All Finance articles – Page 451
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PCT surplus figures were off by a fifth
Accounting errors led to primary care trusts under-reporting their surpluses by 20 per cent last financial year, the Audit Commission has said.
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London GPs miss out on cash
The British Medical Association's GPs committee has attacked NHS London for failing to ensure primary care trusts honour an agreement to pass on cash to practices.
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Hospital entertainment provider backtracks on price hike
Northumbria Healthcare foundation trust has forced bedside entertainment provider Hospedia to backtrack on a 140 per cent price hike.
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DH backtracks on failure regime figures
The Department of Health has backtracked on its estimate that up to six trusts a year would fall into its failure regime and be taken over.
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DH to embark on sick leave push
The Department of Health is looking for organisations to take part in a pilot scheme aimed at getting people on sick leave back to work more quickly.
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Dementia strategy: high hopes but who will pay?
The dementia strategy promises dedicated memory services in every town, but with only £150m over two years can primary care trusts afford the sophisticated teams this requires? Charlotte Santry reports
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Round table: will the penny drop for clinical managers?
Patient level costing may be the lure that attracts clinicians into management. Daloni Carlisle listens in on a discussion between some of the most influential policy makers, managers and medical leaders
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Michael White on the NHS cash crisis
Funny really. As the public mood darkens, the dog that should have loudly barked during Alan Johnson's monthly grilling by MPs, health question time in the Commons, was still conspicuous by its silence.
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Alan Johnson has 'no concerns' over private patient cap amendment
Health secretary Alan Johnson was shown Baroness Molly Meacher’s amendment to abolish the cap on private patient income and raised ‘no concerns’, HSJ has been told.
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Andrew Lansley urges public loans for capital projects
Shadow health minister Andrew Lansley has called for hospitals to be given government loans to fund capital developments.
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Peer lays amendment to remove private patient income cap
An amendment laid to the Health Bill on Friday will completely remove the private patient income cap for foundation trusts, if MPs pass it.The amendment was developed by the Foundation Trust Network and comes as Unison prepares to challenge in court foundation trust regulator Monitor’s ‘too permissive’ interpretation of the ...
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Out of hours provider to launch judicial review against PCT
A GP out of hours provider is to issue judicial review proceedings against a primary care trust after it missed out on a contract to continue providing the services.
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Andy McKeon on the economics of better care
Understanding how money works and spending wisely is essential for people working in the NHS. The evidence suggests that when money is spent well, the quality of services provided to patients is correspondingly high.
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Trust blames IT for £10m loss
Royal Free Hampstead Hospital trust has lost as much as £10m due to problems installing a new digital care records service, its chief executive has claimed.
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Foundation trusts call for private patient income flexibility
The Foundation Trust Network has called for a public debate on changing the law to allow foundations to take on more private patient work.
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DH promises to pay Maidstone legal bill
The Department of Health has agreed to underwrite the massive legal bill Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust could face if Rose Gibb wins her controversial court case.
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NHS trusts and commissioners at odds over tariff benefits
Hospital trusts and commissioners are disputing the impact of the new payment by results tariff on their income.
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Scottish NHS boards see below-inflation funding rises
NHS boards in Scotland will get an increase of 2.6 per cent in the coming financial year - below the current inflation rate of 3 per cent.
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NHS medics and managers agree over training gap
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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NHS top-up policy needs more scrutiny - RCN
The Royal College of Nursing is calling on strategic health authorities to step up scrutiny of top-up payments to ensure the new government policy 'does not result in a two tier NHS'.