All Finance articles – Page 278
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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.
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SupplementsNHS develops an aquired taste: An M&A roundtable debate
Mergers and acquisitions are firmly on the agenda for the future but have had a patchy record in the health service. HSJ gathered an expert roundtable to wrestle over the key issues.
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LeaderUnderstanding savings is as key as making them
Trusts need a better idea of how savings will be made
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HSJ KnowledgeCountdown to the new licensing regime
Many issues face providers in the second licence wave
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CommentFailure regime can't escape politics
The questions are economic, but the answers are political
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HSJ Local
Big surplus at Calderdale & Huddersfield
FINANCE: Overperformance on contracts, savings from unfilled vacancies and some non-recurrent income has meant that Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust had a £4.9m surplus at the end of month 10, against a plan of £3.3m. The trust is now predicting it will end the year with a surplus of £3.4m, ...
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NewsWarning on hospitals' PFI spending
Hospital spending on private finance schemes is increasing at an alarming rate, a report by the Nuffield Trust suggests.
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HSJ Local
Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Comment
NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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BlogsIs the NHS safe in the hands of the Competition Commission?
The competition authorities must give due consideration to the interests of patients and taxpayers when considering NHS trust mergers.
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NewsTrust consortium urges further cuts in pay
Further cuts in NHS pay, terms and conditions are needed to help NHS trusts meet their financial targets, according to a consortium of trusts in the South West.
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CommentThe benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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NewsNicholson faces 'silent protest' outside board meeting
Health campaigners who are demanding that senior managers are held to account for the Stafford Hospital “disaster” will on Thursday step up their calls for the resignation of Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsCommunity trusts seek payment system reform
Aspirant community foundation trusts plan to lobby for changes to the NHS finance system to prevent activity being driven into acute hospitals.