All Finance articles – Page 266
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CommentLocal authorities should run commissioning
Democracy should have a part in how public money is spent
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CommentThe NHS estate can be a driver for change
The service’s buildings are currently a cost and an obstacle
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NewsNicholson: There will be more Staffords without service change
Sir David Nicholson has warned the NHS could face repeats of the care scandal in Mid Staffordshire if the public did not face up to the need for major reorganisation of hospital services.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS ‘faces £60bn funding gap by 2025’
NHS England demands major service change to close the health service’s “eye-watering” funding gap, NHS England has disclosed to HSJ.
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NewsGovernment 'likely to need legislation' to change NHS merger rules
The government is likely to have to legislate if it wants to change the regulation of NHS provider mergers, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS 'paid £435m in redundancies'
The NHS has spent more than £435m making staff redundant as part of its controversial health reforms, official figures show.
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NewsMonitor issues fresh warning on NHS funding gap
Monitor’s chief executive has said that even if the NHS did everything the regulator could think of to make savings it would not be enough to close the funding gap facing the service by 2021-22.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to take control of investment spending
NHS England is drawing up plans to centralise control of spending on estates and information technology in the health service, including proposals to sign off spending by bodies over which it has no formal power.
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HSJ KnowledgeExplaining pensions changes and the NHS
Providing workers with the full picture is essential
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CommentNo jam tomorrow for the NHS
The service won’t radically change if there is no chance of success
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Regional hospitals push for funding equality with London
A group of regional teaching hospitals is pushing NHS England to guarantee its members the same level of financial support as their London counterparts receive under the Project Diamond programme, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ KnowledgeOutsourcing: Time to realise the benefits
The compelling case to outsource some NHS activities
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NewsScottish Tories call for action on dementia
The Scottish government needs to be prepared for an “intensifying” dementia crisis, Tories have said.
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NewsOFT probe could rachet up pressure on health IT providers
The Office of Fair Trading investigation into the public sector IT market could put fresh pressure on leading NHS providers to give trusts more flexibility on price and services, IT experts have told HSJ.
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NewsKelsey: NHS faces £30bn funding gap by 2020
The health service faces a £30bn funding gap by 2020, a major NHS England report due to be published next week will reveal.
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CommentThe NHS and the public both need a culture change
Public health is the NHS’s biggest challenge now
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DH paid consultants £73,000 to prepare official for MPs' grilling
The Department of Health spent more than £73,000 to prepare a senior official for a single appearance at the Public Accounts Committee.
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NewsSecond wave of community budgets announced
A second wave of areas adopting community budgets, bringing together funding for local public services, has been announced by communities secretary Eric Pickles.
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NewsDorrell warns 'Nicholson challenge' will remain in place
Health bosses will have to keep pursuing efficiency and savings after the next general election, the chair of the Commons health select committee has told MPs.