All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 39
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Towards accuracy – the new clarity
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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NewsMinister-backed trial struggling to recruit trusts due to lack of vital test
A government-promoted clinical trial aimed at preventing ‘life-threatening infections in newborn babies’ is struggling to recruit trusts, as many do not offer the £11 laboratory test required to participate.
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NewsUK to import 9m blood tubes under emergency measures, three weeks after US raised alarm
The key supplier of blood tubes to the NHS will bring in an additional 9 million tubes this week from overseas after receiving an emergency authorisation, three weeks after it gained a similar permission in the US.
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NewsCandidate for NHS CEO job joins ex-NHS director’s company
A former candidate to be NHS England’s next chief executive has joined a tech firm run by an ex-NHS England director.
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NewsCentre described hospital chief as ‘sensationalist’ over roof problems
The NHS England media team believed a hospital chief executive had taken a ‘sensationalist tone’ over serious problems with the building’s roof, according to a briefing written by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsGovernment extends GCHQ powers over NHS IT systems
A British intelligence service will continue to have access to information from NHS IT systems after the health and social care secretary extended the duration of a direction that the government says enables officials to help ensure network security.
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NewsDHSC ‘playbook’ orders trusts to describe big building projects as ‘new hospitals’
A communications ‘playbook’ for the government’s NHS building programme tells trusts that major refurbishments and new wings/units which are part of the scheme ‘must always be referred to as a new hospital’.
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CommentNHSI could not have had a better chair than Dido Harding
Narinder Kapur, Chris Harkensee and Terry Skitmore praise Dido Harding’s work on introducing fairer procedures for NHS staff which, they say, have contributed to workforce wellbeing, and patient safety.
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CommentNobody should be denied a second chance of life because of their ethnicity
Henny Braund addresses the inequalities patients face during stem cell transplants, urging the NHS make sure care is culturally appropriate
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NewsPatient deaths spark multiple warnings about visiting restrictions
Coroners have raised multiple concerns that hospital visiting restrictions, brought in to stop the spread of covid, are having a damaging effect on patient care and wellbeing, an HSJ investigation shows.
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NewsTrusts told to plan for ‘unrealistic’ efficiency savings while Treasury talks continue
Trusts have been asked to plan for baseline efficiency savings of 1.5 per cent for the remainder of the financial year, as the NHS continues negotiations with the Treasury over its full funding package.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital rebuild more than two years behind schedule
One of England’s biggest hospital redevelopment schemes is more than two years behind schedule.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The priorities for NHS data chiefs explained
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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PodcastHSJ podcast: Summer, salaries, systems and shielding
This week’s NHS Health Check podcast is dedicated to all matters staffing: The Agenda for Change pay deal, how much integrated care system chiefs should get paid, and shielding staff not getting risk assessments.
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Expert BriefingGovernment’s advisers urge senior pension reform
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week by employment ...
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NewsNHS England director set to leave for senior DHSC job
A top NHS England finance official is set to move to become a director general at the Department of Health and Social Care, HSJ has learned.
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Calls for ICS chiefs’ pay to be set higher
NHS England should set higher pay rates for integrated care system directors than most currently receive, if the posts are to attract people who can “hold the ring” among provider trusts, some NHS leaders have told HSJ.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: How the government is trying to build back cheaper
A letter obtained by HSJ’s Nick Carding revealed the government has told eight of the most advanced “40 new hospitals” trusts to put produce plans to build much more cheaply — he discusses what it means on the HSJ Health Check podcast.
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NewsExclusive: Government tells hospitals to submit cheaper rebuild plans
NHS trusts hoping to build the first new hospitals under the government’s flagship infrastructure project have been told to submit plans for schemes costing less than £400m, prompting concern about plans being watered down.
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NewsAmanda Pritchard appointed as NHS England chief executive
Amanda Pritchard has been appointed as the next NHS England chief executive.