All Finance articles – Page 245
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HSJ LocalImperial plans huge land selloff to fund reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust is to sell off huge tracts of land across three of its hospitals to help fund a major revamp of services, according to clinical strategy papers released last week.
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NewsMonitor to bring consultancy work in-house
Monitor is seeking to save millions of pounds by beefing up its internal team of troubleshooters to reduce its reliance on consultants.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Marsden fraudsters jailed
FINANCE: An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that saw more than half a million pounds drained from a world leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.
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NewsStaff sickness costs £1.5bn, NHS Employers claims
Sickness absence is costing the NHS around £1.5bn a year, NHS Employers has claimed as new analysis reveals that hospital managers and doctors have some of the lowest rates.
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NewsCCGs divided over fines waiver as trusts strive to clear waiting lists
Clinical commissioning groups appear to be split over whether to penalise providers for breaching planned treatment targets as they seek to clear backlogs over the summer with government cash
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NewsHospitals to scrutinise integration plans
Acute trusts must say whether they accept local forecasts for cutting emergency admissions under better care fund
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CommentBurnham's intervention panders to exaggerated fears
Labour man calls for a ‘proper NHS debate’
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CommentRemoving the NHS ringfence: the next stage for healthcare rationing
Providers under scrutiny
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HSJ LocalFormer trust finance chief jailed for £2.2m fraud
A former head of financial accounting at two NHS bodies in East Sussex has been sentenced to five years and four months in prison after being found guilty of defrauding the health service out of £2.2m.
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HSJ Local£1.2bn Staffordshire procurement defended
Most cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire are unlikely to change providers following a £1.2bn contract procurement, one of the directors behind the commissioning process has said.
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NewsCQC drags Grant Thornton into libel court case
The regulator has lodged a High Court claim against Grant Thornton in a bid to curb potential losses from its imminent legal clash with its former deputy chief executive
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NewsDepartment of Health to establish an anti-fraud unit
The Department of Health plans to establish its own fraud investigation function by poaching senior officers from NHS Protect, shrinking the national body’s size significantly as a result.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Hinchingbrooke backtracks on controversial £50 referrals offer
The NHS hospital run by private provider Circle has been forced to withdraw an offer to pay local GPs a £50 ‘administrative fee’ for surgery referrals, claiming the proposal had been ‘misunderstood in some areas’.
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NewsMore trusts with financial concerns
The number of NHS trusts referred to the health secretary over financial concerns increased almost three-fold in a year, a report has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts seek to shield wage bills with income ambitions
English hospitals have reduced the amount they expect to save on wage bills this year, as they focus on cutting costs in other areas and boosting income
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LeaderSqueezed trusts will depend on initiative and DH sympathy
Acute providers lack the power to save
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CommentWays to reduce the increasing NHS pay bill remain elusive
2.6pc spending increase was not part of the plan
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News‘Buddy’ trusts could double their money under bonus scheme
The leading hospitals ‘buddied’ with failing trusts under the special measures regime received some £1.5m to cover their costs last year.
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NewsHunt dismisses Keogh trusts' finance struggles
Lack of money is no excuse for poor care, the health secretary has said