All Health Service Journal articles in 17 March 2011 – Page 6
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CommentYorkshire trusts could soon start to see cracks appear
The NHS in Yorkshire has for years papered over the cracks of financial unsustainability in its second largest organisation, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust.
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NewsDozens of consortia match PCT area
Nearly half of primary care trusts are expecting a single commissioning consortium to span the same geographical area that they currently cover.
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NewsManagers back calls for top earners to pay more towards pensions
The vast majority of managers responding to a snap online HSJ survey think higher earners should pay more towards their NHS pensions.
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NewsChallenged hospitals funds used to bail out PCTs
Nearly 40 per cent of a £392m fund set up to pay off the historic debts of London’s financially challenged organisations has been used to bail out commissioners.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking as a team for better quality and safety in the operating theatre
Error in health service delivery causes an average of 354 “untoward incidents” each day. To bring this down, the challenge is to shift the focus from a blame culture to one of identifying opportunities to improve processes. Finnamore consultant Lucy Reynolds and University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick trust’s Anne ...
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LeaderPerformance bonuses: a fair swap for public service pension reform?
“There is a much stronger case for linking pay to performance at the senior levels of public organisations, as opposed to the rest of the workforce”.
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NewsMPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
Providers could face financial difficulties if commissioning consortia decide to topslice their budgets to create risk pools, the Commons health committee has heard.
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NewsKing's Fund calls to unite health and social care budgets
The government must adopt a single budget for £121bn of health and social care funding to stop the two systems fighting against each other, the King’s Fund has warned.
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CommentMergers making their mark on the South East Coast
Merger is the name of the game in Kent at the moment.
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NewsFT severance payouts to come under scrutiny
The NHS chief executive has promised MPs to do all he can to provide details of severance payouts made by foundation trusts.
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CommentMedia watch: Lib Dems' wash hands of reforms in spring conference
The papers this week were full of the Liberal Democrat spring conference’s rejection of the government’s health reforms.
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Pace of consortia handovers varying widely
A quarter of primary care trusts are racing ahead to hand over commissioning budgets while a third have no clear plans to “let go”.
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NewsDon't simply cut posts to deliver QIPP savings, Easton warns trusts
The Department of Health will be “increasingly discriminating” between trusts that find genuine efficiencies and those that simply cut posts, national director for improvement Jim Easton has warned.
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NewsMonitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll
A former board director at Mid Staffordshire has spoken of his “amazement” that Monitor did not pick up on the hospital’s problems during its authorisation process to become a foundation trust.
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NewsPerformance linked pay for managers labelled a 'distraction'
Linking the stay of senior staff to national objectives would be an “unhelpful distraction”, according to the NHS managers’ union.
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CommentYour humble servant: the spectre of Stalin looms over year end
It’s difficult to make end of financial year decisions when pain aligns so closely with pleasure.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: what will the year end yield for trust finances?
Ever wondered why financial years begin in April? It’s the crop cycle.
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CommentWhat will the private sector do with failed hospitals?
The setting of a final deadline for NHS trusts to apply for foundation status is certainly focusing minds and starting to move long-postponed jobs out of the “too hard” tray, but the unpalatable truth is that some trusts are not going to make it by the drop-dead date of 1 ...
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NewsMidwife numbers to be reviewed
The Department of Health has said it will prioritise a review of nurse and midwife numbers.
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HSJ KnowledgeA golden opportunity to reshape workforce planning, education and training
HSJ readers are urged to participate in the consultation on creating a workforce for the new NHS, says Department of Health director general of workforce Clare Chapman.