All Finance articles – Page 409
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NewsPharma risk-sharing scheme a 'costly failure'
A risk-sharing agreement between the government and drug companies to supply expensive multiple sclerosis medicines was a “costly failure”, experts have claimed.
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CommentMark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
The new health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has already gone on public record to suggest that £15-20bn in efficiency savings may be needed.
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NewsHuge A&E attendance gaps revealed
The proportion of patients attending accident and emergency departments who are not sick enough to require an admission varies widely across England, unpublished data seen exclusively by HSJ reveals.
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NewsMonitor chair wants FTs off public balance sheet
Foundation trusts should be freed from one of the shackles put in place during the Labour government’s internal battle over their creation, Monitor’s new chair has said.
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LeaderMcKinsey report: unthinkable solutions set scene for NHS cuts
What lies behind the governments’s decision to publish the McKinsey report into NHS cost savings this week?
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HSJ KnowledgeCapturing the costs of community services
Evidence is essential to designing community services that truly transform care delivery rather than simply shift vulnerable budgets, warns Noel Plumridge
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NewsTranssexual loses NHS breast enlargement legal challenge
A transsexual has lost her High Court battle over the refusal to fund a breast enlargement operation on the NHS.
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Department of Health in-year costs under pressure
The Department of Health was spared in the chancellor’s £6.2bn in-year cut in public spending outlined on Monday but it is still being required to make significant recyclable savings from its arm’s length bodies and central budgets.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on the new NHS value for money
One of the impacts of the election result could be that the deep fascination the leadership of the NHS has with the nuances of their secretary of state’s policy will in the near future provide very diminishing returns.
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NewsConfed ex-chair moved to safeguard money
The NHS Confederation’s recently departed chair has told the Charity Commission the organisation’s financial reserves must not be used to bail out NHS Employers.
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NewsWill NHS building plans stay on the drawing board?
All spending commitments approved by the DH or Treasury this year have been called in for review as the new government seeks massive savings in the public sector. Some major NHS development plans now face uncertainty, reports Alison Moore
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NewsGovernment outlines 30 pledges on future of NHS
The government’s detailed coalition agreement Our Programme for Government, together with a further document sent to strategic health authorities this week, set out 30 pledges on the NHS and a further four on public health.
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NewsThousands of jobs at risk as strategic health authorities face axe
Strategic health authorities will be abolished by 2012, throwing the job security of over 3,000 staff in doubt.
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NewsCancer patients request early access to Cancer Drug Fund
Liver cancer patients are lobbying the government to grant them access to the Cancer Drug Fund before its planned introduction in 2011.
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NewsPortsmouth City PCT faces external investigation
A strategic health authority is considering using its strongest powers against a primary care trust, rated as “underperforming” for the seventh consecutive month.
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NewsHealth bill announced in Queen's speech
The Queen’s speech has prepared the way for a new health bill, the draft text of which was leaked two days ago.
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HSJ KnowledgeManaging costs
Managing costs may seem like a daunting task, but adopting some simple measures will reap serious long-term rewards, says Debjani Duncan
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NewsHSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012
Strategic health authority chiefs have been told they will be abolished by April 2012, HSJ can reveal.
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Department of Health spared immediate spending cuts
The Department of Health’s overall spending will not be reduced in the current financial year, the Treasury has confirmed.
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NewsNHS 'facing significant change' - Confed
NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards has said the health service faces significant changes under the new government.