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HSJ KnowledgeTotal Place
Total Place is rapidly becoming an issue that public sector managers cannot avoid if they are seen to be addressing the pressures of financial constraint over the next few years. However, the Total Place project is one which raises potential concerns as well as opportunities.
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NewsPublic procurement remains wasteful
Public sector bodies are still wasting taxpayers’ money by failing to co-ordinate the way they buy products and services, spending watchdogs have said.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient level costing
PLC data is a critical tool for trusts looking to optimise their performance and ensure best use of available funding and resources.
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NewsReform of NICE, value-based drug pricing and a 'cancer drugs fund' confirmed
The coaltion government has announced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will face “reform”.
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NewsSocial care commission to examine range of funding models
The coalition government is to set up a commission to look at the future of social care funding.
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NewsDave Prentis warns that NHS cuts will equal conflict
Managers should prepare themselves for a period of industrial unrest if planned spending cuts go ahead, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has told HSJ.
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HSJ KnowledgeJoint commissioning in London
Consumers of health and social care increasingly demand high quality care, expect choice, personalised services and seamless provision.
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NewsWarning on hidden NHS spending cuts
The health service should be alert to the “real risk” that spending areas outside of health will “leak” into the NHS’s budget responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsPCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes.
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NewsLansley to slash NHS management costs
Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, has warned Department of Health staff to brace themselves for a significant cut in their budget this year.
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CommentNeil Churchill: NHS savings on long term conditions
Encouraging patients to be more self sufficient could go quite a way towards realising the required savings of £2.7bn a year by 2014 from the NHS’s long term conditions budget
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NewsPCT tells patients the cost of their care and services
A Yorkshire primary care trust chair is trying to drive up public awareness of the cost of services delivery by spelling out how much individual treatments cost.
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NewsCameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNHS management consultancy bill defended
A trust facing the loss of up to 600 staff has defended its decision to spend £3.4m on management consultants in three years.
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NewsUCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
Senior managers in London are cooking up an ambitious plan to rescue Barts and the Royal London Trust from its unaffordable £1bn private finance initiative deal.
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NewsDH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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CommentCoalition health policy: all action on the united front
NHS fortunes will rely on Tory and Lib Dem harmony as Andrew Lansley steps into the role of health secretary
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NewsFreeze public sector pay immediately, says CBI
Business leaders have called for an immediate freeze in the public sector pay bill under moves to control public finances.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS pay myths: do salary bonuses add up?
In the last in this series on public sector pay myths Peter Smith examines some ideas about bonuses in the public sector, and senior salary transparency
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NewsNew drug approval guidance issued
Guidance on when new drugs should be used could benefit patients and their families in Scotland, health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said.