All articles by Crispin Dowler – Page 14
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Dalton interview: 'I don't see it as a provider vs commissioner thing'
NHS Commissioning Board deputy chief executive Ian Dalton has rejected the suggestion that its plans for 2013-14 will place disproportionate financial pressure on providers, in an exclusive interview with HSJ.
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Commissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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Commissioning board orders urgent review of NHS allocations
The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an “urgent, fundamental review” of the NHS allocations process after concluding that the formula devised for deciding commissioning groups funding appeared “inconsistent” with the goal of reducing health inequalities.
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Financial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
NHS hospital trusts and other providers face another tough financial year in 2013-14 with the NHS Commissioning Board unveiling plans for further cuts to tariff income and the introduction of new contractual penalties.
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Licensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Bennett moots PFI buyout for Peterborough
The chief executive of health sector regulator Monitor has said he wants to examine the possibility of a public sector buyout of the huge private finance initiative contract encumbering Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Manchester review examines contractual levers for primary care reform
Clinicians involved in a major review of healthcare services across Greater Manchester have begun to examine how “contractual tools” could be used to encourage closer working between GP practices, HSJ has learned.
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Analysed: The case for changing primary care in Greater Manchester
Clinicians and commissioners are considering a controversial model for reform of Greater Manchester’s primary care
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Regulator's hit squad brands Mid Staffs 'unviable' in current form
The hit squad sent into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by regulator Monitor has concluded the troubled trust is unable to achieve long-term financial or clinical sustainability “in its current form”.
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Monitor sends hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals
Health sector regulator Monitor is to send a hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust to develop a “long-term solution for the financial viability” of the foundation trust.
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Health budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.
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Circle chief executive Ali Parsa steps down
Ali Parsa has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Circle, the private healthcare provider that runs Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, it was announced today.
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Exclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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A perverse take on incentives
There is a new twist to the long-running debate about perverse incentives in the NHS
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Competition watchdog clears merger of Kent trusts
The NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved the merger of two Kent acute trusts despite concluding it offered “no benefits” to offset its costs to patients and taxpayers.
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FTs 20pc short of savings target
Monitor will today reveal that foundation trusts missed savings targets by nearly 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Acute FTs push their workforce reductions back to 2013-14
Acute foundation trusts are planning to increase staff numbers by more than 2,500 this financial year, latest figures released to HSJ show.
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DH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
Commissioners will only be able to force Monitor to reconsider its approach to price setting for an NHS service if more than half of them object, under latest Department of Health proposals.
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Manchester’s major shake-up revealed
HSJ can reveal details of a major review of healthcare across Greater Manchester which makes the clinical case for a radical redesign of services. It is believed this could prompt some leaders to argue for the removal of acute surgery from four hospitals.
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Serco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
The managing director of outsourcing giant Serco’s health business has cast doubt on “bullish” forecasts of a rapid expansion of private sector provision of NHS community services.