All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 203
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NewsPublic health staff to keep NHS pension
Public health staff who transfer to local government next year will retain their NHS pension, it has been revealed. However, it remains uncertain whether they will keep the pension if they subsequently change jobs within public health.
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust ended almost two years without a case or MRSA when a patient contracted the superbug last month.
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NewsMixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
The number of breaches of rules on mixed-sex NHS wards rose by 98 last month, according to new figures.
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NewsTrusts eye capital gains from surplus NHS land sales
NHS organisations plan to place surplus land equivalent to 350 Trafalgar Squares on the market for housing development in the next few years, latest figures from the Department of Health reveal.
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NewsSenior NHS figures shun 'poisoned chalice' CQC job
The head of the General Social Care Council and a Department of Health director general are among those believed to have applied to become chief executive of the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsDH promises 'openness and respect' in bid to reach outside groups
The Department of Health’s top priorities for the coming year include improving links with outside groups, partly as a response to concerns about failure to communicate the NHS reforms.
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NewsPiP scandal: Lessons must be learned says Lord Howe
A review of the PiP breast implant scandal has concluded “serious lessons” must be learned and improvements made by the medicines and healthcare products regulator.
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DH appoints civil servant to prepare for Mid Staffordshire report
A senior Whitehall civil servant has been put in charge of preparing the government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NewsCommissioning board moves to halt NHS director exodus
The NHS Commissioning Board is attempting to stem the rapid drop in the number of senior clinical advisers by bringing in more expertise from primary care, NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has told HSJ.
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NewsSafety fears grow as upheaval of care quality staff triples
The government’s health reforms have sparked a tripling of turnover among the NHS managers, nurses and doctors responsible for monitoring hospital care quality.
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NewsHealth economies rush to pilot year-of-care tariff
More than 90 sets of providers and commissioners have shown interest in becoming one of the six trial sites for year-of-care tariff trials, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth staff expected to join walkout over pensions
A fresh wave of industrial action will be held this week against the government’s controversial public sector pension reforms, with union leaders predicting that up to 400,000 workers could be involved.
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Somerset Partnership reopens mental health ward
STRUCTURE: A mental health ward where three patients died has reopened following a £3m refurbishment.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Commissioning Board to redesign local structure
The NHS Commissioning Board is planning to redesigning its structure of local offices, and is considering having fewer branches than the 50 which had previously been expected.
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NewsExclusive: Circle deal means Hinchingbrooke needs over £70m to clear debts
The deal struck between Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust and its private sector operator means the trust needs surpluses of at least £70m over the next decade to pay off its £40m debts.
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NewsDH reveals swift year-of-care tariff plans
The Department of Health has revealed details of its plans to “quickly but carefully” introduce year-of-care tariffs in a bid to cut hospital admissions and encourage community based treatment.
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NICE guidance on cost-saving drug not sought by DH
The Department of Health failed to act on expert advice to commission an appraisal of a drug which could lead to savings of £100m for the NHS, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalLondon Ambulance chief leaving for New Zealand
WORKFORCE: London Ambulance Service chief executive Peter Bradley has announced he is leaving the post to take up a role in New Zealand.
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NewsTrusts reveal further delays to the FT pipeline
Four more trusts have confirmed delays in their dates for submitting applications to become foundation trusts, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCivil service pensions provider becomes first Whitehall mutual
The first mutualised company to be spun off from Whitehall will be launched today, with former Labour cabinet minister John Hutton its chairman.