All Finance articles – Page 244
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News£35m of key technology funding withheld by DH
Over a third of the flagship £100m nursing technology fund has been held back, with the Department of Health declining to confirm a new date for its release
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NewsCancer drugs fund threatens NHS England's bottom line
The NHS commissioning system is forecast to miss its target surplus by £184m in 2014-15, with much of the overspend attributed to the cancer drugs fund
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NewsExclusive: Social care to benefit most under better care fund
Local authority run social care services will receive a greater financial benefit than NHS community services from the £5.3bn better care fund project, analysis reveals
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NewsTrust special administration process under fire after Mid Staffs' demise
The process established to dissolve Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be overhauled to make it more “financially efficient”, two of the chiefs taking over its services have said
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Council refuses to sign off integration plan
A council has refused to sign off its better care fund plan after failing to reach an agreement with NHS commissioners on how to use part of the pooled budget
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HSJ KnowledgeBankers: the unlikely role models for NHS diversity
Why the financial sector performs better for top level diversity
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NewsExclusive: Stevens warns leaders that funding increase will depend on A&E performance
Senior NHS chiefs have begun ramping up the pressure on providers and commissioners to improve performance in A&E during a round of high level meetings which began last week
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NewsHunt: NHS has 'responsibility' to help councils
Health service must help with local government’s ‘tough financial settlement’, the health secretary has said
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HSJ LocalMorbidly obese patients face restrictions under new Devon cost cutting plan
FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group plans to limit access to routine surgery for obese patients and suspend funding for some non-urgent procedures in a drastic bid to find £26m of in year savings.
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NewsExclusive survey: HR managers back end to pay restraint
NHS staff should be awarded a pay rise in line with inflation beyond 2015-16, according to a poll of HR managers by HSJ
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NewsMajority of HR managers would support imposing a contract on doctors
Most NHS senior human resources directors would support the imposition of national employment contracts on medical staff, an HSJ survey has found
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News'There's no getting away from difficult choices over staff pay,' says Burnham
A Labour government would use pay restraint and make ‘difficult choices’ about the wages of NHS frontline staff if the party wins the election next year
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NewsBurnham sets out role for private providers in his NHS vision
Private health providers could play a significant role in providing NHS services under a Labour government, the shadow health secretary has suggested
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NewsExclusive: Labour could make NICE guidance mandatory
A Labour government could reduce variation in access to drugs and procedures by making it mandatory for commissioners to follow NICE guidelines, Andy Burnham has revealed
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CommentNo party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keen to extend joint commissioning
Ministers want to extend NHS joint commissioning with councils to public health and children’s services, after being convinced by the better care fund planning process that the model will reap service improvements and financial benefits
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NewsStevens considers 'freeing up' funds for 'service change'
Simon Stevens has indicated part of NHS funding could be designated to be spent on investment to ‘kick start service change’
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NewsMapped: Candidates for health economy 'special measures'
Whole health economies could face intervention for poor performance under a new approach proposed by the NHS national bodies, under the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NewsOsborne's NHS spending claim disputed
Health finance experts have strongly disputed the chancellor’s claim that a ‘similar increase’ in NHS spending to the one achieved in this parliament would meet the funding call in the NHS Five Year Forward View
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LeaderStevens captures the zeitgeist with his forward view
Reaction to the vision has been mostly positive