All Finance articles – Page 275
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Harrogate CCG overspend warning
FINANCE: Harrogate and Rural District CCG has warned of concerns over its contract with Harrogate & District Foundation Trust to the financial position.
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LeaderMPs’ push for flexibility should end underspending
There is mismatch between how FTs and the DH manage spending
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NewsCommissioning board and Monitor: competition 'not about ideology'
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor and the NHS Commissioning Board this week issued a joint statement of intent on how competition would work in the reformed health service, amid continuing political controversy about the government’s NHS competition regulations.
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NewsNew contract to be imposed on GPs
The government has confirmed it will begin imposing significant changes to the GP contract at the end of the month.
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NewsMPs call for abolition of 'inflexible' NHS spending restraints
An influential committee of MPs has called for “unnecessarily inflexible” restrictions on NHS spending to be “abolished”, to allow providers to invest their accumulated reserves in reforming services.
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NewsNHS pay rise could result in 'radical' savings plans
The government’s decision to give NHS staff a one per cent pay rise could push NHS providers to seek further cuts in terms and conditions, HSJ has been told.
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BlogsHarkness Fellows: can payment reform improve public health?
Payment reform for healthcare delivery in the US could improve not only the service provided, but public health as well, writes Douglas Noble
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NewsFarrar warns over speed of service change
The NHS has been too slow to develop into a “truly modern and efficient service”, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsNicholson warns high-payout redundancies against quick return to NHS
Sir David Nicholson has warned about the potential for primary care trust and strategic health authority directors to receive large redundancy payouts then seek quick re-employment in the NHS.
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NewsThird of foundation trusts failed A&E waiting targets in Q3
Monitor has reported a sharp decline in performance of foundation trust accident and emergency departments, with over a third of the sector missing A&E waiting targets in the last three months of 2012.
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NewsLords committee says UK not prepared for ageing
A Lords committee has foudn the UK is not prepared to meet the demands of its growing population of older people.
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NewsAnalysed: The way ahead for Wye Valley Trust
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the potential plans for Wye Valley Trust after it admitted it will not be able to achieve foundation trust status.
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NewsMerging foundation trusts sign competition undertakings
The providers involved in the first merger between two foundation trusts have signed up to undertakings restricting how they can communicate with each other.
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HSJ Local
Strike threat at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
WORKFORCE: Hundreds of frontline staff at an ambulance trust could be taking strike action by the end of the month.