All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 223
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NewsHealth secretary gains powers over NHS Commissioning Board in amended bill
The health secretary is to be given the power to intervene in “particular cases” of “significant failure” by the NHS Commissioning Board, under the newly amended Health Bill.
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East Cheshire Trust makes two-thirds of its savings non-recurrently
FINANCE: The acute trust made more of its savings non-recurrently than any other trust and ended the year in deficit, an HSJ survey shows.
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NewsDH comms director general is latest to announce departure
The Department of Health director general of communications has become the fourth senior figure to signal their departure from the NHS or DH in the space of a week.
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NewsBernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
The chief executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to take early retirement, HSJ understands.
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NewsGovernment plans more Health Bill amendments
Ministers are preparing a second round of amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHealth Bill: changes risk ‘paper duties’ and central pressure
Changes to the health bill risk propagating procedural requirements and increasing pressure on the health secretary to intervene, a lawyer has warned.
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London consortium writes to CCP over 'monopoly' merger
STRUCTURE: A London commissioning consortium has complained to the Co-operation and Competition Panel about a merger that would create the biggest provider organisation in England.
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CommentLondon trusts encouraged by delayed 'drop dead' date for FT status
So what does the slackening off of the pressure behind the foundation trust pipeline mean for London, the most stubborn of regions in resisting an all-FT health service?
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Comment'We have to tackle government disagreement head on'
With management levels cut dangerously low in the health service, the NHS Confederation’s chief executive Mike Farrar tells HSJ’s Charlotte Santry the days of biting tongues when dealing with those in power are definitely over.
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RUH announces £40m estates strategy
FINANCE: The Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust is planning to spend nearly £40m on upgrading its estate over the next six years.
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NewsDH's information chief Christine Connelly resigns
The Department of Health’s chief information officer Christine Connelly has resigned, it was announced today.
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NewsTraining budget protection supported by government
Billions of pounds set aside for staff training could in future be ring-fenced after the government declared support for “protected” education budgets.
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NewsExclusive: NHS efficiency drive won’t close whole hospitals, says Sir David
No “whole hospital” will have to close as a result of the drive to find £20bn of efficiencies from the NHS budget, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has insisted to HSJ.
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NewsDH denies FT momentum will be lost
The Department of Health has denied that the impetus behind achieving foundation trust status for all trusts would evaporate after the dropping of the 2014 deadline.
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Royal Bournemouth fails three new A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust failed three of the new accident and emergency indicators during the first month they were introduced.
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NewsClare Chapman resigns from DH
The Department of Health’s workforce director Clare Chapman has resigned.
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Royal colleges to be enlisted to identify procedures at risk of 'cherry picking'
The Department of Health command paper on choice, competition and a failure regime for trusts sets out some specifics but leaves many questions unanswered.
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NewsTrusts to be held to account for training funds
Providers will be held much more heavily to account for their investment in training, the government has announced.
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NewsDH redrawing failure regime to avoid up-front political battles
The government is drawing up a revised failure regime to avoid the advance labelling of which hospital and care services could hypothetically go bust and be closed down.
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Dorset County agrees £5.3m DH loan
FINANCE: Dorset County Hospitals Foundation Trust has agreed a loan of £5.3m from the Department of Health’s foundation trust financing facility.