All Finance articles – Page 302
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CommentClunky maths and unfair fines
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives, but they can cause havoc with the delicate balance of gut bacteria
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SupplementsInformation Highways - an HSJ efficiency supplement
This special supplement looks at some of the many ways NHS organisations can help meet their quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings targerts.From improved procurement, to breaking down the barriers to mobile working, via renting out hospital real estate to high street chains, get some practical advice on delivering more ...
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HSJ KnowledgeThe profitability of private patients
NHS private patient units can compete with private hospitals
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NewsGo-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
NHS North of England this week said it hoped to see final government approvals secured by the end of this month for a £425m rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, funded largely through the private finance initiative.
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NewsLamb: NHS cannot fund social care reform
Care services minister Norman Lamb has said social care reform should not be funded from the NHS budget because the health service is already under financial pressure.
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NewsNHS Confederation warning over social care funding
NHS leaders have warned the government not to saddle the health service with the costs of a long-term funding gap of £2 billion a year for social care.
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HSJ Local
Regulator steps in at Sherwood Forest Hospitals
FINANCE: Foundation trust regulator Monitor today found Sherwood Forest Hospitals in significant breach of its terms of authorisation following a further deterioration in the FT’s finances.
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NewsSecond Nicholson challenge required says top Lib Dem
Former health minister Paul Burstow has called for a “Nicholson challenge two” review of future NHS and social care spending.
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NewsJeremy Hunt not reviewing reconfiguration plans
The incoming health secretary is not carrying out a review of hospital reconfiguration plans, contrary to a report, HSJ understands.
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Hospitals' superbug death payouts revealed
Families of people who died after contracting superbugs in Scottish hospitals have been awarded £660,000 by NHS boards.
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Growing gap between rich and poor trusts
An audit of NHS organisations’ 2011-12 accounts has found a widening gap between the trusts with healthy finances and those that are struggling.
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NewsUnions issue ultimatum over ‘pay cartel’
Unions have threatened to walk away from national talks on changes to pay and terms and conditions unless employers stop the South West “pay cartel”.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: conspiracy and coincidence
Could a compromise be in the offing over training budget allocation reforms?
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SupplementsGood directions - an HSJ commissioning supplement
This commissioning supplement looks at the data we need to steer the NHS
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NewsPatient data may give NHS an unfair edge
Powerful patient-level costing systems may give NHS hospital providers an unfair advantage in contract negotiations unless they are required to share their data with commissioners.
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NewsToo many 'risk pools' could force organisations into failure, Nicholson warns
The decentralising of financial control under the NHS reforms poses a risk that agencies could hold too much funding back from frontline care and force organisations “into failure”, Sir David Nicholson has warned.
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NewsAnalysis reveals 12pc drop in nurse training places
Nurse training places have been cut by more than 2,500 in three years, an investigation has revealed, sparking one expert to warn of a “national disaster” in care.
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NewsNew health ministers' portfolios unveiled
The Department of Health has announced the full ministerial portfolios for its new team of junior ministers.