All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 219
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NewsNational competency standards to regulate manager performance
Senior managers “who let people down” will be held to account by a national list of standards of competence and behaviour.
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NewsMinisters warned PCT clustering 'will damage innovators'
Seven areas with high levels of health and social care integration have formally warned the government that its “inflexible” approach to NHS reform will force them to dismantle their current arrangements.
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NewsTV chef attacks politicians over hospital food
NHS patients are forced to “suffer unnecessarily” because of a lack of political willpower to improve hospital food, according to television presenter Loyd Grossman.
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NewsCameron unveils privatisation drive
Almost all public services could be opened up to private companies under plans being put forward by prime minister David Cameron.
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NewsHospitals urged to check suction equipment
Hospitals have been urged to check their suction equipment is working properly after more than 100 serious problems were recorded over a five-year period.
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NewsMonitor chair announced
The health secretary has appointed David Bennett - Monitor’s current interim chief executive - as the future chair of the competition regulator.
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NewsGovernment bid to avoid herbal medicines rule
The government is to sidestep an EU directive designed to protect consumers from unlicensed herbal and Chinese medicines.
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NewsDozens of hospitals at risk from PCT efficiencies
More than 50 trusts face being unable to cover the costs of entire inpatient departments, economic modelling by the Department of Health suggests.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the true cost of training
In a transparent, rules based funding system like payment by results, how can we ensure a steady flow of financial goodies to the deserving rich in the London teaching hospitals?
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CommentBill Moyes: the reform agenda presents a massive opportunity
The government’s reform agenda for the NHS isn’t the beginning of the end of a primarily tax funded healthcare system. The reforms are probably the best way to preserve that for another generation or more. So, instead of focusing on the risks, let’s give more attention to the opportunities.
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NewsDH looks to private sector to save money on blood service
The Department of Health is considering outsourcing key elements of the NHS blood service to the private sector.
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Blackpool Teaching FT overperforms by £3.8m on NHS Blackpool contract
FINANCE: By the end of December the foundation had over-performed against its contract with primary care trust NHS Blackpool by £3,794,458.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine bill cost department £239m
The government spent £239m on the swine flu vaccine, official figures reveal.
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NewsA&E waiting times worst since 2004
Accident and emergency waiting times in England are at their worst since September 2004, according to data from the Department of Health.
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NewsDH figures showing private sector disadvantage 'almost certainly' wrong - Monitor
Department of Health figures showing NHS providers enjoy a significant advantage over the private sector are “incomplete” and may hide a net disadvantage to the NHS, Monitor has said.
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NewsDH to drop workforce section in slim down
The Department of Health’s workforce directorate could disappear as part of a restructure designed to slim down the department.
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NewsPrimary care trusts set to defy DH over IVF policy
Commissioners have ignored the Department of Health’s plea to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on fertility treatment.
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NewsFair funding change 'threatens' poorer areas
Changes to the formula used to determine fair funding allocations to primary care trusts constitute a “threat” to tackling health inequalities, inner city PCTs are being told.
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NewsPCT chiefs fight loss of accountable officer status and right to redundancy
Primary care trust chief executives are fighting attempts to withhold redundancy payments from those moving into jobs lacking “accountable officer” status.
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Salisbury FT offers services for new trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Salisbury Foundation Trust could provide plastic surgery for a new major trauma centre at Southampton University Hospitals Trust.