All Government/DH policy articles – Page 41
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NewsRegulator to 'tighten the screws' on agency spending
NHS Improvement has launched a new crackdown on NHS agency staff spending prompting warnings the ambitions could be “undeliverable in practice.”
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News'Disregard for human life' - 450 patients killed by painkillers at hospital, report says
More than 450 patients died from prescriptions made “without medical justification” at a hospital where the use of opioids resulted in an “institutionalised practice of shortening patients’ lives”, an investigation has found.
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CommentThe PM has shown faith - we now need bold policies for change
Extra funding for the NHS has been secured despite Treasury scepticism that the health service can change. If there’s a deal for social care and local government, backed by a more coherent policy landscape, we can prove them wrong, says Rob Webster
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Honesty needed ahead of another tough winter
The NHS is facing a winter which is likely to be just as tough, or tougher still, than the last one. Even if new money is pumped into the service this year, there is a danger the die is already cast.
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NewsNHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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NewsHunt: NHS deal was 'a moment of choice for government'
The new NHS funding deal had been a “moment of choice for the government and the country”, health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has told HSJ.
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NewsNHS gets 3.4pc a year in major new funding deal
The government has agreed to increase NHS England’s budget by an average of 3.4 per cent in each of the next five years.
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NewsUpdated: Government to scrap visa cap for non-EU doctors
The government is to remove its tier two visa cap for non-EU doctors and nurses, the Home Office has confirmed.
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NewsMinister: 'We got it wrong on Hep C drug'
A health minister said the NHS needs to be better prepared for the budget impact of new medicines such as the oral drug for Hepatitis C, and admitted “we didn’t get it right”.
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NewsAHSNs beefed up amid overhaul of £750m 'innovation' budgets
Lord O’Shaughnessy says failure to scale up NHS innovation projects has been an “Achilles’ heel” AHSNs to become “overseeing authority” of innovation schemes Deployment of £750m of innovation funding under review Ministers and NHS leaders are planning to beef up the role of academic health science networks and ...
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NewsStaff from 13 unions accept NHS pay deal
NHS staff from 13 trade unions have voted to accept the government’s new pay offer.
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NewsDecision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
A government decision on the future of a privately financed major acute hospital that was hit by Carillion’s collapse is not expected until autumn.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Happy National Lying About the NHS Deficit Day!
Andy Cowper muses on NHS Improvement’s misleading quarter four data on NHS finances
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NewsVisa cap is 'not logical' and threatens patient care
The government’s tier two visa cap is “not logical” and is “threatening patient care and safety”, HSJ has been told.
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NewsMen 'disproportionately represented' in highest pay bands
Men are disproportionately represented in the highest pay bands for Agenda for Change despite an overall favourable pay gap towards women, an analysis shared with HSJ has revealed.
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CommentFuture healthcare funding will require tax increases
Anita Charlesworth discusses the dilemma facing the government: improving the quality of the health service through a rise in healthcare spend or increasing the low level of taxes
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NewsNew 'NHS assembly' to 'codesign NHS 10 year plan'
NHS England and NHS Improvement will set up a new “NHS assembly” for national and local leaders to “oversee progress on the Five Year Forward View and help codesign the proposed upcoming NHS 10 year plan”.
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HSJ InteractivePut early intervention front and centre of mental healthcare
Substantive differences to the 0-5 age group could minimise or even prevent mental health issues persisting into adulthood, writes Nicole Ridgwell
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NewsHigh Court told ACOs will unlawfully 'usurp' CCG powers
NHS England’s promotion of integration is an unlawful “usurping” of the Health and Social Care Act, the High Court has heard.
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NewsGovernment not planning to repeal Lansley legislation
Government sources have told HSJ today there are no plans to bring forward legislation to reform the Health and Social Care Act 2012.