All Finance articles – Page 475
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Sophie Christie on the Lucentis drug controversy
The latest media celebration of how terrible the NHS is gathers pace. The press has been reporting that people are going blind because they are being refused a drug (as opposed to going blind because they have a degenerative disease). Yet the fourth estate seems to be missing a far ...
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Find the funds to keep violence in check
Uniquely among the main care disciplines, mental health services routinely have to manage a triangle of potentially violent relationships: patients attacking staff, patients attacking each other and - when it comes to restraining aggression - staff using force on patients.
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News
Monitor blocks Unison court move on private patient income
Monitor has attempted to block Unison's judicial review by launching a three-month consultation into its interpretation of the foundation trust private patient income cap.
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NHS reforms have hardly begun, claims think tank
The government's reform of the NHS remains 'embryonic' and in some cases is in 'full retreat', the think tank Reform has claimed.
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Auditor finds PbR has 'questionable' impact on efficiency
Payment by results has had a 'questionable' impact on driving up efficiency in the NHS, the Audit Commission has concluded.
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All or nothing: patients are told no to private top-ups
Patients who choose to buy drugs that the NHS will not fund are being told they will have to pay for all their treatment - not just that part. Should trusts relent and offer mix-and-match packages of care, or would that mean a two-tier service? Alison Moore reports
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Breakdown of cross-border agreements is costing English trusts millions
Diverging health policies in England and Wales are causing English hospitals to lose millions of pounds.
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HSJ Knowledge
Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Review of unsocial hours payments
The NHS Staff Council is recommending its proposals for a new system of unsocial hours payments to the Department of Health.
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HSJ Knowledge
Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Equal pay claims
Employers should already be aware that all equal pay claims involving a legal challenge to Agenda for Change have been stayed by order of the Tribunals. This order, however, applies only to the part of the claim involving the challenge to Agenda for Change. Employers should consult with their lawyers ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Pension changes save employers £430m a year
Pension scheme changes that were agreed between NHS Employers and NHS trade unions will save employers £430m a year, according to a government actuary report published in December.
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Monitor takes third way on private patient income
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has revealed it will take action in response to the threat of a judicial review over its guidance to trusts on expanding private patient work.
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Funding for Scottish NHS boards rises to £8bn
Funding for NHS boards in Scotland will rise to £8bn next year, health and well-being secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
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Guidance on reference costs collection
A document has been released outlining the requirements for the 2007-08 reference costs collection.
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DH publishes costing manual
The Department of Health has published a manual setting out the principles and practice of NHS costing.
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HSJ Knowledge
Alan Maynard on hard questions for NICE
Everyone accepts that resources are scarce and that rationing in the NHS is ubiquitous. Rationing involves depriving patients of care from which they might benefit and would like to have. The most explicit instrument for rationing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is the National Institute for Health and Clinical ...
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Scotland's personal care policy questioned
Scotland's flagship free personal care policy needs to be better funded and managed if it is to work in the future, the public spending watchdog warned last week. A report from Audit Scotland reveals budget shortfalls and ambiguities in the way the policy was implemented.
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Unison takes Monitor to court in wake of income cap silence
Unison has launched judicial review proceedings against foundation trust regulator Monitor in a bid to stop trusts using arm's-length organisations to expand private patient work.
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Who foots the bill: establishing responsibility for patient care
Delaying admission while PCTs decide who should pay disrupts care and adds to bureaucracy. Should we look to local government for guidance? Lynn Eaton reports