All Finance articles – Page 187
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DH consults on three year budgets for CCGs
Ministers are consulting on proposals to give commissioners budgets of at least three years to enable longer term planning.
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Doncaster chief defends finance director over mystery £12m deficit
The chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has defended the ‘integrity and character’ of the trust’s finance director following the discovery of a previously unknown £12.6m deficit.
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£75m fund to close learning disability hospital beds
Plans to close up to half of inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities following the Winterbourne View scandal have been announced by the NHS and local government bodies.
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CQC efficiency rating will not be based on trust’s financial position
The Care Quality Commission’s future rating of trusts’ efficiency will not be based on whether they have a surplus or deficit, a new document reveals.
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Aintree board backs proposal for Royal Liverpool merger
The board of Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust has backed the recommendation of senior hospital consultants that it should pursue a merger with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust.
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DH raises threshold for blocking national tariff
The Department of Health has confirmed measures that will make it more difficult for providers to block the national tariff payment system.
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Trust closes beds as chair warns it is 'becoming unviable clinically'
PERFORMANCE: A struggling acute trust plans to close beds because it is ‘becoming unviable clinically’ and is ‘unable to consistently and safely staff’ the number of beds currently open, its leadership team has said.
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Exclusive: GP premises fund overhauled with CCGs given control
Clinical commissioning groups will be given responsibility for bidding for future tranches of the primary care infrastructure fund, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ annual lecture: Hunt promises new 'Ofsted style ratings' for CCGs
Ofsted style ratings are to be given to each area of the country for performance in a range of clinical areas including cancer, dementia and mental health, Jeremy Hunt will announce today at HSJ’s annual lecture.
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Expert view: Is the pendulum of care inspection swinging back?
HSJ care quality correspondent Will Hazell says the Care Quality Commission’s proposal to move to a less hands-on inspection system will be a tough test for its ability to use information.
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Exclusive: CQC proposes move to risk based regime
The Care Quality Commission has proposed moving to a more risk based regulatory regime.
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Funding pressures are threatening NHS innovation, ministers warned
Efforts to develop and spread the use of innovative drugs and technologies in the NHS could be threatened by ‘unprecedented’ funding pressure, a government commissioned review has warned.
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London CCGs could form federation to redesign acute and mental health services
STRUCTURE: Five clinical commissioning groups in North London could form a federation to redesign acute, mental health and primary care services.
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Nursing directors worry that 'finance is king' as winter looms
Directors of nursing have warned of their increasing concerns for patient safety as winter approaches, claiming the ‘pendulum is swinging’ towards trusts’ workforce decisions being led by financial considerations due to the escalating NHS deficit.
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Ministers confirm future of BCF for 2016-17
The pooling of health and social care budgets under the better care fund will continue in 2016-17, ministers have confirmed.
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Lord Carter loses procurement adviser due to 'reimbursement issue'
A procurement adviser has stepped down from Lord Carter’s review into NHS efficiency, due to an issue over reimbursement for Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Mental health chief Steven Michael to retire
Steven Michael, chief executive of South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust, has announced he will retire at the end of March next year.
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Monitor moves to mandate new mental health payment systems
Mental health providers could be required to adopt new payment systems from April next year, in a bid by Monitor to finally move the sector away from block contract funding.