All Finance articles – Page 298
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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CommentHas payment by results had its day?
King’s Fund report says tariff system is not fit for purpose
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NewsRevalidation to cost £970m over 10 years
Medical revalidation will cost the NHS £970m over the next 10 years, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of acute services in the south east Midlands
This week we examine the reconfiguration of hospital services across the south east Midlands to ensure services remain viable as demand rises
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NewsNicholson: More funding will be linked to quality
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson has revealed that more of providers’ income will be linked to quality and innovation next year.
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NewsCircle planned cut of 20pc of staff at Hinchingbrooke
Circle’s original business plan for its running of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust outlined a cut in the hospital’s workforce of 20 per cent, a document shared with HSJ reveals.
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NewsMonitor vows to improve 'not fit for purpose' pricing system
Monitor has vowed to improve the NHS treatment pricing system after a King’s Fund report said the payment by results system was “not fit for purpose”.
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Hospital admission rise 'due to fragmentation' - report
A significant rise in hospital admissions in recent years is largely due to fragmented health and social care services, according to a think-tank.
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NewsMonitor and DH work on bailout formula
Monitor and the Department of Health are working to devise a formula determining when troubled foundation trusts receive financial bailouts.
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NewsRevealed: the cost of standardising practices' core income
Standardising practices’ “core” income would mean a shift in funding worth about a quarter of a billion pounds, HSJ has estimated.
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NewsExclusive: GP practices' huge income variation revealed
Some GP practices are paid substantially more than others, regardless of the number and type of patients they serve, HSJ analysis reveals.
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CommentSavile saga could leave health service in a fix
Do hospitals have legal liability for Jimmy Savile’s actions?
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CommentSally Gainsbury: to have and have not
Commissioners dream of stockings bulging with giant recurring uplifts
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NewsExclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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NewsSpending powers 'can be used for local benefit'
NHS commissioners will be able to use their new spending powers to benefit local people and communities, according to the NHS Confederation’s deputy director of policy.
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NewsLamb sets social care cap deadline
The care minister has promised a “significant breakthrough” in the government’s plan to introduce a cap on social care costs by 2015.
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NewsBennett appointed to permanent chief executive role at Monitor
The Monitor board has appointed interim chief executive David Bennett to the permanent role at the foundation trust regulator.
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NewsHealth department 'inventing rules'
There is real concern that NHS organisations will go bankrupt under the new arrangements being brought in by the government’s health reforms but ministers have failed to make clear what they will do if it happens, a parliamentary report has warned.