All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 8
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Trust’s property deal hit by falling land value
The future of a high-profile NHS land sale and redevelopment deal is in question due to falling land values, HSJ can reveal.
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Extra pay rise for band 8s and 9s confirmed
Many band 8 and 9 staff will receive an additional pay rise this November, after pay framework changes were signed off by unions and employers.
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CQC to scrap ‘generic’ inspector model to fix ‘trust breakdown’
The Care Quality Commission is scrapping its “generic” inspection team model, which is unpopular with trust leaders, as it bids to recover credibility in the wake of a highly critical report on the organisation.
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NHSE warns service will have to cut activity unless it gets more funding
NHS England has told the government that it will have to “slow down” efforts to cut waiting lists without a fresh funding injection, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Podcast: Chairs in the hot seat
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the results of the Care Quality Commission’s inpatient survey, plus a contentious story on chairs and non-executive directors.
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Trusts face ‘litigation spike’ because of Labour’s planned reforms
Labour’s employment law reforms could trigger a “spike in litigation” against trusts and create other significant challenges for managers and HR teams, senior lawyers have warned.
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Only the ‘super wealthy’ can afford to be NHS chairs
Chair and non-executive director roles are becoming harder to fill due to inadequate pay and “onerous” time commitments, research by HSJ has discovered.
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Exclusive: Labour launches clearout of DHSC non-execs
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting three new board members amid a clearout of advisers appointed under the last government.
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NHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts
Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.
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HSJ Podcast: Carrying the can for corridor care
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the latest development in Shropshire’s troubled health system and hospitals, and NHS England’s move to ramp up the rollout of the federated data platform.
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‘Tax traps’ warning for managers and doctors after pay rises
Senior medics could be discouraged from working extra hours due to the threat of excessive pension tax charges and losing childcare benefits, after the government’s latest pay award.
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HSJ Podcast: Rachel Reeves’ blueprint for the NHS
The new chancellor this week made her first big intervention on public spending and the NHS — backing above-inflation pay rises for NHS staff, effectively pausing the new hospitals programme, and calling for tech-powered productivity reforms.
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CEO ‘exodus’ threatens NHS, ministers told
The NHS could face an “exodus” of chief executives within the next two years due to a retirement bulge and intense operational pressure, government pay advisers have warned.
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Senior managers to get 5% pay rise
Senior NHS managers will receive a 5 per cent pay rise this year, while Agenda for Change staff get 5.5 per cent and doctors 6 per cent, government has announced.
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Junior doctors offered 22% rise in bid to settle dispute
The government has offered junior doctors a pay uplift worth around 20 per cent over two years to end their long-running industrial action.
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‘Noticeable lack’ of NHS experience contributed to CQC failings
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has a “noticeable lack” of NHS experience, the author of a damning review into its failings has warned.
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‘Take CQC ratings with a pinch of salt’ says Streeting
The health and social care secretary has ordered the Care Quality Commission to urgently qualify its current ratings, and warned they should be taken with a “pinch of salt”.
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HSJ Podcast: It’s crunch time for general practice
On this episode we unpick the fast moving situation surrounding the GP ballot for “collective action” and the crucial pay negotiations between the BMA and the new government.
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Streeting ‘stunned’ as review accuses CQC of ‘significant failings’
A highly critical interim independent review of the Care Quality Commission has found “significant internal failings which [are] hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices”.
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CQC plans to charge ICBs for assessments despite backlash
The Care Quality Commission has confirmed it plans to charge integrated care boards for assessments, despite more than half of respondents to a consultation disagreeing with the approach.