All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 26
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Leader
The Messenger review is a con
“NHS to face biggest shake-up of leadership in decades”, declared the Financial Times – the paper with perhaps the most stringent editorial standards in the world – of Wednesday’s Messenger review. The Daily Telegraph also hailed it as “a landmark report”, while the BBC described how health and social care ...
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News
Javid: ‘Extra pay for leaders in challenged areas’
Sajid Javid says NHS leaders will be incentivised to take jobs in challenged organisations through increased pay offers and better ‘support packages’.
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News
Messenger at odds with Javid over NHS diversity jobs
Sajid Javid’s claim that the number of NHS roles dedicated to promoting equality and diversity should be cut is incorrect and not what the government-commissioned review into NHS management recommended, according to its author.
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News
Government plans ‘single set of management standards’ for the NHS
A government review of health and care leadership has recommended a single set of ‘core leadership and management standards’ for NHS managers.
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News
Javid: Government ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals
Sajid Javid has insisted the government is ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals by 2030, amid reports of funding rows and delays.
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News
Sage member refused to back covid discharges statement
A member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies committee refused to sign up to the consensus statement on the impact of hospital discharges on covid outbreaks in care homes.
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News
‘Impossible’ to improve delayed discharges as picture worsens
The number of patients stuck in hospitals despite being ‘medically fit’ to leave has continued to increase in recent months, leading to warnings from NHS Confederation that trusts are finding it ‘impossible’ to make progress on reducing the numbers.
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HSJ Local
Ockenden to chair Nottingham maternity review
Donna Ockenden will chair the independent review of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s maternity services, following sustained pressure from the families involved.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Calling BS
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: A life and death situation
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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News
Trusts block pensions deal for senior medics, claiming it is ‘unfair’ on other staff
Ten of the most pressured NHS trusts have refused to offer ‘pension recycling’ to help senior doctors avoid higher pension taxes, with sources saying this would be ‘totally unfair’ on lower paid staff.
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Podcast
HSJ podcast: Boris Johnson’s ‘new hospitals’ in jeopardy
“Our project is in jeopardy.” This is the verdict of one trust working on long-needed major hospital redevelopments, which were promised by the government in the run-up to the 2019 general election.
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News
Families dismay at interim report plans despite review ‘chaos’
Families involved in a major review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust have criticised the decision of the review team to press ahead with the publication of an interim report, despite serious concerns about its terms of reference and methodology.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Vallance’s view
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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News
Fears of delay to flagship ‘new hospitals’ after funding cut
Several of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government face further delay and disruption because the trusts are receiving less cash than needed for crucial planning work this year, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Sharp rise in child development issues in wake of covid
Families are being ‘left without the support they need’, as overstretched services struggle to handle ‘a significant and growing minority’ of children not developing as expected.
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News
Tougher cancer target considered by ministers
Government is considering setting a tougher cancer diagnostic target as part of its declared ‘war on cancer’, HSJ has been told.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Last chance saloon
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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News
Trusts resist visiting rule after ‘Javid threatens to call CEOs’
Local clinical leaders are continuing to question pressure from government and NHS England to relax covid-19 visiting restrictions.
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News
New national tech chiefs named
Two tech chiefs will lead national digital strategy and policy teams, staff have been told, after former NHSX CEO Matthew Gould announced he was standing down to do some new “priority work” for Amanda Pritchard.