All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 118
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NewsUpdated: Government to impose new contract on junior doctors
Junior doctors will be forced to work under new terms and conditions from August next year, the Department of Health has confirmed to HSJ.
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NewsHeidi Alexander appointed Labour shadow health secretary
Heidi Alexander has been appointed shadow health secretary by the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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NewsGovernment to review nursing home payments
The government has announced it will review the amount of money nursing homes are paid to look after residents.
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CommentSpending review: Tackle funding and reform challenges in tandem
The upcoming spending review
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CommentCuts in cancer spending expose a funding challenge
There will be tough choices over cash and cancer
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LeaderHunt will go all in on safety to protect his legacy
Hunt could go all in on patient safety to protect his legacy
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NewsNHS Providers lodges objection to controversial tariff proposals
NHS representative bodies have expressed strong concerns about government plans to raise the bar provider objections must clear to block tariff proposals.
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NewsMonitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsHigh profile treatments cut from cancer drugs fund
High profile cancer treatments including Roche’s Kadcyla and Avastin are to be removed from the cancer drugs fund.
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LeaderThere's little chance left for the agency cap to cut hospital deficits
Winter pressures will be biting before they are ready
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CommentIf the government really wants to help it must support NHS staff
Taking a cue from the Samaritans
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NewsCommissioning system analysed: Spending, staffing and leadership
An in-depth look at how CCGs spend their money, their workforce and leadership
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CommentWhy the NHS must evaluate complex service changes
To maximise benefits for patients and minimise costs
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NewsNHS England launches £5m drive to improve staff health
NHS England will work with Public Health England to raise the standard of food served in hospitals and other care settings as part of a £5m initiative to boost the health and wellbeing of health service staff.
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NewsUpdated: NHS agency controls unveiled, but price cap pushed back
Price caps on the hourly rate the NHS can pay agency nurses may not take effect until December, after regulators received more than 100 responses to a consultation on the controversial plans.
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LeaderMinisters take high risk bets on debt, pay restraint and reform
This summer has been anything but quiet
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NewsThousands of mental health patients sent 'out of area'
More than 2,100 mental health patients were forced to travel out of area for an inpatient bed in May this year, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.