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NewsDH signed off £3bn in working capital loans last year
Explore the trust by trust data The Department of Health paid £3.1bn in working capital loans to trusts in 2015-16, HSJ analysis of official data shows.
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NewsSix areas take on new mental health commissioning powers
Six areas chosen to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services Providers were invited to submit bids to NHS England by the middle of June A key aim of the pilot is to reduce the number of patients going to out of area beds Six ...
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NewsNearly £4bn pledged to mental health services
NHS England document outlines how £3.97bn will be invested in mental health by 2020-21 £1.8m pilot scheme for six regions to take on new commissioning powers for tertiary mental health services £12m in the next two years to expand services that make mental health assessments available to those arrested ...
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NewsEfficiency drive key to free at the point of use NHS, says DH official
Department of Health plans to roll out GS1 barcoding standards to 25 more trusts Business case being developed for funding to pay for implementation DH commercial director warns if NHS does not rise to efficiency challenge “we’re not going to have a free at the point of use health ...
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NewsMay shakes up DH ministerial team
Junior defence minister Philip Dunne appointed minister of state for health Nicola Blackwood and David Mowat appointed parliamentary under-secretaries of state at Department of Health Life sciences minister George Freeman to chair new prime minister’s policy board Theresa May has implemented a substantial restructure of the Department of ...
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NewsHundreds left waiting for vital mental health assessments
Eight trusts in April failed to hit the new early intervention in psychosis standard of treating people within two weeks of being referred In England, two-thirds of patients began treatment within the new government target Out of 1,222 patients waiting to be assessed ahead of treatment, 770 had already ...
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NewsCQC: Night staff should be allowed rests to ensure safety
CQC says NHS trusts must consider best practice guidelines on rest at night for hospital staff Inquest heard trainee at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital crashed his car after probably falling asleep following night shifts NHS trusts should comply with guidelines on allowing doctors and nurses to rest at ...
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NewsDaily Insight: New care models milestone
HSJ’s round-up of Friday’s must read health policy stories
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NewsDH director to become head of medical watchdog
The Department of Health’s director general for strategy and external relations Charlie Massey has been appointed as the new chief executive of the General Medical Council.
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NewsStephen Dalton to leave Mental Health Network
Stephen Dalton is stepping down from his role as chief executive of the Mental Health Network to focus on his role as interim head of the NHS Confederation.
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NewsCQC: Local areas failing to assess integration progress
Evaluation of current models of older people’s care integration are either not carried out or are insufficient, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsMidlands trust warned over 'unsafe' mental health wards
CQC finds some hospital wards run by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust “did not provide a safe environment” Finds “high level of use” of face-down restraint despite CQC warnings from 2014 Trust says it has “moved very quickly” to address any risks posed to patients QUALITY: Eleven ...
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NewsWarning public health cuts risk child obesity rise
Child health experts warn public health cuts could have significant impact on the future health of children Concern over cuts to child obesity programmes Britain “disproportionately disadvantages children and young people”, say public health leaders An HSJ investigation that revealed the impact of council spending reductions on children’s ...
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NewsVanguard CCG to start procurement for multi-billion MCP contract
Dudley CCG set outs procurement timetable for MCP contract worth £244m a year MCP contract not expected to be operational until April 2018 32 per cent of services within the contract scope currently provided by Dudley Group Foundation Trust MCP will be a “single legal entity” holding one ...
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NewsDaily Insight: Hunt hokey-cokey
The must read stories and talking points in health from Thursday
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NewsJim Mackey: 'The NHS is in a mess'
Jim Mackey says he does not expect to fix the NHS’s problems but demands “progress” A&E is key priority and workforce identified as key problem News comes as data shows continued decline in performance this year NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey has told senior managers the health ...
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NewsTen trusts responsible for 20 per cent of A&E breaches
Continued decline in A&E performance − a priority area for the health service Ten trusts responsible for 20 per cent of target breaches Emergency care improvement programme team to be sent into a further 12 areas Ten hospital trusts clocked up 20 per cent of all accident and ...
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NewsNHS Improvement directors seek to clarify position on staffing levels
NHS Improvement directors issue statement following Jim Mackey’s comments in HSJ interview Individual trusts responsible for judgements on staffing levels “within the funds available” Statement shows intention to use non-registered workforce to support nurses on wards NHS Improvement directors have sought to clarify the regulator’s position on staffing ...
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NewsJeremy Hunt to stay at DH
It has been confirmed that Jeremy Hunt will stay on as health secretary under incoming prime minister Theresa May.