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News
UPDATED: Public health funds rise to £2.66bn
Councils’ budgets for public health will rise to £2.66bn this year and almost £2.8bn in 2014-15, the Department of Health has announced.
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CommentCommissioning board makes its move
Is the board’s rejection of the CCG funding formula a declaration of independence?
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NewsOFT moves to extend its jurisdiction over NHS mergers
The Office of Fair Trading has moved to take over responsibility for assessing mergers between NHS trusts and foundation trusts, in a development which could have significant implications for the “pipeline” of aspirant FTs.
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CommentThe profitable prize behind pension reform
Radical changes to pensions enable the government’s goal for the NHS
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NewsCompetition Commission to review first FT merger
Merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital FTs in the spotlight
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NewsCameron pledges to cap individuals' social care costs
PM pledges to cap care costs, as proposed by Dilnot commission
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Blogs
More management, less leadership please
Not everyone can be a leader but many more can be managers and take greater control of organisational life around them.
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NewsProviders 'nervous' about commissioning board role in contract disputes
NHS providers have called for clarification about who will arbitrate in contract disputes with commissioners once strategic health authorities are abolished.
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Blogs
The prospects for health and social care in 2013
The pressure and demands on the NHS in 2013 will be so great it will be impossible to duck the big questions about what kind of health and care system we are willing to fund.
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NewsCouncils to be given 'above-inflation' public health budget rises
Councils will be told of their public health budgets by 11 January – and will be given above-inflation increases in the next two years, the head of Public Health England has said.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: MPs to probe policy of health budget underspending
The chair of the health select committee has warned that there could be a “significant danger of perverse incentives” if the health service remains unable to carry over unspent funds from one financial year to the next.
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NewsMove from branded drugs could save NHS millions
Doctors could save the NHS billions of pounds a year by ditching expensive branded drugs in favour of prescribing cheaper, equally effective alternatives, new research has found.
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News
DH blocked £400m budget rise at last minute
The Department of Health was set to announce an extra £400m for councils’ public health budgets – but called this off at the last minute.
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NewsSHAs told to share winter cash boost with councils
The NHS is to get £330m to spend on alleviating winter pressures and is being strongly encouraged to share it with local authorities, medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has announced.
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NewsDH publishes 'cherry picking list' and tariff details
The Department of Health has published a list of procedures which are liable to be “cherry picked” by independent providers, and could be paid for at a lower rate.
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NewsFoundation trusts still lagging on savings targets in Q2
Regulator Monitor today urged foundation trusts to plan “sooner and more effectively” for future financial pressures, as its latest quarterly report showed the sector had made little progress in closing the gap between planned and actual savings.
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HSJ Local
Redundancy threat for 750 staff at Yorkshire trust
Up to 750 jobs could be axed at Rotherham Foundation Trust as it looks to save £50m by 2015.
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Comment
Readers' letters - 20 December 2012
Reaction to the impact on general practice of a new funding formula and the future budget for specialised commissioning. Plus why front line nurses are not to blame for a lack of compassionate care
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NewsDalton interview: 'I don't see it as a provider vs commissioner thing'
NHS Commissioning Board deputy chief executive Ian Dalton has rejected the suggestion that its plans for 2013-14 will place disproportionate financial pressure on providers, in an exclusive interview with HSJ.
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NewsMinister casts doubt on use of tariff across mental health
Funding for mental health services needs to change to remove an “institutional bias” in the NHS, health minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ.