All Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) articles – Page 84
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Exclusive: Top physician flags concerns over race to cut length of stay
NHS England’s drive to cut length of stay this winter could have damaging patient safety consequences without appropriate checks and balances, one of the country’s leading geriatricians has warned.
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Industry can help design out human error, says safety tsar
The NHS must do more to prevent patient harm by working with industry to design out human error, according to the new national patient safety director.
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Trusts expected to create new patient safety director role
All NHS trusts will be expected to appoint patient safety directors working at a senior level within a new national structure designed to deliver “uniformity” and help reduce patient harm.
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New pharma deal raises cap on drugs' spending
The government has negotiated a new deal with the pharmaceutical industry which raises the NHS’ cap on spending on branded medicines.
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Consultants brought in to advise on overseas recruitment
The government has awarded a contract worth almost £100,000 to research how the UK can expand its healthcare education and training offer to overseas students.
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New patient safety requirement for trusts after Gosport scandal
NHS trusts must report annually on how they have dealt with staff concerns over patient safety, under new legislation proposed by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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Dalton: 'Government must replace £3bn expected from PFI'
The government needs to set out what will replace the private finance initiative and the £3bn of capital it was expected to raise, the chief executive of NHS Improvement has said.
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GMC checking 3,000 doctors’ records after fraud case
The General Medical Council is reviewing up to 3,000 doctors’ records to verify their authenticity following reports about the use of a fraudulent qualification to join the register.
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NHSI chair: Regional teams will become fiefdoms ‘over my dead body’
The NHS’ seven new regional directorates will become fiefdoms “over my dead body”, NHS Improvement chair Dido Harding said last week.
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Health minister appointed Brexit secretary
Minister of state for health Steve Barclay has been appointed Brexit secretary today, in the wake of a string of resignations to hit the government as Theresa May unveiled her Brexit withdrawl deal with the European Union.
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NHS Supply Chain considered surcharge for trusts
Supply managers considered charging NHS trusts extra for equipment purchased through a new efficiency model, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Performance watch: ‘We have lost this winter already’
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Blending in with the crowd
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Hancock interview: ‘Big private health companies’ won’t run integrated care
The health secretary has told HSJ the government is “not going to hand [integrated care contracts] to the big private healthcare companies”, and would make this clear in Parliament when it presents new NHS legislation.
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Trusts could be told to stockpile equipment ahead of Brexit
NHS providers could be asked to stockpile certain types of products under government plans to mitigate the UK leaving the EU without an agreed deal.
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Exclusive: Half of land proceeds go into revenue, despite reinvestment pledge
More than half of the money raised from NHS land sales last year was diverted into day to day spending budgets, despite a government commitment for the proceeds to be reinvested into new estates’ projects.
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King’s Fund chief: Regulators poised for 'huge mistake' on integration
National leaders are threatening to make a “huge mistake” in the NHS long-term plan by imposing a national blueprint for integrated care systems, the King’s Fund chief executive has said.
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Expert Briefing
Greater Manchester eyes 52 NHS sites for 1,700 new homes
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NHS England pledges to minimise report delays
NHS England has said it is “working to ensure delays are minimised” around the publication of national clinical audits amid “significant concerns” raised by royal colleges.
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Patients 'at risk' as NHS England delays clinical reports
Patients are being put at risk because NHS England is delaying the publication of national clinical audits, HSJ has been told.