All Finance articles – Page 184
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NewsNHS England to receive £3.8bn budget increase next year
Spending review to give NHS England a real terms budget increase of £3.8bn in coming financial year Deal welcomed as a “frontloading” of £8.4bn promised over the parliament Real terms growth drops to just £500m in third year of parliament, before rising to £1.7bn in final year Redrawing of ...
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CommentIt pays to behave like an investment partner
How can the NHS influence local growth strategies to its advantage? Michael Wood offers five ideas
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NewsExclusive: Agency staff survey raises fears cap will be 'train crash'
Survey of 3,600 agency staff shows many already work in the NHS and extra shifts top up pay More than half of agency staff said they will work fewer shifts or change career as a result of agency caps Monitor says action is needed to tackle “spiralling wage bill” ...
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NewsAnalysis: Which areas have seen the biggest social care spending cuts?
The North East and much of the North West have seen much bigger cuts to council adult social care spending than some other regions in recent years, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for social care cuts
Newcastle and Liverpool CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for size of social care cuts HSJ analysis of accounts indicates greatest cuts generally in the north east and parts of the north west. Read full analysis here King’s Fund assistant director warns against recognising care cuts in CCG ...
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NewsNHS Employers approaches Acas over junior doctor contract
NHS Employers confirms approach to Acas on Thursday night BMA made offer of mediation following industrial action ballot It is the first step towards negotiation since October 2014 NHS Employers last night approached the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration service about the possibility of negotiations over a new junior ...
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NewsMonitor reveals hourly rate caps for agency staff
Monitor and TDA reveal hourly rates for all agency staff Regulators agree to exclude bank staff from new caps on pay Trusts express fears over safety in consultation response Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published details this afternoon of the hourly rates that NHS trusts ...
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NewsSpending review 2015: What to expect for health
HSJ sets out key issues the NHS should track in next week’s spending review announcement
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NewsBCF focus on A&E admissions is 'patronising', NHS England survey finds
Council and CCG leaders call for better care fund rules to be relaxed Focus on A&E activity has distorted attempts to integrate care, survey finds Calls for best practice to be shared Budget pooling fuels mistrust in financially challenged areas The government’s emphasis on the rate of emergency ...
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NewsJeremy Hunt rejects BMA offer of Acas mediation
Jeremy Hunt says the BMA carried out a “campaign of misinformation” Health secretary says doctors’ union should negotiate with the DH Government will not consider using Acas without “meaningful talks” first The health secretary has rejected an offer of third party mediation with the British Medical Association over ...
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NewsMackey: Q2 provider results tomorrow will be ‘awful’
Mackey warns Q2 provider financial results will be “awful” Q2 results to be published tomorrow – less than two months after Q1 results revealed £930m provider deficit NHS Improvement chief executive ...
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Junior doctors vote for strike action but call in Acas
98 per cent of junior doctors vote in favour of strike action Chief medical officer says severity of strike action is a “step too far” BMA offers talks with government via conciliation body Acas Junior doctors have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over government plans to impose a ...
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NewsPrimary care underspend to boost NHS England’s bottom line
Primary care underspend to help balance overspending on hospital care This follows overall decline in primary care spending as a proportion of total Murray: “Hardly helpful” for success of Five Year Forward View NHS England’s underspending against its primary care budgets will help improve its bottom line in ...
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SupplementsSupplement case studies: Steps to minimise impact on environment
What NHS organisations are doing
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NewsHunt tells BMA: 'There are not pre-conditions'
Health secretary writes to BMA junior doctors committe chair Jeremy Hunt says there are no pre-conditions to contract negotiations Mr Hunt says he made this clear in September meeting with Johann Malawana Jeremy Hunt has said there are no “pre-conditions” to future junior doctor contract talks, in a ...
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NewsCCG efficiency targets rise sharply as financial squeeze spreads
CCG QIPP targets up by more than 25 per cent in a year Efficiency requirement shows financial squeeze is spreading beyond provider sector Highest QIPP targets linked to CCGs in deficit Many plans still relying on A&E activity reduction Clinical commissioning groups’ efficiency targets have risen by over ...