All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 31
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NewsCost of living pushing more staff to ‘off-framework’ agencies
Clinicians are increasingly choosing to join ‘off-framework’ staffing agencies which pay higher day rates, pushing up trusts’ costs, according to information shared with HSJ.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The profession at ‘high risk’ of being lost
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNHS management overly ‘task focused’, government review finds
NHS management and leadership are overly ‘task focused’, according to briefings by the senior military leader who has carried out a major review of health and care for the government.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Leading ICS sits bottom of activity rankings
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHS set to miss key targets in fight against antibiotic-resistant infections
The NHS is falling behind in the race to tackle antibiotic-resistant infections, with the service set to miss two key targets.
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NewsBuilding order of ‘new hospitals’ revealed as £550m consultancy deals announced
Projects in Dorset and Devon are set to be the first within the government’s New Hospital Programme to agree construction contracts.
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NewsMortuary sex inquiry report taking ‘longer than anticipated’
The report from an independent inquiry into a hospital mortuary sex offender is likely to be delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICSs must seek permission to bust £170k pay cap for directors
Integrated care systems must make the case to NHS England and ministers if they want to pay executives more than £170,000, leaked guidance reveals.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Midwifery in crisis
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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NewsNew controls on FT capital spending
NHS England has set out the new rules and circumstances in which it would seek to curtail capital spending by foundation trusts.
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NewsNHSE tightens control over trusts’ tech procurement
NHS England has cut the number of procurement frameworks for digital and IT products by a third, as part of a purchasing shake-up.
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NewsLeading clinicians ‘horrified’ as NHSE slashes community funding without warning
Senior medics have reacted in horror to NHS England’s decision to ‘dramatically’ cut the funding of a key long-term plan commitment designed to improve older people’s community services and deliver more care at home.
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NewsBoard shake up at NHS England
Sir Andrew Morris will become joint deputy chair of NHS England when it takes on the powers of NHS Improvement later this year, while Lord Ara Darzi is leaving the board.
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NewsGovt cuts £330m from NHS budget and gives it 13 priorities
The government has reduced the NHS revenue budget for 2022-23 by £330m, after the Treasury refused to fund the Department of Health and Social Care for additional ongoing covid costs, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A final wake-up call for ministers
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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NewsPCR tests dropped for elective patients
Patients going into hospital for planned surgeries will be asked to test for covid using a lateral flow device rather than a PCR test from Friday, NHS England has said.
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CommentTrusts must resolve tensions between local and regional priorities as reforms bite
Georgia Butterworth writes about place-based working and the ingredients for success
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NewsDischarge policy reviewed as NHSE warns ‘capacity may decrease’
Two national reviews are taking place into hospital discharge policy, it has emerged, amid major changes to funding and legislation.
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NewsInquiry into trusts’ care failures probes 1,500 deaths
The first ever public inquiry to cover mental health is now probing nearly 1,500 fatalities linked to services in a single county, the senior psychiatrist leading it has revealed, saying it will ‘hold systems’ feet to the fire’ over care failures.
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NewsExclusive: A&E tents ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘dangerous’, claims royal college
The use of temporary treatment areas for patients arriving via ambulance at over-crowded A&Es is ‘borderline immoral’ and ‘a danger to patient safety and dignity’, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has warned.