All Government/DH policy articles – Page 27
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NewsStevens: Old capital process was ‘implicit rationing’
Simon Stevens has described the process for approving vital infrastructure projects as “implicit rationing”.
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CommentNHS bosses’ Brexit concerns at final planning stage revealed
Local NHS leaders remain concerned about several wide-ranging issues which could be unleashed on the service if there is a no-deal Brexit, from continuity of medical supplies to transport problems. But an NHS Confederation survey suggests the sector has undergone a robust planning process and is “generally well-prepared”. The lobby ...
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News‘High risk’ estates maintenance cost continues to spiral
The cost of fixing NHS buildings to avoid serious injuries to patients and major disruption to clinical services continues to rise and outstrip the NHS’ investment in estates maintenance, new figures reveal.
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News‘Multiyear pay and contract reform’ set for 9,000 doctors
The government has embarked on an attempt to reform the contracts of the roughly 9,000 specialty and associate specialists doctors working in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The Queen speaks
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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NewsHEE finds it must ‘retain its independence’
Health Education England today said it should remain a stand-alone body distinct from NHS England and other national organisations, citing a stakeholder survey carried out for the education body.
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CommentThe government's bid to get reform out of standstill
The next stages of health and social care reform come with major political hurdles, writes Richard Sloggett.
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NewsFirst new national clinical directors named
A new national clinical director for cancer has been appointed, along with two other NCDs.
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NewsHancock pledges ‘spectacularly’ simpler capital sign-offs
Matt Hancock has pledged that the national sign-off process for NHS capital projects will be “spectacularly more straightforward”.
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NewsJeremy Hunt launches charity to monitor patient safety
Jeremy Hunt has set up a patient safety charity which will establish data he can use to report on levels of avoidable harm in healthcare, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust mulls Supreme Court appeal over landmark rest case
The Supreme Court could hear a landmark case on trainee doctors’ rest breaks, which could have “huge implications” for NHS trusts.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: An inpatient care crisis
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Heading for 60 CCGs
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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NewsMajor pay boost for trust directors agreed by NHSE/I
NHS England and Improvement are planning a significant pay boost for trust chairs and other non-executives as they seek to tackle the “growing disparity” with foundation trusts.
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NewsNational living wage rise to cost NHS millions
Trusts are set to face additional salary costs of millions of pounds as a result of the government’s plan to raise the national living wage, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment bids to control FT capital spending
Foundation trusts will be subject to capital spending limits – further eroding their autonomy – as part of an overhauled approach to planning and approving estates and technology investment in the NHS.
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NewsRevealed: Mass use of credit check firm to find NHS patients to charge
An NHS trust is routinely sharing patients’ identities with a major credit check firm to find overseas visitors who can be charged, and officials have sought to extend the scheme nationally, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentWhen doctors must report deaths to coroners
Josiah Kirpalani on shaping the future relationship between medical examiners and senior coroners
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NewsNew burdens could wipe out public health grant uplift
New significant public health burdens could be imposed on councils, wiping out a promised real-terms increase in the public health grant next year.
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NewsGovernment promises £3bn hospital building programme
The government has announced a £3bn capital investment plan to rebuild hospitals and replace diagnostic equipment.