All Finance articles – Page 393
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HSJ KnowledgeCOPD care: how to save millions
With seasonal capacity issues rising, this quarter’s HSJ Change Forecast focuses on COPD and explores how a proactive approach to care pathway management could save over £800m on COPD inpatient care alone.
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HSJ KnowledgeTurnaround: how transparency and openness helped rebuild one organisation
The new chief executive of a US medical centre which was on the verge of bankruptcy introduced unprecedented levels of transparency to rebuild trust, writes Ingrid Torjesen.
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NewsPharma lead issues warning on pricing
The government’s proposed reform of NHS drug pricing may not save the service money, the head of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has warned.
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News£750m spent by NHS on locum doctors
NHS hospitals spend more than £750m a year on hiring temporary doctors - and the cost has almost doubled in two years, figures suggest.
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NewsSecure mental health bed shortage criticised
Prisoners in need of treatment at secure mental health hospitals often have to wait months for a bed, the director of an NHS trust has said.
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NewsNHS chiefs criticised for taking large pay rises
NHS chief executives must not freeze Agenda for Change increments while awarding themselves “indefensible” pay rises, Royal College of Nursing chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter has argued.
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News‘Immediate’ need for GP data system
The government has given its backing to a delayed national IT system which would collect swathes of information about primary care.
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NewsNHS Choices site 'saves millions'
Encouraging people to self-diagnose via the NHS Choices website saves the health service millions of pounds every year, according to a newly published study.
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NewsBudget squeeze 'putting NHS under severe pressure'
The NHS is under “severe pressure” because of staff shortages, recruitment freezes and redundancies, the largest public sector union has warned.
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NewsMost councils 'expect social care service cuts'
More than half of local authorities in England fear budget pressures will affect care services that help elderly people and adults with disabilities to live at home, according to a new survey.
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NewsLabour challenges NHS funding claim
Labour has challenged the government’s claim to have protected spending on the NHS, claiming that when the cost of social care is taken into account the health service is in fact facing a £500m real-terms cut in funding.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe eight ways to save cash and improve care
Healthcare expectations are rising faster than national systems can keep up, but there are ways to tackle this global challenge effectively, says Penelope Dash.
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NewsMPs to investigate NHS complaints and legal costs
The Commons health committee is to investigate rising complaints against the NHS and how much it is costing the service in litigation.
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NewsNew Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
Plans to build a “super hospital” in Birmingham have been given the go ahead by NHS West Midlands but with 60 fewer beds than originally intended.
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NewsSocial care funding commission 'not set on insurance model'
Prof Andrew Dilnot has insisted his government commission is not wedded to insurance as the solution to the care funding crisis.
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NewsLansley details social care funding plans
The NHS will be forced to give councils the majority of the £1bn additional annual funding it was directed to spend on social care in the spending review, health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed.
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NewsCouncils and NHS 'must cooperate on social care'
The health service and local government must work as partners on social care in the face of a spending squeeze, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsKent PCT to delay referrals in order to dodge overspend
A primary care trust in Kent has become the latest to announce it is reducing funding for IVF and low priority procedures this year in order to tackle rising acute activity, which risks a £40m overspend.
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NewsPrivate sector gets 6pc of big ticket NHS spend
Some 6 per cent of big ticket spending in the NHS is with the private sector, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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Comment'Major NHS reforms are driven by the heart, not the calculator'
Two things become apparent from recent parliamentary exchanges on the cost of anticipated large scale NHS redundancies.