All Finance articles – Page 292
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CommentTalking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing the burden on hospital services
The coming together of community services and the movement of cash flow is the key
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NewsUnison in warning over regional pay
Health workers believe that plans to introduce regional pay and conditions would have a “devastating” impact on their lives, according to a report.
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NewsSmaller FTs face viability reviews
Monitor has ordered a review of the financial viability of a number of small and medium-sized foundation trusts, in a process described by one chief executive as “cloak and dagger”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCuts in jobs and pay loom in savings proposals
Service redesign, headcount reduction and a lower average wage will be the three biggest contributors to trusts’ savings plans this year, a survey reveals.
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NewsCommissioning board promises CCGs a lighter planning 'ask'
Clinical commissioning groups will need to report only a “minimum” set of quality, performance and finance information to the centre to support the NHS planning process, they have been told by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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NewsMonitor announces review of Mid Staffs sustainability
Monitor has this morning announced a review into the long-term sustainability of services at the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, which could see the scandal-hit trust placed into special administration.
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NewsTenders for sexual health contracts could leave HIV services 'unviable'
Plans to put sexual health services out to competitive tender could make it “unviable” for some NHS trusts to continue offering HIV treatment and care, the Department of Health has warned.
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NewsStruggling FTs may face insolvency regime in 2013-14 - Hay
Monitor may need to place some NHS foundation trusts in administration as soon as 2013-14 – the first year its powers to do so take effect, the regulator’s chief operating officer has suggested.
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Blogs
The new minister's agenda
The new group of ministers at the Department of Health will have a lot to take in as they begin work at Richmond House.
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NewsCall for separate Scottish GP contract
A separate Scottish contract should be set up for GPs working north of the border, a think-tank has proposed.
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NewsYorkshire savings rely on reconfiguration
Two of the most challenged health economies in the country are relying on reconfigurations for savings.
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CommentWhat that extra year for QIPP means
So, the Department of Health now claims 2008-09 as its year dot
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NewsRed ratings dog West Midlands QIPP plans
Derbyshire’s QIPP plan is the only one in the Midlands and East region to have been given a “green” overall rating.
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NewsRising demand and transition disruption put local plans at risk
Rising demand for acute services has emerged as a key threat to commissioners’ efficiency schemes.
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NewsEaston: support for ‘medium-term’ change
The NHS Commissioning Board is drawing up plans to support service changes that go beyond the current comprehensive spending review period, which has so far defined the limits of the NHS efficiency programme.
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NewsUrgent care centres to lighten London providers' workload
Savings schemes set out by the London clusters entail significant reductions in work done by provider trusts.
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NewsCare centres lighten load
The savings schemes set out by the London clusters entail significant reductions in work carried out by provider trusts, with urgent care centres picking up the slack.
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NewsIT problems in Bristol threaten delivery of QIPP plans
Problems with new patient administration systems are threatening the delivery of QIPP plans.
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NewsLocal schemes fall behind in NHS’s drive for efficiency
The true performance of the NHS’s efficiency drive can be revealed after HSJ obtained the Department of Health’s QIPP tracker.