All Finance articles – Page 379
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HSJ Local
Tees, Esk and Wear buys back PFI debt
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Mental Health Foundation Trust has bought back its private finance initiative debt from its private sector partner.
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NewsBarts to cut 250 nursing posts
More than 250 nursing positions are being lost at an NHS trust as it tries to meet the government’s demand for efficiency savings.
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HSJ Local
Salford may lodge an extra £2.5m with NHS North West
FINANCE: The primary care trust was underspent by £1.5m at the end of November, and is considering plans to lodge an extra £2.5m with its strategic health authority.
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HSJ Local
QIPP slippage puts Hereford Hospitals behind plan by £2.3m
FINANCE: Hereford Hospitals Trust is reporting a deficit against plan of £2.3m.
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HSJ Local
Hereford Hospitals to receive £2.8m of withheld SHA funds
FINANCE: NHS West Midlands is “inclined” to return £2.8m of withheld funds to Hereford, to be shared equally with the primary care trust and NHS hospital trust.
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HSJ Local
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT overperforming on PCT budget
FINANCE: A report from commissioners at NHS Hammersmith and Fulham found the acute trust was overperforming by £913,000 in the year-to-date.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bristol on course for year end surplus
FINANCE: NHS Bristol are reporting a surplus of £5.2m at the end of month nine and are ahead of their target for reduction in management costs..
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HSJ Local
North Lancashire freezes investment to hit year-end surplus target
FINANCE: The primary care trust was showing a £1,647,000 surplus at the end of December, but had fallen behind on its savings plan.
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HSJ Local
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Trust risks unpaid activity
FINANCE: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital Trust is at risk of carrying out activity at a loss due to tightening commissioner resources and a capacity shortfall.
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News
'New' talk therapy cash to come from existing NHS budget
The £400m the government is putting into extending access to talking therapies will come from the wider NHS budget.
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HSJ KnowledgeHospital Landscape: a winning attitude to improved performance
A diagnostic tool from McKinsey is helping hospital leaders discover more about the limits of what is possible in performance. In the latest Hospital Landscape update, Neil Griffiths and colleagues look for fresh insights from existing data.
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NewsTrust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
A judicial review application against the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has cost the trust £8m in delays so far and is risking operational failures.
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NewsRigorous approach needed to improve QOF payments, report says
The Audit Commission has found significant variation among primary care trusts’ management of GP performance payments.
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NewsCQC fees hike 'disappoints' confederation
The NHS Confederation has said it is “deeply disappointed” at Care Quality Commission plans to raise registration fees by up to 67 per cent, despite an initial promise to make the system cost neutral.
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NewsPCT overspending sparks fresh efficiency fears
Twenty-five primary care trusts have overspent their 2010-11 budgets by a total of £145m so far this financial year, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsNo extra pay for royal wedding, NHS staff told
NHS Employers has told unions trusts are prepared to give staff a day off in lieu for working on 29 April - declared a national bank holiday to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton - but not to pay enhanced public holiday rates for that day.
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NewsFlory tells PCTs to give providers leeway over winter pressures
Commissioners have been urged to adjust their payments to hospital trusts struggling to deal with winter pressures on emergency care.
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HSJ Local
Luton and Dustable FT overperforming on acute contract
FINANCE: Luton and Dunstable FT is overperforming by almost £0.5m on its acute contract with NHS Luton.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire PCT plans repeat primary care QIPP savings
FINANCE: NHS Buckinghamshire plans to be making over £10m of recurrent savings each year in primary care savings by 2015.
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HSJ Local
Risk of deficit at Luton PCT
FINANCE: NHS Luton has reported that the risk of it not breaking even for the year has increased.