All Finance articles – Page 291
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NewsCCGs warned not to penalise mental health success
Clinical commissioning groups have been warned not to “reward failure” by siphoning money away from mental health services to support struggling acute trusts.
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LeaderCCGs' financial fears resurface
Leaders’ “worst dream” of recurring deficits is far from over.
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NewsAt least 10 PCTs to be bailed out by peers in 2012-13
At least 10 primary care trusts would face finishing 2012-13 in the red without loans or bailouts from their neighbouring commissioners, HSJ research has found.
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NewsMental health trusts told to improve PbR data
Mental health providers have been told they must improve the quality of their data reporting as part of a move to a payment by results funding system.
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CommentCut the platitudes and get staff motivated
Sustainable change depends on having staff that care
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CommentHunt's call on South London will affect the whole NHS
The impact will go far beyond Lewisham Hospital
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CCGs concerned over loss of funds to commissioning board
Clinical commissioning groups have raised concern about overspending in their first year of operation because they have “lost” large sums of money to the NHS Commissioning Board’s specialised services budget.
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Comment
We must back social investment pioneers
A new form of healthcare needs a fresh finance model
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HSJ Local
Consultants speak out over 'scapegoat' chief executive
Leading consultants at University Hospital of North Staffordshire have spoken out in support of their “scapegoat” chief executive who resigned in the wake of a financial crisis.
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CommentThe NHS cannot ignore DH underspends
The NHS must decide what has to go unspent if providers are to spend their surpluses
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NewsExtra £7m winter help for Northern Ireland hospitals
An extra £7m will be used to ease winter pressure on hospitals in Northern Ireland, it was revealed.
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NewsNHS Surrey yet to quantify costs of Virgin deal
NHS Surrey has yet to quantify the total cost or risk of transferring its community services to Virgin Care, a deal which went live last April, it has emerged.
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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NHS property company to charge CCGs to bridge cost gap
The new NHS property company is likely to charge clinical commissioning groups for any assets it takes ownership of whose costs are not fully met by rents or service charges.
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NewsWealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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NewsNHS austerity drives income fall for private mental health hospitals
The income of privately-run mental health hospitals fell by 3.3 per cent in 2011, driven by the start of the NHS’s unprecedented savings drive, according to a new report by market analysts Laing & Buisson.
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CommentSize vs quality? Examining hospital mergers
Reviewing the evidence into the effectiveness of mergers
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CommentOFT may block basket case trust moves
If there are flaws in the OFT’s arguments, will the DH be prepared to say so?
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NewsHospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
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NewsCommissioners have rationed cataract surgery on inferior evidence, Keogh admits
Around half of all primary care trusts have restricted access to cataract surgery, with the majority basing their decisions on inferior clinical evidence, the medical director of the NHS has told MPs.