Finance and Efficiency – Page 37
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HSJ LocalNHS should ‘never return’ to tariff system, says top trust CEO
A leading chief executive in Greater Manchester says the block contracting arrangements introduced in March should remain in place beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsDoctors to get 2.8pc pay rise
NHS doctors in England are to receive a back-dated pay rise which will add up to £3,000 to a consultant’s salary.
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Block contracts to be extended as NHS wrangles over cash
NHS providers have been told the block contracts they have operated under during the covid pandemic will be extended by at least another month, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrior: use of barcodes should be ‘commonplace in the NHS’
The widespread adoption of barcoding by the NHS is needed to meet the challenge posed by the Cumberlege patient safety review, according to NHS England chair Lord David Prior.
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£100m deficit ‘real danger’ to STP’s covid recovery
A £106m deficit across the councils in a South West health system presents a “real danger” to the next phase of its covid-19 response, a local health chief has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: Government delay could see people miss out on vaccines
Pharmacies are warning people are at risk of not getting the flu jab unless an urgent decision is made over the winter vaccination programme.
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NewsNHS coronavirus spend hits £32bn
The Treasury has revealed the NHS has been given over £30bn to fight covid19.
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NewsExclusive: PPE spend to hit £14bn by the end of the year
The Treasury is preparing for spending on personal protective equipment for the health system to hit up to £14bn this financial year, HSJ understands — representing more than 10 per cent of the pre-covid NHS budget.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: The 10-fold price hikes on PPE paid by ‘desperate’ trusts
Spending data from a large NHS trust has revealed huge mark-ups in the prices it paid for personal protective equipment at the height of the covid pandemic – with key items routinely costing up to 10 times the normal price.
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NewsExclusive: Almost half ICS leaders want full legal powers
Nearly half of ICS and STP leaders now want systems to become “statutory integrated authorities”, while the vast majority want regulation to be rolled back, according to new poll results shared with HSJ.
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NHS services face new tenders amid covid cost pressure
Ministers have been warned that councils are tendering NHS service contracts — meaning nurses could be put out of work in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic — in a letter seen by HSJ.
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NewsGovernment spend on PPE tops £1.1bn
The Department of Health and Social Care spent at least £1.1bn on personal protective equipment in April and May, HSJ analysis shows.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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NewsOfficials put £5bn estimate on coronavirus testing cost
The government is estimating it will spend £5bn on testing for covid-19, according to a Public Health England notice.
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NewsTrusts to buy Serco out of joint venture after losing major contract
Two foundation trusts are set to buy an outsourcing company out of a multimillion pound pathology partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRich-list biotech entrepreneur got £25m PPE contract
Details have emerged of what appears to be one of the largest contracts for personal protective equipment awarded during the height of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsExclusive: Independent hospital group cuts staff hours and salaries
A major independent health provider is cutting the hours and pay of its staff, although it has moved to protect the workforce at many of its hospitals in what was described as a ‘very last-minute reprieve’.
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NewsGovernment spent at least £5m on drug championed by Trump
The Department for Health and Social Care paid at least £3.15m on a bulk order of hydroxychloroquine tablets in April for clinical trials, after reportedly spending £2m on the drug in March.
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NewsTrust whose CEO quit over underfunding admits it has ‘no credible plans’
Directors of a hospital trust whose former chief executive resigned because it was “underfunded and unsustainable” have admitted there are “no credible plans” to close its £26m underlying deficit.
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NewsNew shortage of protective masks as supply 'goes off a cliff'
Approximately a third of acute trusts are running low on crucial protective masks going into the weekend, sources have told HSJ.