All Finance articles – Page 300
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NewsCuts pose risk to infection control gains, nurses warn
Progress on tackling healthcare associated infections could be lost as services come under increasing financial pressure, infection control nurses fear.
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NewsMinisters offer NMC £20m to cut fee hike
The government has offered a £20m grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in a bid to reduce the size of its proposed fee hike which has sparked uproar among the workforce.
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NewsKPMG investigates property company tax
The Department of Health has drafted in KPMG to assess the tax implications of setting up the government-owned company due to inherit NHS property assets with an estimated value of £5bn, amid fears it faces higher bills.
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NewsPay 'cartel' hires lawyers to help draw up breakaway plans
The South West Pay Consortium has appointed a leading law firm to advise it on plans to amend staff pay, terms and conditions.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals launches second resignation scheme
WORKFORCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has launched a second mutually agreed resignation scheme to help it deliver savings of £24m in 2012-13.
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NewsTwo fifths of doctors consider leaving medicine says BMA
NHS reforms and increased pension costs have led more than two fifths of doctors considering leaving medicine, according to the British Medical Association.
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News'Dual carriageway' approach urged
A “dual carriageway” approach should be used for the roll-out of personal health budgets by NHS commissioners, according to a new report.
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NewsFresh concerns over NHS data protection
The information watchdog has raised fresh concerns about the NHS’s ability to protect sensitive personal data, warning trusts of further fines and adverse publicity if they fell short of their duties.
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CommentStephen Eames: successful acquisitions
These laudable aims often act as a fig leaf for cost cutting - remember the old fable about Greeks bearing gifts
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CommentThere is a Plan B after all
Public sector employment could be part of the solution to our economic woes, argues Noel Plumridge
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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NewsNHS commissioners could be made to pool budgets with councils
Care and Support Bill may require CCGs to pool budgets with local authorities
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NewsBorrowing limit challenge for Worcestershire acute trust
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust may need an increase in its borrowing limit to cover the costs of a major service reconfiguration, HSJ has learned.
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News£46m pledged for NHS's 'biggest ever' leadership programme
The NHS is to launch the largest ever drive to create a new generation of NHS leaders in a £46m bid to improve productivity and patient outcomes.
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NewsUnions push back against pay freeze calls
Health unions will push back against calls for a continued pay freeze in the NHS by warning that a third of health service employees have seriously considered leaving their jobs in the past year.
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NewsDH unveils rules for objecting to Monitor tariff proposals
Commissioners will only be able to force Monitor to reconsider its approach to price setting for an NHS service if more than half of them object, under latest Department of Health proposals.
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NewsOutsourcer enters healthcare market
Outsourcer MITIE Group has entered the healthcare market by acquiring home care services provider Enara Group for £110.8m, the company has announced.
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NewsTrust plans to dismiss and re-hire 5,500 staff to cut sick pay
A north eastern foundation trust has revealed plans to dismiss and re-hire 5,542 staff to make savings on its sick pay bill, in a move believed to be unprecedented in its scale.
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NewsMonitor and CQC take joint action at Sherwood Forest
Monitor has asked the Care Quality Commission to carry out a “deep dive” probe of patient care at the troubled Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust following the resignation of chair Tracey Doucet.
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NewsDoctors raise concerns over A&E closures
A group of 140 senior doctors have written to David Cameron expressing their alarm over proposals to close and reconfigure accident and emergency units around the country.