All Government/DH policy articles – Page 17
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: End of the care home?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
Rush to meet election promise risks hospital rebuild ‘disaster zone’
A major hospital rebuild may become a ‘disaster zone’ because of a rush to meet the government’s election promise to deliver new facilities quickly, a Conservative MP has warned.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: A slap in the face
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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News
Exclusive: Government covid ‘strategy’ aims at ‘10 million tests per day’
The government wants to expand covid-19 testing 30-fold to 10 million tests a day, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: 13,000 more nurses, but for how long?
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: A warning from 2019-20 performance
HSJ’ s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector - contact me in confidence.
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Expert Briefing
Integrator: Discharge money doesn’t reflect the reality
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
Hospital chief executive joins NHS track and trace effort
A new chief executive has joined the NHS track and trace team with immediate effect.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Bureaucratic barnacles
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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News
Exclusive: U-turn on mass expansion of covid care units as no funding available
Plans for a mass expansion of rehabilitation beds in new “Seacole centres” have been scrapped, with local leaders now told there is no capital funding to build them.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The recovery position
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector - contact me in confidence.
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News
Hancock decries ‘layers of management peering over staff’s shoulders’
The health and social care secretary has set out his ambition to build an NHS culture where staff are trusted to use their own judgement, rather than having ‘layers of management peering over their shoulder’.
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Comment
Talk to shielding people before time runs out
The NHS has a window to address the inequality which shaped the first wave of covid-19, as we enter the next phase of the pandemic, writes Charlotte Augst.
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News
HMRC strengthens grip on NHS tax bills after trust’s legal challenge fails
The NHS could face stronger enforcement over wrongly VAT claims after a foundation trust lost an unusual legal battle with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
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News
Hancock: ‘busting bureaucracy’ will help NHS staff
Matt Hancock has launched a “bureaucracy busting call for evidence” from healthcare staff, alongside publication of part of the long-awaited NHS People Plan.
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News
NHS on course to miss major workforce target
A flagship target to increase the mental health workforce by 19,000 could be missed by nearly half, according to new government figures.
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Comment
Covid-19 proves running the NHS ‘hot’ is far from cost-effective
Covid-19 has shown investing in long-term capacity and resilience in the NHS is cost-effective, writes Chris Thomas
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News
Ministers press ahead with £95k exit payment cap
Government is to press ahead with a £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments, including in the NHS, despite widespread opposition and warnings it could affect even low paid workers.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Pay boost omission deals 'psychological blow' to junior doctors
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, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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News
Government to give NHS staff ‘difficult’ pension choice
NHS Pension Scheme members face ‘difficult’ decisions over their benefits under government proposals to fix ‘unlawful’ discrimination in public sector schemes.