All Finance articles – Page 231
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NewsGovernment seeks round the clock cover for 'no additional pay'
Government ambitions to deliver more NHS services seven days a week without increasing the wage bill have been branded an ‘attack on hard working nurses’.
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NewsBid to curb parking fees will be ignored, ministers told
Some hospitals will put ‘two fingers up’ to fresh attempts to end ‘excessive’ car parking charges, ministers were warned during a parliamentary debate.
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NewsRevealed: NHS England spending on CSU services
NHS England’s spending on commissioning support units topped £125m last year, accounting for more than a quarter of some CSUs’ income, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS will not be excluded from US trade deal
A controversial proposed trade treaty between Europe and the US will not negatively impact the NHS or give US health companies new ways of legally challenging health service procurement processes, a government minister has insisted.
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NewsPrivate health firms report big increases in NHS work
Three private healthcare groups have revealed big increases in the work they are doing for the NHS.
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NewsPublic health budgets given extra protection
Councils’ public health plans will have to be signed off by directors of the services under a tougher new checking regime aimed at preserving the £2.6bn budget for health purposes.
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HSJ KnowledgeMake or break: How George Eliot secured a future for its paediatric service
Redesign turned it around
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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NewsCircle's Hinchingbrooke contract losses approach £5m limit
The losses built up by Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust in its first two years under private management are just £150,000 short of the £5m ceiling at which the contract could be terminated.
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News£160m boost for cancer drugs fund
Thousands more cancer patients in England will be offered vital treatments in a £160m boost to the cancer drugs fund, the Department of Health has said.
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CommentParking charges add insult to life threatening injury
Public resentment is real, especially when some hospitals don’t charge
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NewsSuccess of hospital cash incentive scheme tails off
A project that aimed to reduce death rates in hospitals using financial incentives has seen its initial period of success tail off, research reveals.
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NewsHospital slammed for 'extortionate' staff parking fees
Hospital managers have been branded ‘immoral’ for introducing ‘extortionate’ parking charges for staff who need their cars for work.
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CommentMaximise patient care through a new approach to NHS finance
Empower people to take on responsibility
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NewsExclusive: Hospital trust sector deficit could breach £750m this year
The NHS acute sector is expecting to record a net deficit in excess of £750m for the current financial year, exclusive HSJ research shows.
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NewsHSJ map: Most health economies set for hospital deficit
Our map highlights the health economies expecting to record a deficit for 2014-15
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NewsHealth economies across the country face acute sector deficits
Hospital trust financial problems have now spread across England, with the acute sector in the majority of health economies expecting an overall deficit in 2014-15.
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NewsEmergency services face sweeping payment system reform
NHS England and Monitor have floated proposals for sweeping reform of the payment systems for emergency healthcare, to help bring about the changes envisaged by the Keogh review of urgent and emergency care.
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CommentElection 2015: Politicians need to get in step with the public's NHS love affair
The political debate rages on
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NewsBetter care on track despite tough climate, new chief claims
The government’s ambitious plan to integrate health and social care is on track to go live next April despite the ‘tough’ financial climate, the health chief overseeing the project has said