All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 21
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NewsJunior doctors plan 72-hour ‘full walkout’
Junior doctors across England are set to go on strike for 72 hours next month in a major escalation in unions’ dispute with the government over pay.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Tech budget raids and wasted millions
Many NHS technology programmes are facing an uncertain future following revelations NHS England’s tech budget is being drastically cut.
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NewsThirty-five ICSs publish first ‘integrated care strategies’
Seven integrated care systems have not yet published a version of their integrated care strategy, despite government setting a deadline of the end of 2022 to do so.
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NewsService in ‘very distressing’ state after 19 deaths
The author of a Parliamentary report into ‘failing’ eating disorder services in 2017 says the number of concerning deaths still being reported five years on is ‘very distressing’.
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NewsDelayed discharges rise in 17 ICSs despite Barclay’s £250m fund
A high-profile £250m government intervention to free up hospital beds has so far failed to deliver any significant reduction in delayed discharges – with multiple systems instead reporting large increases.
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HSJ LocalFlagship merger ‘effectively scrapped’ after ‘wasting millions’
The leader of a flagship ‘hub and spoke’ pathology merger has criticised regulators after the project was effectively dropped due to delays in receiving £31m of capital that was allocated to the scheme in 2018.
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News‘NHS factors’ lead to more than a third of delayed discharges
More than a third of delayed discharges for long-stay patients are being caused by factors generally associated with the NHS, according to new data obtained by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Kicking the can down the road (again)
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsMore failings discovered at maternity scandal trust
A trust at the centre of a maternity scandal has been criticised for failures in those services by the Care Quality Commission, after an unannounced inspection last month, years after major problems began to come to light.
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NewsNew strikes planned across five ambulance trusts
The major ambulance service union, Unison, has announced a further strike date, with ten days’ notice.
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NewsMedicines blackout threatens ICS prevention target
The government’s target for England to become smoke-free by 2030 – which integrated care systems are expected to pursue – is being undermined by the unavailability of two smoking cessation medicines.
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NewsGovernment delays ‘partial retirement’ pension reform
Ministers have been accused of scoring a ‘massive own goal’ by delaying a proposed NHS pension reform – seeking to reduce tax hits on high-earners – by six months.
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NewsExclusive: Medicine supply problems double in a year
Medicine supply issues have soared in the past year, with the number of unavailable medicines nearly doubling from 52 in January 2022 to 97 this month, figures seen by HSJ reveal.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Patients removed from waiting list under divisive new rules
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Reforms spark fears over impact on workforce
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNHSE ‘mistaken’ in prioritising ‘headline funding’, says ex-Treasury mandarin
A trust chair and former senior Treasury official says NHS England has repeatedly made the ‘mistake’ of pushing for maximum headline increases in their main revenue budget – which has meant less funding being allocated for transformative investments.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Ministers hold ICSs’ feet to the fire
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsDeaths inquiry thrown into doubt as only 11 staff agree to give evidence
The chair of an inquiry into hundreds of deaths at a mental health trust has revealed she may not be able to deliver it in its current form following a ‘hugely disappointing’ lack of staff coming forward to give evidence.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Major change and challenges for 2023
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsCQC releases staff to help with winter crisis
Staff at the Care Quality Commission have been released to volunteer for frontline work at trusts during the winter crisis, the regulator has announced.