All Finance articles – Page 261
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NewsSerco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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NewsGP practices 'receiving £258m for no identified purpose'
NHS England has spent about £258m a year on GP services with no identifiable justification, a review has found.
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NewsCCGs urged to use freedoms to set prices following tariff row
NHS England and Monitor have said clinical commissioning groups can set their own prices for mental health and community services following claims that there is an institutional bias against the sector.
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NewsMidwife shortage 'truly worrying'
The safety of pregnant women and their babies may be put at risk by a lack of NHS funding and a national shortage of 2,300 midwives, MPs have said.
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HSJ KnowledgeMake some room for private hospital patients
New units help NHS trusts generate a surplus
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SupplementsCapital funding: The case for equipment investment
Weighing up competing spending decisions
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NewsCouncils row with DH over deferred care bill
The Local Government Association has claimed a key part of the government’s social care reforms could cost councils five times more than estimated, triggering a row with the Department of Health.
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NewsTariff talks fail to reverse 'negligent' policy
Talks over plans to impose 20 per cent higher efficiency targets on mental health and community trusts have ended without agreement, HSJ has learned.
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NewsDismay over dropped mental health funding survey
The government has been accused of scrapping an annual survey of mental health spending because it highlighted funding cuts.
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NewsWorkforce warned of impact of pension tax shake-up
Senior NHS staff are being warned that they could be hit by changes to taxation on pensions which come into force in April.
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NewsData video: The impact of CCG funding changes
More than a tenth of clinical commissioning groups have lost at least £10m
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CommentNo NHS hospital is an island when it fails financially
TSAs might be able to close hospitals without consultation
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HSJ Local
'Assurances' sought over scrutiny of interim finance officers
A health minister has demanded assurances over the appointment process for interim finance directors to avoid a repeat of a situation where a primary care trust’s financial position was mis-stated by at least £28m.
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NewsDrive to be launched to join up mental health crisis care
All mental health providers will be expected to implement a single point of access for patients suffering crises in the next year, NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health has revealed.
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NewsBennett sets out new approach for merger and failure
Monitor’s chief executive has used an HSJ interview to insist the regulator can offer support to foundation trusts to merge without falling foul of the competition authorities.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England highlights 20 interventions to close funding gap
A majority of clinical commissioning groups could close over half of their funding gap by implementing best practice interventions, NHS England guidance shared with HSJ claims.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the new Defamation Act means for the NHS
Changes in the law will affect how legal claims are made
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NewsWorkforce system tender could be worth £1bn
A centrally procured “workforce management system” is set to be made available to NHS organisations as part of a government tendering exercise worth up to £1bn, it has emerged.
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HSJ KnowledgeWinter pressures and the NHS: the story so far
How the NHS is coping with the winter surge in demand