All Wes Streeting articles – Page 6
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NewsHIT teams to be sent into trusts to improve efficiency
The government will send in teams of clinical experts to 20 trusts to improve theatre productivity, the health and social care secretary has announced.
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NewsStreeting ‘thinking deeply’ about overhauling NHS funding flows
The new government is “thinking deeply” about reforming NHS financial flows and incentives, Wes Streeting has said.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Streeting ‘reads the Riot Act’
This week on the HSJ Health Check podcast, guest host Ben Clover and colleagues discuss the big Streeting meeting plus a new player in primary care.
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NewsStreeting urged to stop ICB plans to ‘erode’ local authority influence
A county council is to ask the health and social care secretary to intervene over the proposed overhaul of its local integrated care board’s operating model.
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NewsI’ll reject ‘status quo’ proposals, Streeting warns officials
Wes Streeting has warned NHS England and departmental officials he will reject any proposals ”that suggest sticking with the status quo, or bids for more money without reform”.
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NewsDoctors vote to end historic pay dispute
Junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer – bringing to an end a bitter dispute which lasted nearly two years and saw 44 days of strikes.
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Comment‘We’re in a right pickle’, Darzi concludes
Julian Patterson applauds the wide-ranging aspirations and familiar themes of Lord Darzi’s performance review
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NewsDarzi: NHS ‘unlikely’ to meet performance targets in five years
Labour is “unlikely” to meet its flagship manifesto commitment to restore the NHS’s constitutional waiting times during this parliamentary term, Lord Darzi has warned.
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NewsShrink the centre to boost local management, Darzi concludes
The NHS needs to urgently reconfigure the “balance of its management resources”, says Lord Darzi’s report into the state of the NHS.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: ‘We’re in a right hole’
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentLabour needs to champion the role of NHS managers
The NHS faces unprecedented challenges, but to rebuild it, Wes Streeting must break from past political instincts and invest in effective management, laying the groundwork for long-term success in the upcoming Ten Year Plan, writes Jon Restell
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Winning over the Treasury
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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CommentReforming NICE would empower the drive to address health inequalities
Keith Syrett and Peter Littlejohns discuss NICE’s evolution, highlighting its cost-effectiveness focus, stakeholder balance, and role in healthcare prioritisation
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Tumbling into a full-on row
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsStreeting will ‘blame Tories for NHS failures this winter’
Wes Streeting is being “realistic” about recovering NHS performance, and failures this winter will be attributable to the previous government, he has told NHS chief executives.
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NewsService closures on hold after ministerial intervention call
An integrated care board has paused plans to reorganise hospital services after the threat of ministerial intervention.
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NewsExtra pay rise for band 8s and 9s confirmed
Many band 8 and 9 staff will receive an additional pay rise this November, after pay framework changes were signed off by unions and employers.
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NewsCQC to scrap ‘generic’ inspector model to fix ‘trust breakdown’
The Care Quality Commission is scrapping its “generic” inspection team model, which is unpopular with trust leaders, as it bids to recover credibility in the wake of a highly critical report on the organisation.
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NewsTrusts face ‘litigation spike’ because of Labour’s planned reforms
Labour’s employment law reforms could trigger a “spike in litigation” against trusts and create other significant challenges for managers and HR teams, senior lawyers have warned.