All Finance articles – Page 355
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Pharmacists ordering scripts without patient consent in Oldham
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has discovered that some pharmacies on its patch have been ordering repeat prescriptions on behalf of patients without their informed consent.
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Luton PCT challenges providers to help with deficit
FINANCE: Luton PCT has said it has begun to make “rigorous challenges” to its providers because it faces a deficit for the year.
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Orthopaedic Hospital in deficit despite delivering savings plan
FINANCE: The north London specialist trust has a £1.8m deficit despite delivering £2.1m saving plan, according to February board papers.
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Sussex Partnership FT confident on efficiency savings
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has thanked its staff for helping to make projected efficiency savings of around £11m this financial year.
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Financial situation deteriorating at Sussex Community NHS Trust
FINANCE: Board reports for the community trust show that in January it had an in-month loss of £168,000.
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NHS Medway applies reserves to reach surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust is predicting an end-of-year £4m surplus after committing reserves to counter an in-year deficit.
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Medway charity given government cash to survive the year
FINANCE: A healthcare charity in Medway will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charitiesby the Department of Health.
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Brighton health charities receives government funding to keep going
FINANCE: Three health and social care charities in Brighton and Hove will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charities by the Department of Health.
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NewsGP commissioners' management time 'will cost £300m'
Taking GPs out of their consulting rooms to run commissioning consortia will cost the health service around £300m a year in GPs’ time, MPs have heard.
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West Kent charity receives government funding to stay open
FINANCE: A healthcare charity in Medway will receive a share of the £3.6m financial assistance fund set up to support charities by the Department of Health.
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Hinchingbrooke continues to predict breakeven as deficit grows
FINANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care is reporting a cumulative deficit of £1.8m but still expects to breakeven at the end of the year thanks to financial recovery plan schemes.
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NewsHealth lottery plans unveiled
Media tycoon Richard Desmond has unveiled a new lottery game which aims to raise more than £50m a year for health charities.
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NHS Sutton & Merton is back in balance following an SHA bail-out
FINANCE: NHS London has given the primary care trust a total bail-out worth £21.7m this year.
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NewsUp to £800m GP income could be linked to commissioning
Some £800m of GP practice income could be linked to commissioning performance.
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NW London Hospitals Trust behind target on major schemes savings plan
FINANCE: A report to the board said the acute trust had achieved less than half of the major savings schemes it had planned.
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Northumbria FT faces £21,000 Choose and Book fine
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust faces a £21,000 penalty from commissioners for failing to make enough appointments available on the Choose & Book system.
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PFI accounting change threatens Hinchingbrooke finances
FINANCE: Changes in the rules around accounting for expenditure under the private finance initiative could threaten Hinchingbrooke Health Care’s ability to breakeven for the year, according to board papers.
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Commissioning change 'delaying QIPP' at Newcastle FT
FINANCE: Quality, improvement, productivity and prevention (QIPP) planning around Newcastle is being further delayed by reforms to the local commissioning landscape, a foundation trust is reporting.
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Workforce spending cuts aid Princess Alexandra's finances
FINANCE: The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has reigned in its spending and is predicting a year-end breakeven, thanks largely to reductions in workforce expenditure.
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Suffolk Mental Health Trust predicts surplus, despite risks
FINANCE: Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust is forecasting that it will hit its surplus target of £0.8m by the end of the year, despite risks including a merger with a neighbouring trust.