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HSJ Knowledge
Health developments: doctors on the football pitch
Sports stadiums are proving mutually attractive as shared sites for NHS health centres, and interest in such ventures is on the increase. Lynne Greenwood is your commentator
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News
Road-testing tariff published
The Department of Health has published the 2008-09 payment by results tariff for road-testing. Feedback on the tariffs is invited by 9 November.
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HSJ Knowledge
Cost Effective Partnership Working
WinnerBirminghamEast andNorth PCTNo need to teach an old dog new tricks.Arrangements made under the Health Act Flexibilities led to the then Eastern Birmingham PCT undertaking responsibility, in 2004, for an integrated provision with a pooled fund for Intermediate Care Services. The partnership arrangement with Birmingham City Council’s Adults and Communities ...
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Money for nothing in the ISTC labour crisis
They were meant to cut waiting times for routine operations, but independent sector treatment centres continue to go under-used while primary care trusts foot the bill. Alison Moore reports
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ISTC contract shortcomings are exposed
An HSJ investigation has found that the vast majority of independent sector treatment centres did not deliver the work contracted for in 2006-07.
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HSJ Knowledge
Data Briefing: efficiency efforts begin to pay off
A year after their first publication, the NHS Better Care, Better Value indicators are starting to reflect efforts to improve the efficiency of NHS care.
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News
New formula to boost funds for poor areas
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has promised that no NHS board will see a cut in its budget if a proposed new funding formula is adopted.
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Ambulance trusts worry commissioners will neglect specialist service
Emergency chiefs fear commissioners will balk at paying for an ambitious plan to allow specialist paramedics into the heart of major incidents, including terrorist attacks.
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BMA says more funds are key to boosting GP access
The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access.
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Dentists doing less complex work, figures show
Dentists are carrying out less complex work since the introduction of the new contract in April last year.
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Trust may change how it manages international patients
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children trust is consulting on a proposal to manage its international and private patient division through a separate charity.
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Private equity focus on healthcare
According to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, increased private equity interest in healthcare is being driven by opportunities to consolidate and a growing elderly and affluent population.
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News
Hamish calls for more cash
The chairman of the British Medical Association has told a government minister that more money and staff will be needed to improve GP access. Dr Hamish Meldrum spoke out after Ben Bradshaw, the health minister with responsibility for primary care, said more GPs were needed in under doctored areas and ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Orphan drugs: economies in treating rare disorders
Transparent mechanisms for deciding on the use of high-cost drugs for rare disorders are needed, says Michael Sobanja
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HSJ Knowledge
Transferring assets to social enterprises - the perks and quirks
NHS organisations have a great opportunity when transferring assets to social enterprises – particularly with the scope afforded by NHS Estatecode, the guidance on managing their estate for disposals other than sales at open market value. Jane Donnison explains
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News
Funding review submitted to Scottish Parliament
The independent body charged with reviewing NHS health board funding has submitted its final report to the Scottish Parliament.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on lessons from Northern Rock
Healthcare providers should not ignore the difficulties facing other sectors, writes Noel Plumridge
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News
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre trust considers merger
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre trust is considering a merger with the neighbouring Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation trust, HSJ has learned.
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News
Councils try to grab half a per cent of all NHS funds
Battle lines have been drawn between local government and the NHS in the run-up to the Treasury's next public spending round.
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Final salary pension scheme saved after four years of negotiations
Senior managers' pension contributions will rise by 2.5 per cent as part of a new pensions deal for NHS employees finalised last week.