tests for new commissioning groups
A draft Department of Health plan seen by HSJ reveals key details of the development and authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsDH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
Medicines waste in primary and community care should not be regarded as “a serious systemic problem”, a new report published by the Department of Health has concluded.
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NewsMedical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme
The first evaluation of an NHS programme to spread joint decision making with patients has highlighted “many challenges” to the aim, mainly because of resistant doctors.
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HSJ Local
Royal Devon and Exeter exceeds C diff target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Devon has agreed not to penalise Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust for exceeding its C difficile trajectory by nine cases.
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NewsNHS trusts to take over community service assets
Acute and mental health trusts are to be given the chance to acquire billions of pounds worth of property assets used to provide community services, with final decisions due by the end of the year.
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NewsLansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'
Ministers reveal almost half of all upper-tier and unitary authorities will trial the new patient-involvement groups
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NewsOffice supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.
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NewsDH rejects 'competition expansion' claim
The Department of Health has rejected claims that recently published guidance for commissioners includes a change in policy causing a “potential massive expansion in competition”.
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NewsDH seeks better value from IT contracts
The Department of Health will not pull the plug on its contract with electronic care record supplier CSC, although trusts will gain more freedom over which IT systems they buy, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: GP data system to go live in September 2012
A national system to gather primary care clinical data is set for a September 2012 go-live date, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMaude unveils public data accountability push
The minister responsible for new plans to make more data publicly available has branded the transparency drive “freedom of information 2.0”.
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NewsOver half of FT plans awaiting DH approval
Fewer than half of NHS trusts’ plans for achieving foundation status have been signed off by the Department of Health, more than four months after they were written.