Policy and regulation – Page 46
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Realpolitik and the NHS’ next big plan
In a last minute controversial intervention, Matt Hancock has torpedoed plans in Lancashire to consolidate emergency services.
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NewsRegulator reveals ‘concerns’ over Babylon’s ‘chatbot’
A regulator has admitted “concerns” over the software Babylon Healthcare uses in one of its digital health solutions and is exploring how to address this.
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NewsNumber of CCGs to be cut by a fifth next month
More than a third of proposed “integrated care systems” will still contain more than one clinical commissioning group next year, analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Ramping up international recruitment in a pandemic
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsIntegrated care systems to be CQC-rated, says Hancock
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said integrated care systems will be rated by the Care Quality Commission.
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Concerns raised over link between CQC ratings and ethnicity
The Royal College of GPs has called for an independent review of the link between poor Care Quality Commission inspection ratings and the ethnicity of GP partners.
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CommentEngagement in global healthcare challenges will help retain NHS staff
Ben Simms on the growing need of collaborative working among countries in the field of health care.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: PM Johnson’s trajectory: from ‘croak us’ to ‘crocus’
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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HSJ PartnersWhat does the white paper say?
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NewsJeremy Hunt’s safety programme has stalled, say bereaved families
Bereaved families have been left feeling like their efforts to improve patient safety have been ‘in vain’ as progress of a government programme instigated by Jeremy Hunt appears to have ‘stalled’.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Punishing staff for gaming the vaccine system
Reasonable or ‘unnecessarily hostile”? This week’s HSJ Health Check debates whether it’s right for a trust to threaten its staff with disciplinary or regulatory action if they seek to have their second covid jab early.
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PodcastHSJ podcast special: The ‘secretive’ firm at the heart of the covid response
In this one-off HSJ podcast we talk to the UK head of the controversial firm Palantir, whose development and operation of an NHS covid-19 data store has been one of the pandemic’s apparent success stories.
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NewsExclusive: Key NHS long-term plan target to be missed ‘due to covid’
The NHS is set to miss a major national target to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements within mental health by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The late Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News‘Retrograde’ white paper rule will spark ‘18 months of arguments over ICS boundaries’
The shape of nearly 20 integrated care systems is up for debate under government reform plans, which one councillor has called a ‘retrograde step’ that will lead to ‘18 months of arguments on where the red line is drawn’, it has emerged.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: So long NHSX
HSJ revealed this week NHSX — the tech agency set up by Matt Hancock not quite two years ago — is set to merge into a new NHS England transformation directorate.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: What the NHS reforms mean for the workforce
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night — and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentRisks lie in wait as government reforms NHS legislation
Nigel Edwards outlines four risks that may lie in wait as government embarks on legislative reform of the NHS and social care, as proposed in its recent white paper.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned by regulator after cluster of never events
The Care Quality Commission has ordered immediate improvements to a trust after it reported six never events inside eight months.
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CommentThe Bedpan: When Darzi saved Mandelson
HSJ’s look at the how the wider world of politics interacts with the NHS returns for a one-off special