All Matt Hancock articles – Page 28
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NewsExclusive: Hundreds of jobs at risk as funding cuts loom for NHS Digital
The jobs of hundreds of staff at NHS’s central digital agency are under threat as the organisation grapples with funding cuts and a lack of expertise in new technologies.
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NewsRegulator said NHS trusts could not afford doctors' pay rise
NHS Improvement warned the government that trusts could not afford the pay rises that were recently awarded to doctors in the current financial year.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Personalised paperless transformation money for all?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock orders review of IT plans
The new health and social care secretary has ordered national leaders to pause work to move about 15,000 desktop computers on to new IT systems, and to consider a switch to Google software.
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NewsMinisters to ask drug companies to stockpile six weeks of medication
Drug companies are due to be asked to stockpile up to six weeks of medications ahead of a potential no deal Brexit, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: Red lines and bear traps
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NewsBrexit stockpiling will face 'serious issues' and huge costs
s 3There are likely to be “serious issues” with the government’s plan to stockpile drugs and medical devices in case of a no-deal Brexit, according to senior figures in the pharmaceutical industry.
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NewsHEE chief bids for extra funding to fill workforce gaps
Health Education England will be asking for new money to allow it to tackle widespread workforce shortages in the NHS, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A system problem
Andy Cowper acknowledges that NHS management is hard and the political environment is insufficiently multipolar.
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CommentDementia is conspicuously absent from new NHS priorities
The government must put dementia at the heart of its priorities, not in 10 years’ time, but now. By Hilary Evans
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NewsHancock to target NHS’s ‘very, very old school management’ culture
Matt Hancock accused the health service of showing a lack of respect for staff and having “very, very old school management which make it far less pleasant than it should be to work in the NHS”.
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NewsSeven sites chosen to provide new mental health staff course
The government has given the green light for seven institutions to train thousands of new staff to support children and young people with mental health problems.
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NewsGovernment plans to stockpile drugs in preparation for no-deal Brexit
The government is planning to stockpile drugs for a no-deal Brexit, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsSalary rise for doctors below pay body's recommendation
The government has announced a pay rise for doctors - but its planned increase is less than that recommended by the independent pay review body.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Our digitally enthused health secretary
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services
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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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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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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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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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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.