All Finance articles – Page 420
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NewsAndy Burnham defends hospital closures
The health secretary has defended the closure of some hospital units while criticising Tory plans for the NHS.
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NewsNHS Employers deal still not agreed
The Department of Health has confirmed it is still negotiating its core contract with NHS Employers, a week into the new financial year.
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsHospital merger benefits questioned
The benefits of hospital mergers are called into question in unpublished findings from a study into links between clinical outcomes and patient numbers.
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CommentMichael White on social care funding and the election
As the election hype went into overdrive after Gordon’s trip to Buck House I got into a tiff with a Conservative chum over the party’s “death tax” poster, the one which wrongfooted Andy Burnham on the delicate question of funding care for the elderly.
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NewsNHS IT programme supplier misses major deadline
The deadline for a major milestone of the National IT Programme has been missed.
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SupplementsLearning and development: why training is vital to recovery
It is essential to invest in training and development throughout the period of tighter budgets as the future of the NHS relies on building skills and capability now.
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CommentNorman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
There will be no money - and no rationale - for propping up failing NHS services, the former health minister warns
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NewsMonitor increases FTs' efficiency target
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has issued revised financial guidance to providers warning they may need to cut more costs than previously expected.
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LeaderFlimsy electoral one-liners must make way for realistic policies
Now the general election has been called, the NHS can finally start crossing off the days until some honesty returns to the debate about the future of healthcare.
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NewsExpiring drug patents could save healthcare providers billions
Healthcare providers could save as much as £3.3bn a year when patents on leading drugs expire in 2014, independent market analyst Datamonitor has claimed.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine deal agreed
The government has said it is cutting its swine flu vaccine deal with GlaxoSmithKline in a move that will see it pay two thirds of the original value - but receive just over a third of the doses.
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NewsKing's Fund accuses Tories over cancer drug promise
The Tories have been challenged over their promise to fund new cancer drugs.
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NewsCBI renews call to review public sector pensions
Business leaders have renewed their demand for a review of public sector pensions, calling for a shift from “unsustainable” final salary schemes.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS sustainability: how to achieve long term efficiencies
Moving care closer to home and focusing on prevention are ways to achieve long term efficiencies, says Jennifer Taylor
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NewsDarling eyes NHS staff absence for efficiency savings
Last week’s Budget announced that the NHS will have to find £4.35bn in savings by 2012-13.
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LeaderAfter two decades of wandering, commissioning has a destination
The report on commissioning from the Commons health select committee is both insightful and flawed.
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News‘Aggressive’ PCTs provoke legal threat
The National Association of Primary Care is considering legal action against primary care trusts taking an aggressive stance when renegotiating personal medical services contracts to make savings.
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NHS finance directors feel a distinct nip in the air
Chill winds are blowing through acute and PCT forecasts for their organisations over the next year - with recruitment freezes the most dramatic trend. Sally Gainsbury reports on HSJ’s latest survey of finance directors’ outlook
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NewsAuditors called into NHS Employers
An ambitious outsourcing service launched by NHS Employers has been scrapped in light of dismal levels of interest from trusts and the Department of Health’s decision to tender NHS Jobs.