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Exclusive: CCGs angry over property company shortfall charges
Clinical commissioners have raised concern about a “top slice” to their budgets to fund a shortfall in the earnings of the new national NHS property company.
NHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson.
Foundation trusts 'boost UK wealth'
Foundation trusts in the NHS benefit the UK economy to the tune of £30bn a year, a new report has found.
New NICE chair prioritises multiple conditions, care and money
The new chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has set out his priorities in the role in an interview with HSJ.
RCGP: GP funding 'stretched to limits'
GP funding is being “stretched to the limits”, the Royal College of GPs has said, predicting that the money allocated to family doctors will fall by nearly £200m over the next three years.
NHS England gives green light on £70m innovation networks project
NHS England has licensed 15 academic health science networks which it hopes will improve the uptake of innovative treatments by trusts and generate economic growth.
Labour highlights hospital capacity fall
Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned, after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost 6 per cent since the coalition government took office.
Bexley CCG sets £16.9m QIPP target for 2013-14
FINANCE: Bexley CCG has set a £16.9m QIPP target for 2013-14.
Bicester building date confirmed
STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire CCG has confirmed that building work is to go ahead for the redevelopment of Bicester Community Hospital is to go ahead from June.
Serco targets Cambridge community services contract
Serco is gearing up to bid for the Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust contract and expand its NHS portfolio, the company’s director of community services Sharon Colclough has indicated to HSJ.
CBI developing 'industry FOI' for private providers
Business leaders are preparing transparency guidelines for private companies running public services
Go-ahead for Worthing pre-admission facility upgrade
STRUCTURE: The board at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has approved a business case costing nearly £1.2m to improve surgical pre-admission accommodation at Worthing Hospital.
Lamb invites bids from 'integration pioneers'
Health economies have been invited to bid to become integration “pioneers” running large-scale experiments in integrated care, in an initiative launched by health minister Norman Lamb.
Analysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years.
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Barts Health Trust aiming for 6.5 per cent CIP savings in 2013-14
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Kingston Hospital plans savings of £10.8m this year
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Exclusive: Capita challenges NHS Choices 'insourcing'
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Updated: NHS England and Monitor plan major reform of payment by results
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South Manchester targets prescribing savings
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East of England Ambulance Service Trust upgrades fleet
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Trusts submit deficit plans for 2013-14 amid 'going concern' worries
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DH director general warns over diversion of social care funds
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Trusts ease pay savings in Francis aftermath, analysis shows
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Exclusive: Panic over Hunt plan to 'announce' A&E rescue fund
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High cost of fines for long waits revealed
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North Staffordshire Trust appoints new chief executive
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Wye Valley Trust may change services instead of lose independence
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Exclusive: CCG performance and assurance regime unveiled
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Addressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m'
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Exclusive: Ministers want CCG topslice to fund health and social care integration
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Crane hits hospital wall on West Cumberland redevelopment site
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Two bidders drop out of pension fund hospital build scheme
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Care claims backlog 'will take five years to clear'
Still no change in NHS finance after Francis
The post-Francis world is still worringly ‘business as usual’
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