All Jeremy Hunt articles – Page 14
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Cowper’s Cut: It’s raining NHS spending rhetoric: Hallelujah!
Jeremy Hunt’s recent appearance on a Sunday politics TV show, asking for more funds for the NHS is a shrewd tactic, notes Andy Cowper
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Hunt hints at backing for NHS tax rise
Health and social care secretary Jeremy Hunt has hinted at possible government support for tax rises to fund the NHS, and called for a long-term funding settlement.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.
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NHS mandate confirms flagship waiting targets on hold
The government’s instructions for the NHS in 2018-19 confirm that flagship waiting time targets for planned and emergency care remain on hold.
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Ministers and unions agree Agenda for Change pay and reform deal
More than 1 million NHS staff are set to be offered an average 6 per cent pay rise spread over three years from next April, after ministers and trade unions agreed a deal to reform the Agenda for Change pay framework, HSJ has been told.
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Hunt 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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NHS Improvement: 'Investigation fatigue' prevents trusts learning from mistakes
NHS trusts could be experiencing “investigation fatigue” because they are using incident investigations as a tool for performance management instead of a way to learn from mistakes, NHS Improvement has warned.
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Criticism of trust subsidiary companies 'inaccurate and misleading'
Critics of trusts creating wholly owned subsidiary companies are being “inaccurate and misleading” in their arguments against the trend, NHS Providers has said.
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Government reveals new medical schools
Several areas of England struggling with doctor shortages are hoping to get a boost from five new medical schools, which have been announced today.
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DHSC 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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Revealed: Last ACO commissioner abandons contract plans
The last commissioner with advanced plans to award an accountable care organisation contract has scaled back its proposals, HSJ can reveal.
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Medical manslaughter review will not consider changing the law
A review of the use gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare by Sir Norman Williams will not consider changes to the law or the autonomy of the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Three women lead the HSJ top 50 trust chief executives
Three female CEOs lead this year’s HSJ top 50 trust chief executives, while some big acute bosses slip down or out of the rankings.
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Exclusive: 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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Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade
An independent review has recommended Jeremy Hunt knocks back an NHS decision to downgrade a general hospital’s maternity services.
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Speed up mental health improvement, warns report ordered by PM
Promised commitments to improve children and young people’s mental health services must be delivered more quickly or patients will suffer “unnecessary distress”, a report ordered by Theresa May has warned.
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Hunt 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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NHS leaders warn of 'significant risks' of blocking reconfiguration
Health leaders in the North East have warned councillors of the “significant risk” to protecting patient safety if they seek to block a reconfiguration of “vulnerable” acute services.
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NHS must honour new single patient opt-out from May
Every NHS patient in England will be given the option to opt-out of sharing their health records for research or planning from May, coinciding with new European privacy rules.
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The legitimate and important need to address accountability
We must all be committed to protecting patients from harm in a system that promotes both learning and accountability for staff, writes James Titcombe