All Finance articles – Page 282
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NewsConfusion surrounds councils' public health budgets
Councils face fresh confusion over their public health budgets, after the Department of Health cast doubt on a claim by the Department for Communities & Local Government that the funding would rise from £2.2bn to £2.6bn.
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UKIP suspends candidate after NHS spending slur
A UK Independence Party candidate has been suspended over suggestions that compulsory abortion should be considered for foetuses with Down’s syndrome or spina bifida.
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NewsCommissioning board's funding formula move was not 'political', says Dalton
The NHS Commissioning Board’s deputy chief executive has insisted it was not making a “political point” in declining to implement a new formula for allocating health funding across England.
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NewsCCG budgets published
The NHS Commissioning Board has published clinical commissioning groups’ budget allocations for 2013-14.
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NewsNHS managers enjoy largest jump in basic pay
Senior managers working in the NHS have enjoyed the largest increase in average basic pay of any NHS employees in the past year – with a rise of 2 per cent - it has emerged.
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NewsFull coverage: Commissioning board sets priorities and rules for 2013-14
The NHS Commissioning Board today publishes its planning guidance for 2013-14.
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NewsCommissioning board sets out 'zero-tolerance' approach to provider performance
Hospitals face a “zero-tolerance” approach to MRSA and long waits for treatment, as well as new fines, under the NHS Commissioning Board’s planning guidance.
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Commissioning board orders urgent review of NHS allocations
The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an “urgent, fundamental review” of the NHS allocations process after concluding that the formula devised for deciding commissioning groups funding appeared “inconsistent” with the goal of reducing health inequalities.
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NewsFinancial squeeze on NHS providers to continue in 2013-14
NHS hospital trusts and other providers face another tough financial year in 2013-14 with the NHS Commissioning Board unveiling plans for further cuts to tariff income and the introduction of new contractual penalties.
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NewsMinister: change to consultant contracts 'long overdue'
Radical proposals on changes to how consultants are rewarded in the NHS – including proposals to create a new pay grade - will form the basis of wider discussions on pay, terms and conditions for doctors, the government said today.
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NewsJunior doctors' contract not 'fit for purpose'
The contract for junior doctors working in the NHS is “not fit for purpose” and should be fully renegotiated according to a report by NHS Employers.
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Blogs
A decade of austerity should spur on fundamental care reform
CCGs have the opportunity to reform patterns of service provision and ways of working.A decade of austerity could spur on some long overdue changes to our health and care system..
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Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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NewsStrategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: DH could face probe over IT deal
The Department of Health could face a fresh probe by a government spending watchdog after its latest attempt to dismantle the National Programme for IT sparked allegations of anti-competitive behaviour.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsWarning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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CommentToo big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
PFI creditors are likely to be protected when NHS trusts fail