All Finance articles – Page 246
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NewsNew NHS England chief 'more sympathetic' to competition, says Bennett
Monitor’s chief executive has told HSJ it will be easier for the regulator to assuage commissioners’ concerns about NHS competition rules now that Sir David Nicholson is no longer in charge of NHS England.
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NewsSerco estimates £18m losses on health contracts
Embattled outsourcer Serco has estimated it will rack up losses of nearly £18m on three flagship NHS contracts in the coming years, the company has told investors.
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NewsWinter pressures monies fund extra admissions
Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target did not improve in 2013-14, despite a huge political focus on the issue, as emergency admissions reached record levels, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalPreferred bidders named in Bristol mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust which faced losing business worth £30m due to quality concerns has been named as the preferred bidder for the main lot in a highly contested tender for the services.
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NewsWorking time rules 'hit treatment'
Rules aimed at ensuring doctors do not work long hours are leading to cancelled operations and clinics for patients, a government-ordered review has found.
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CCG leaders: Reforms have not improved control of cost and activity
The ability of the NHS to control costs and curb hospital activity has not improved with the government’s reorganisation of the NHS, according to many leaders of the clinical commissioning groups created by the reforms.
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NewsUnison seeks ballot for NHS industrial action
The largest healthcare union has warned of a “winter of unrest for the NHS” as it revealed plans to ballot members for industrial action.
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CommentWhy we need a single budget for health and social care
Meeting care needs needs hard choices
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NewsData video: What happened to the continuing healthcare cash?
Paying for legacy healthcare claims
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NewsCommission moots payment for NHS care
Panel led by senior economist aims to challenge distinction between NHS and social care funding
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BMI spared from hospitals sell-off
Britain’s biggest private healthcare provider has been spared from having to sell off seven hospitals after the new competition watchdog heavily watered down plans to shake up the sector.
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NewsTDA budget to grow by 66 per cent as costs of regulation mount
The NHS Trust Development Authority will see its budget grow by two thirds in 2014-15, in the latest indication of the price tag attached to the Department of Health’s new focus on regulation.
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CommentThe charge of the membership brigade
Call for a National Health and Care Service membership fee
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NewsNHS pay deal will cost £150m say employers
The government’s decision to impose a pay deal on NHS staff will nevertheless cost the service an extra £150m a year, NHS Employers has told HSJ.
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CommentProtecting the public purse: how independent will future public spending audits be?
The demise of the Audit Commission
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NewsLabour dubs NHS 111 'fundamentally flawed'
Labour has accused the government of ‘vandalism’ by destroying NHS Direct, which formally closed on March 31.