All Government/DH policy articles – Page 46
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NewsHunt sets out principles of social care green paper
Jeremy Hunt has outlined the key principles of reform to the adult social care system and announced a 10 year strategy to align the health and social care workforce.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Rise of the OBR means less power for the NHS
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsDHSC admits it was wrong to block vaccine compensation
The government has conceded it unlawfully prevented adults from receiving compensation if they developed complications after having a seasonal flu vaccine.
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CommentSpring statement: Tough choices ahead for the government
Anita Charlesworth discusses the implications of the recently released spring statement for the NHS and social care
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NewsTax regulator scrutinises CCG payments to GPs
HM Revenue and Customs has been scrutinising potential attempts from clinical commissioning groups to minimise GPs’ tax payments, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCouncils able to 'stand up to Stevens' after DTOCs boost
Better performance on delayed transfers of care attributable to social care during a spike in emergency hospital admissions in January has put local government in a strong position to challenge Simon Stevens over the role of councils in the health system, the chair of the Local Government Association has said.
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NewsExclusive: New demand on government for easier overseas recruitment
Mental health leaders have urged the government to add child and adolescent psychiatrists to its shortage occupation list to make it easier to hire them from overseas, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsChief nurse wants law change to protect job titles
The law could be changed to ensure the job title “nurse” is protected in the same way as “registered nurse”.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: £780m bonanza for trusts that stay on target
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsHunt tells PM: Deserving NHS chiefs are missing out on honours
Jeremy Hunt has written to the prime minister calling for an overhaul of the honours system to help reward leaders who take on challenged NHS trusts, HSJ has been told.
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NewsFinancially struggling trusts pay £183m in 'pointless' interest charges
Financially troubled NHS trusts have paid interest charges of more than £180m on their short term cash bailouts from the Department of Health and Social Care in the last three financial years.
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News'Vulnerable patients' face ongoing caps to care funding
Commissioners have been allowed to continue applying cost caps to the more than £3bn of NHS Continuing Healthcare claims as long as they follow new new government rules.
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NewsNHS Improvement seeks Treasury cash for wave of trust takeovers
NHS Improvement and the Treasury have discussed proposals for “transaction funding” to support a new wave of takeovers of underperforming trusts by other organisations, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSerco set to take over Carillion NHS contracts
Facilities management services at five NHS hospital trusts could be taken over by Serco in a £29m deal, following the collapse of Carillion.
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NewsHunt launches bid to reduce medication error deaths
Jeremy Hunt has launched a bid to reduce medication errors in the NHS, which new research says costs the NHS over 181,000 bed days and causes hundreds of deaths.
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NewsBehan: Review will settle fit and proper person 'contested territory'
Care Quality Commission chief Sir David Behan has said the government’s review of the fit and proper person test offers the chance to settle “contested territory”.
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HSJ LocalTrust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital is back on track after NHS Property Services approved one of its largest ever individual capital investments of nearly £12m.
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NewsRevealed: Government rankings for NHS management consultancies
The results of a government tendering exercise ranking dozens of management consultancies wanting to sell to the NHS have been leaked to HSJ.
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CommentThe government needs to do more to protect children's mental health services
We must ensure that the system of addressing children’s mental health needs is made sustainable, otherwise the younger population with the greatest needs is likely to suffer the most. By Nick Waggett
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NewsCQC finds 'no evidence of commitment' to integration in challenged system
Patients in Oxfordshire “did not always receive safe discharges home”, a report by the Care Quality Commission has revealed.