All Government/DH policy articles – Page 2
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News
Ministers lobbied by NHSE for extra beds funding
NHS England is lobbying ministers for extra funding to ensure all the approximately 99,000 ‘core’ acute hospital beds open this winter are retained throughout 2024-25, HSJ understands.
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Comment
Why NHS trusts should employ ‘corporate psychologists’
Behavioural and cognitive issues lie at the heart of many problems facing hospital NHS trusts, whether they relate to patient care or staff wellbeing. These issues can best be managed if each major hospital trust has dedicated corporate psychologists assigned to these two domains, writes Narinder Kapur
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Comment
Increased CQC fees for ICBs threaten drive to improve care
To ensure system assessments add value and help improve care quality, the CQC should rethink the assessment process and consider two alternatives, writes Sarah Walter
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Comment
NHSE data platform won’t reach all trusts until 2026
US firm Palantir has been announced as the provider for the federated data platform but, as senior correspondent Nick Carding writes, that’s just the beginning of the story for NHSE’s latest data endeavour.
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Fresh delay to NHS capital strategy revealed
Government has said a long-promised NHS capital strategy will not be published until next summer, although there are hopes some further funding will be announced in next week’s autumn statement.
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Comment
ICS teething troubles are the price they must pay for success
Richard Taunt says ‘grounded hope’ about integrated care systems might hold the key to their success.
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Atkins appointed health and care secretary
Victoria Atkins has been named as health and social care secretary, replacing Steve Barclay.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Crunch time for NHSE’s controversial data scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
Updated: Subco staff may get bonus after government U-turn
Staff in NHS subsidiary companies may be eligible for a centrally-funded bonus this year, government has said, just days after stating they would not.
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NHS pension contribution rates cut for the highest earners
Government has revealed changes to the contribution rates for the NHS pension scheme, including a reduction in the percentage paid by top earners.
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Stevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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‘Short termism’ is undermining NHS savings and safety, warns CEO
The government must allow health systems to plan their finances over a longer period to help deliver ‘real’ savings by rationalising services, says a leading chief executive.
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ICBs face £5.5m cost for CQC assessments
The Care Quality Commission is planning to charge integrated care boards up to £290,000 each annually to fund system inspections, it has revealed in consultation documents.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: New figures reveal NHS’s virtual ward progress
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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GP practices get ‘shrinkingly small’ sums from housebuilders, says minister
The government is looking at ways to channel more funding contributed by housing developers into primary care estates.
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Expert Briefing
A big revenue hole needs filling
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: The case for proper population health management
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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News
NHS has more capital but regime for investing ‘not that efficient’, admits DHSC boss
The way in which capital funding is distributed and spent across the NHS is inefficient and too heavily ringfenced, a senior Department of Health and Social Care official has suggested.
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News
Minister wants to ‘inject private capital’ to upgrade NHS buildings
A health minister has indicated he wants to use private finance to help ‘stretch capital budgets as far as possible’ for the NHS estate.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: What the government didn’t say about its patient data sharing scheme
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.