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NewsLondon NHS commissioners reply to cost criticisms
London’s central commissioning support body has insisted it is responding to concerns about its cost.
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NewsPersonal health budgets under fire
The NHS Confederation has criticised unsubstantiated “fervour” for personal health budgets.
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NewsScottish NHS breaks even
The health service in Scotland achieved financial balance last year, according to NHS Scotland chief executive Kevin Woods’ annual report for 2008-09.
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Recession forces Birmingham PCTs to consider merger
The commissioning arms of the three primary care trusts in Birmingham are to consider merging as a result of the impending public spending freeze.
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NewsCall to cut a million public sector jobs
A million public sector jobs, including frontline roles in the NHS and the police, must be axed if the government is to cut its deficit, a think tank has said today.
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NewsNHS 'not helped' by confused messages on future of PCTs
Confused messages from the Department of Health over the future of community services configuration are “not helping the NHS”, the Primary Care Trust Network has warned.
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NewsNHS IT programme to be scaled back in pre-Budget report
The multi-billion pound NHS IT programme is to be dramatically scaled back in the pre-Budget report.
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NewsCall for continued NHS investment
The Royal College of Nursing is calling for the government to maintain investment levels in the NHS to keep standards of patient care from dropping.
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HSJ KnowledgeA costing system where every patient counts
Patient-level information and costing collects data in a way that engages clinicians in improving efficiency. Louise Ross and Jennifer Butcher explain
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NewsUniversity Hospitals of Leicester names new finance chief
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Andrew Seddon as its new finance director.
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NewsNHS North East backs £464m hospital build plan
A strategic health authority has backed a new £464m hospital planned for Teesside.
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NewsBMA calls for an end to 'slash and burn' policies
The British Medical Association has launched its general election “manifesto”, which says political parties must not adopt a “slash and burn” approach to NHS finances and services.
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NewsSecure service referrals surge as prisons overfill
Commissioners are under significant financial pressure from a surge in referrals to secure mental health services fuelled by the recession and crowded prisons.
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SHAs sit tight as the recession looms large
Nearly half of strategic health authorities have not evaluated the possible impact of the economic downturn on their 10 year regional plans.
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Treasury prepares cutback plans
Next week’s pre-Budget report will be published alongside a paper from the chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne outlining how billions of pounds will be saved through public sector efficiencies.
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NewsLincolnshire to reward cheaper GP prescribing
GPs in Lincolnshire are being offered incentives worth up to £2 per head of practice population to cut antibiotic prescribing and increase use of generic drugs.
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NewsNo Bury and Salford PCT merger, states chief
The joint chief executive of Bury and Salford primary care trusts has ruled out a merger of the two, saying they are “culturally very distinct”.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on cutting the NHS cost base
The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines displacement activity as “the performance by an animal of an act inappropriate for the stimulus or stimuli that evoked it.
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NewsReport examines value of public sector pensions
Public sector pensions, including those in the NHS, are more generous than similar private sector schemes, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NewsNICE highlights guidance to save NHS money
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has collected together evidence it believes could save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds.