All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 205
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NewsSpecialist care housing model losing funding
Specialist housing integrated with care provision may not survive as a long term model for providing care for older people, a report has warned.
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NewsReforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
The British Medical Association has said significant changes to NHS reforms are still required to “mitigate the damage” they will cause, as peers prepared to debate afresh the government proposals.
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NewsReform conflict of interest concerning most GPs
Conflicts of interest arising from the government’s NHS reforms are a concern for seven out of 10 GPs, according to a new study.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley chief exec seconded to DH
WORKFORCE: Barnsley PCT chief executive Ailsa Claire, who had been working as regional director of commissioning, is now on secondment to the Department of Health.
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NewsPersonal budget holders need more information, says DH report
Patients given control of their own health budgets need more information about the size of their funds and how they can be spent, a Department of Health report has found.
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NewsExclusive: Mid Staffs needs £80m to avoid financial collapse
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may need as much as £80m government support to pull it out of the financial hole created by its care quality scandal, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Blood and Transplant part-privatisation plans dropped
The government has dropped proposals to part-privatise NHS Blood and Transplant.
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NewsProtection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
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NewsDH commissioning support vision revealed
The Department of Health’s vision for the development of commissioning support, which reveals the services likely to be delivered on a national scale, has been leaked to HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: DH publishes detailed plans for commissioning support
The Department of Health has identified four commissioning support functions which could be run most effectively at a national level.
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HSJ Local
NHS North of England appoints non-executive directors
WORKFORCE: The newly formed cluster of strategic health authorities has announced the non-executive directors appointed to its board.
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NewsCommissioners may struggle with 'tight' PbR timescales for mental health
Plans to bring in payment by results for mental health next year could be delayed by the reorganisation of NHS commissioning structures, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsPCTs ordered to adopt single cluster board model
Primary care trust clusters must have a single board, executive team and chair, the Department of Health has said.
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Exclusive: transparency on training budgets promised
The newly appointed head of Health Education England has told HSJ she will make it “absolutely clear” to trusts that the £5bn NHS training budget must not be raided for other uses.
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LeaderPension squeeze is another victim of inept NHS reform
“I’m not touching that, it’s a quagmire,” said the health minister fleeing from HSJ’s question at last week’s Conservative Party conference.
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NewsThirty trusts set to miss aspirational target for FT status
Nearly 30 trusts are unlikely to hit the government’s intended date for them to become foundation trusts, the National Audit Office has warned.
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NewsConsultant choice benefits based on 'limited evidence'
The benefits of enabling patients to choose consultant-led teams is based on “limited” evidence, the Department of Health has admitted.
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NewsPrime minister's Health Bill claims 'false', say doctors
The prime minister has been accused by leading doctors of making false claims about their level of support for the Health Bill.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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NewsLord Owen motion on health bill stripped back after talks with ministers
A motion to enable greater scrutiny of key sections of the Health and Social Care Bill has been changed at the last minute following discussions between ministers and crossbench peers.