All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 65
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NewsNHS developing coronavirus contact tracking app
NHSX is working on a contact tracking app to trace the spread of coronavirus through the population.
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NewsTrusts must return delivery cages ‘immediately’ as covid-19 strains supply chains
Trust staff must stop using delivery cages to move laundry “immediately,” as it puts strain on delivery operations and risks cross-contamination, a national procurement body has warned.
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NewsStevens: Some hospitals may only treat coronavirus patients
Some NHS hospitals may be used to exclusively treat coronavirus patients in the coming months as system leaders prepare a profound reconfiguration of NHS services to cope with the covid-19 outbreak.
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NewsCQC advisers redeployed amid covid-19 outbreak
The Care Quality Commission has said it will send special advisers to other parts of the NHS as they continue to be challenged by the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsEngineers urge caution over ventilator manufacturing
A body representing clinical engineers has warned it could be “several weeks, if not months” before ventilator manufacturing can be significantly boosted.
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Junior doctors’ rotations paused amid covid-19 pandemic
Junior doctors’ rotations have been put on hold as the NHS continues to prepare for combating the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsNHS staff ‘can access covid-19 testing’, government insists
NHS staff are to be given access to testing for covid-19, the government said this morning, but it remains unclear how the policy will be applied.
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NHS leaders call for financial targets to be scrapped ahead of covid-19 surge
Senior healthcare leaders have called on ministers to scrap their financial and efficiency targets as they scramble services to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsExclusive: NHS prepares to cancel elective ops in readiness for covid-19 surge
System leaders are telling hospitals to prepare for a potential suspension of all non-emergency elective procedures which could last for months, as they get ready for a surge in coronavirus patients.
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NewsChancellor lifts capital budget by £1bn next year
The Department of Health and Social Care’s budget for capital investment will be lifted by £1bn in 2020-21 compared to previous plans.
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NewsNHS managers included in government pensions ‘fix’
The government has raised the threshold for where the annual allowance taper is applied from £110,000 to £200,000 in a bid to address the NHS’ pensions crisis.
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NewsExclusive: Doctors told not to fear reprisal during coronavirus outbreak
NHS national leaders are set to reassure doctors they will be supported by their employers and should not fear regulatory reprisals, within reason, if they end up working outside their areas of expertise during the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsFormer minister says government would lose human rights challenge
A former health minister who is now chair of a leading mental health trust has suggested the government would lose a legal challenge over its national programme for patients with learning disabilities.
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News‘Realism’ urged over pensions tax rule reform
The NHS must be “realistic” about how far the government will be able to go when changing pensions tax rules in the forthcoming Budget, NHS Providers has warned, in anticipation of the Treasury confirming a partial solution this week.
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NewsHand gels supply to NHS providers being ‘rationed’
A national procurement body is limiting the supply of certain hand sanitisers to the health service as coronavirus covid-19 continues to squeeze the global supply chain.
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NewsMedical students and new doctors could be drafted in to fight coronavirus
Final year medical students could be drafted in to work in hospitals and first year doctors have their responsibilities extended if the NHS comes under severe pressure from increasing coronavirus cases, the chief medical officer has said.
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NewsNHSE/I: Too high doctors’ pay will hamper long-term plan delivery
NHS chiefs have backed a 2 per cent pay rise for doctors — but warned anything higher would hinder the ability to deliver on long-term plan commitments.