All Health Service Journal articles in July 2018 – Page 7
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NewsMinisters consider legal aid changes for families at inquests
The government has launched a call for evidence on possible changes to legal aid funding for bereaved families at inquests.
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NewsPurchasing chief promises 'route to innovation' for suppliers
A new NHS purchasing chief has pledged to provide a “route to innovation” as part of changes to the way the health service buys diagnostic and pathology equipment.
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Government's pay deal funding falls short, say NHS leaders
NHS providers have accused the government of failing to deliver sufficient funding to cover pay increases for outsourced staff following the Agenda for Change pay deal.
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NewsSocial care green paper will not be 'panacea'
The social care green paper will not be a “panacea” for chronic problems in the system, is likely to propose only minor legislative change, and be based on the assumption that limited sums of new money are available.
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NewsNew health secretary calls out NHS leadership for lack of diversity
The new health and social care secretary will use his first speech to call out the NHS leadership’s lack of diversity, pointing out only five NHS chief executives are from a BME background.
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NewsHancock to reveal £400m STP technology fund
New health and social care secretary Mat Hancock will single out technology as a priority in his first speech tomorrow announcing a long-awaited £412m technology fund for sustainability and transformation partnerships.
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NewsDaily Insight: The fourth time of asking
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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CommentPatient groups' united ask from the long term NHS plan
With the NHS 10 year long term plan in the making, Jeremy Taylor outlines the recommendations of a wide range of leaders in the voluntary sector to improve health and care.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Transforming Care not transformative
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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News'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
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NewsHancock decries 'tribal barriers between managers and clinicians'
Tribal barriers between clinicians and managers should be broken down, the new health secretary Matt Hancock has said today.
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NewsHancock backs expansion of GP consultations via smartphone
Matt Hancock has backed the expansion of GP consultations via smartphone, just days after local commissioners blocked an expansion of a major digital practice citing patient safety.
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NewsNew health secretary: Targets need to be 'clinically appropriate'
Health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ that flagship waiting time targets should be made more “clinically appropriate”.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: The four hour target debate does not need to be binary
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing, James Illman’s fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsHospital boss and US health chief join NHSI board
A former hospital boss and US health chief are among four new non-executive directors appointed to the board of NHS Improvement this morning.
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NewsNew funding settlement 'contingent' on adopting new tech, says Hancock
The new health and social care secretary says the £20bn of additional funding provided by the government will be “contingent” on the NHS adopting the latest technology.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Stevens' and Hancock's priorities, management consultant spend
Your essential update on health for the week
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NewsDaily Insight: Hancock’s warm hug
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership
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CommentCowper’s Cut: ‘But they’re privatising the NHS!’
Andy Cowper on why the NHS is not being privatised and the consequences of a culture of deliberately incentivising lying
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NewsDHSC to tighten control over wholly owned subsidiary companies
Scrutiny and regulation of the NHS’s use of wholly owned subsidiary companies will be strengthened to ensure trusts do not set up such bodies “solely” for tax avoidance purposes.