All Government/DH policy articles – Page 31
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Theresa May’s record
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Comment
The Bedpan: Policy makers must be ‘confident and humble’
This week: Sir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
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Comment
18 weeks “no longer important”?
English waiting times will continue to grow, indefinitely, until the NHS gets closer to keeping up with demand. By Rob Findlay
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Expert Briefing
The biggest set of mergers for a decade
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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HSJ Local
Trust wins £14m after legal battle with government over car scheme
An acute and community trust is set for a £14m windfall after winning a judicial review against the government over VAT repayments for a car scheme, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Revealed: Junior doctors 'losing faith' in long hours safeguards
Junior doctors are “losing faith” in a system used to monitor their workload, with new data suggesting only a fraction of their concerns are leading to changes to services or rosters.
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News
New NHS ops chief 'expects to return to trust' after secondment
The newly-appointed NHS chief operating officer is taking up the role on a secondment basis and has told staff at her trust she expects to “return to the trust after a period working at national level”, HSJ has learned.
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News
Full spending review ‘unlikely’ in time for 2020-21
A full spending review is “unlikely” to take place this year, the chief secretary to the Treasury has admitted.
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News
NHS national chief operating officer revealed
NHS England and NHS Improvement have chosen the boss of a major hospital trust to be their national chief operating officer, effectively the deputy chief executive of the NHS.
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News
Government announces plan to tackle NHS pension crisis
The government is to consult on changes to the NHS pension scheme rules to stop senior doctors being hit with large tax bills.
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News
Exclusive: Dido Harding: Boards should take culture as seriously as finance
Baroness Dido Harding has said if NHS boards took culture and staff management as seriously as finance, the service would “shift from a bullying and rotten culture quite quickly”, while stating she is “pretty confident” it will secure extra workforce investment from government later this year.
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Comment
The NHS should build overseas 'workforce factories'
To meet the widening healthcare workforce gap, Dr Nadeem Moghal suggests a new bold and ethical model of education that seeks to build local capability in the low and middle income countries from where the UK sources healthcare workers
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: How to become an ICS
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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News
Trusts invited to increase ownership of their estate
Trusts have been invited to apply for ownership of buildings on their estate which are currently owned by NHS Property Services and Community Health Partnerships.
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News
UK short of almost every type of health and care professional, review concludes
An independent government advisory body has recommended all medical roles should be added to the shortage occupation list, in its first full review of the list since 2013.
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News
DHSC bans trusts from exclusive deals
NHS trusts will be ordered not to enter into deals in which they share patient information exclusively with one tech company, for fear it will undermine national efforts.
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News
Hunt announces £70m fund to improve global patient safety
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for further global action on patient safety, and revealed the UK will give £70m to improve standards overseas.
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News
Junior doctors to vote again on controversial contract
Junior doctors will vote next month on whether to accept the newest version of the controversial 2016 contract that led to unprecedented strike action.
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News
Pay rise row resolved
NHS providers will not have to bear the cost of the £50m pay rise for staff delivering public health services.
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Comment
What does the global climate emergency mean for UK healthcare leaders?
Healthcare leaders are called to play their part in reducing the NHS carbon footprint as part of the jigsaw to reduce the rate of global warming, writes Dr Fiona Day