All Finance articles – Page 482
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HSJ Knowledge
Public sector efficiency - driving down costs
Plenty of column inches have been dedicated to local authorities' efforts to drive down costs in line with the efficiency targets imposed by the Gershon review of public sector efficiency. The scope of the review goes beyond local government, however, containingrecommendations for the public sector as a whole, including spending ...
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News
Mental health spending increases
Total spending on adult mental health in England rose by 5.3 per cent in real terms last year, new figures from the Department of Health indicate.
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Comment
Michael White on managers and motivation
If middle managers don't manage and nurses are poorly motivated, no amount of money can solve the NHS's problems, says Michael White
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Comment
Junior doctors face a difficult job market
Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?
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PCTs raid public health funds to pay debts
Primary care trusts will spend less than a third of their Choosing Health funding on the public health problems it was intended to tackle, a survey has revealed.
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Is Darling's spending review a good deal for the NHS?
At first glance, the NHS appears to have done well from chancellor Alistair Darling's comprehensive spending review, but a closer look suggests it falls short of Sir Derek Wanless's recommendations and on the future costs of adult social care, argues John Appleby
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Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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Ambulance staff wages posted on web
A union has taken legal advice after ambulance managers posted details of the salaries of call-centre staff on the internet.
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Tariff delays hit specialists
Further delays to the specialist tariff under payment by results could jeopardise applications for foundation trust status, according to managers.Chief executive of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Andrew Woodhead told HSJ the Department of Health 's announcement last week to delay the publication of a list of providers eligible for ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results briefing
In the April 2002 budget, the government announced the introduction of patient choice and the abolition of locally negotiated block contracts between primary care trusts and providers. Instead, it set up a system that would see hospitals paid for the activity they undertook under a system called payment by results.
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HSJ Knowledge
Raj Persaud on what motivates us
The reasons for our actions may not be as straightforward as they seem, says Raj Persaud
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Comment
Simon Stevens on the spending review's hidden shallows
Although comprehensive spending review negotiations consume hundreds of person years in Whitehall, this effort is largely pointless, argues Simon Stevens
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Comment
Michael White on Brown's bottler government
What a political week! The NHS may have ended up with a better-than-expected settlement from Alistair Darling’s comprehensive spending review, but voters will not be grateful to ‘Bottler Brown’ and his mates for a while.
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News
Figures show gains in NHS efficiency
The NHS is working smarter to improve productivity, according to new figures published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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News
Baby units stretched, claims charity
Services for sick and premature babies are being stretched to the limit, according to a leading charity.
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£170m funding boost for therapy
The Department of Health has announced a £170m expansion of psychological therapies in an attempt to provide better support for people with mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on what the spending review means for health
In an hsj.co.uk exclusive, Noel Plumridge explains how the government's spending round will affect the health sector
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News
Spending review: Darling surpasses expectations with a 4 per cent funding boost
The NHS has been given a major boost with a higher than expected funding increase of 4 per cent a year over the next three years.Chancellor Alistair Darling said in the comprehensive spending review on Tuesday that spending on health will increase from £90bn this year to £110bn by 2010-11.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Employers and BMA publish findings on practice funding
NHS Employers and the British Medical Association’s GPs committee have published a joint report on the outcome of the consultation on the review of the global sum allocation formula for practice funding.
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Comment
Jon Allen on lessons from private equity
NHS organisations can learn a lot from the ways private equity operators turn tight cash control to effect, says Jon Allen