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NewsExclusive: NHS property company to take on 2,500 PCT staff
The new NHS property company will have 2,500 staff and a portfolio of “several thousand” properties with a total value of around £5bn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsGovernment wrong to focus on 'breakthrough' drug research, warns pharma chief
Fears have been expressed for the future of medical drug research in the UK by the head of the association representing Britain’s pharmaceutical industry.
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NewsUnequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
The continued “severe iniquity” in the geographical distribution of GPs threatens to place clinical commissioning groups in poor areas at a “large disadvantage”, MPs have been told.
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NewsPWC wins £3.4m contract to help authorise CCGs
Accountancy firm PwC has won a £3.4m contract to help with the assessment and authorisation of prospective clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsMental health charity funding falls as demand grows
Mental health services run by the charity Mind have seen a cut of 5.7 per cent in funding at the same time as a surge in demand from people requiring help.
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NewsExclusive: top foundation forms million-pound advertising agency
A leading foundation trust has set up a joint venture with a private company to sell advertising in NHS hospitals and on trust websites.
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NewsLawyers warn largest foundation trust it could face German tax bill
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has been advised it could face a significant tax-bill from the German authorities.
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration high on Monitor's agenda after FT breach
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s response to financial problems at a struggling foundation trust has offered the first example of the watchdog’s new readiness to push for reconfiguration of services.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: levelling the provider playing field
HSJ’s financial columnist on ‘sharks’, ‘ugly sisters’ and social enterprise.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: outsource car parking services for an easier ride
Running a trust car park that keeps patients, staff and coffers happy can seem an impossible task, but success is all in the outsourcing, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeHow diabetes data can unlock more funding for services
The best practice tariff for paediatric diabetes presents a major opportunity for childhood diabetes specialists to attract important funding for under-resourced services. But to capitalise, clinicians must demonstrate they are meeting national guidelines and delivering best practice, says John Sanderson.
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CommentMedia Watch: green fingers could help push figures into the red
Health policy in the media this week.
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NewsCircle asks investors for £46m to support NHS expansion plans
Private healthcare provider Circle has reported a pre-tax loss of £32.9m for 2011 and announced plans to raise around £46m through the issue of around 68m new shares to institutional investors.
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NewsImproved NHS procurement could save £1.2bn - Burns
Health minister Simon Burns has said the NHS can save “at least” £1.2bn over the next four years if it improves the way it handles procurement.
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NewsSocial enterprises face losing core contracts
Social enterprises set up by former NHS staff must improve their commercial skills or risk losing their contracts in the next two or three years, a key Department of Health official has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalParking fee rise at Chesterfield
FINANCE: Parking fees are set to rise for patients and visitors at Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust from June 1.
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NewsSocial care system needs urgent funding reform - report
Urgent reform to the funding of the social care system is needed to meet the needs of an ageing population, health experts have said.
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NewsGo ahead for £35m Shropshire reconfiguration
Major changes to acute services in Shropshire have been given the green-light, paving the way for a £35m reconfiguration across the county’s two hospitals.
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NewsSouth West trusts set up 'pay cartel'
Sixteen NHS trusts in the South West have banded together in a bid to make “radical” changes to staff pay, terms and conditions outside of the national Agenda for Change agreement.