Health Policy

The Health Foundation calls for government overhaul for a healthy society

16.10.19: The Health Foundation has today (Oct 16) urged government to consider policy changes to housing, transport and education after new report shows a risk to the future of young people. The report, A heathy foundation for the future, calls for...

RCN responds to damning childhood obesity report

10.10.19: As part of her final work as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Dame Sally Davies, has published a report named ‘Time to solve childhood obesity’. The report is aimed at politicians and policy makers rather than parents and c...

Birmingham tackling its biggest health challenges with new partnership

17.09.19: A new collaboration plans to speed up and improve research in the four main health challenges faced by the West Midlands, using real-time clinical trials and health data. This will include improvements to cancer care, maternity services, ch...

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS FT signs TUC Dying to Work charter

16.09.19: North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust signed the Trade Union’s Congress (TUC) ‘Dying to Work’ charter today, making them the first hospital trust in the North East to get behind this campaign. The TUC’s &lsq...

NHS pension overhaul announced to help tackle workforce challenges

11.09.19: Ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have announced a major overhaul of the NHS pension scheme, in efforts to prevent doctors cutting their hours in order to avoid tax penalties. Following recent changes, senior cl...

RCGP welcomes Government childhood vaccination strategy

19.08.19: Following the launch of the Government’s childhood vaccination strategy, aimed at tackling falling rates of vaccination among children and young people, chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has welcomed the system-wide approach put for...

Government announces £25m Brexit medicines ‘express freight service’

15.08.19: In the event of a No Deal Brexit, the Government has announced the setting up of a high-speed freight service to ferry medicine to the UK from France. A £25m contract has been announced by government ministers for an ‘expre...

NHS SBS: Insourcing in the NHS

02.08.19: Featured in July/August issue of NHE   Phil Davies, procurement director at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), explains how insourcing clinical services is one way NHS hospitals are looking to meet growing patient demand and red...

Better Care Fund policy framework for 2019 to 2020 released

29.07.19: The government has released the framework for the Better Care Fund, detailing how the fund will work in 2019 to 2020. Pooled funding for the Better Care Fund reached £6.4bn when it was renewed earlier this month. The fund pr...

NHS England annual assessment shows good progress

26.07.19: The annual assessment of NHS England for 2017 to 2018, and 2018 to 2019, has been published by the health and social care secretary. The assessment shows NHS England has either met, or is making good progress towards, 89% of the delive...

Scottish Government to provide £32m to help cut NHS waiting times

26.07.19: The NHS will receive a further £32m from the Scottish Government to help reduce waiting times, the cabinet health secretary Jeane Freeman has announced. The funds are in addition to the £70m funding announced in April and b...

NHS Providers praises Matt Hancock health secretary re-appointment

25.07.19: Deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery, has responded to the re-appointment of Matt Hancock as secretary of state for health and social care by newly-appointed prime minister Boris Johnson. Ms Cordery said: “Matt Han...

Controversial new prevention green paper ‘a step in the right direction’

23.07.19: The long-awaited prevention green paper has been published by the government, including a host of policies targeting ill-health such as proposals tackling smoking, drinking and poor diets. The ‘Advancing our health: prevention in...

Five year funding framework for community pharmacy published

22.07.19: A five-year funding framework for community pharmacy has been published by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England.  Commenting on the agreement, Malcolm Har...

Health Education England goals for 2019-2020 defined in new mandate

12.07.19: Health Education England (HEE) has been given its new mandate by the Government, defining the organisation’s goals and role in the coming 2019-2020 year. The mandate outlines HEE’s fundamental role in helping to improve the qual...