All Finance articles – Page 485
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News
Finance chiefs confess to burying bad news
Trust chief executives and finance directors are reluctant to publish bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs.
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HSJ Knowledge
Green shoots of recovery
In the last of our series on organisational turnaround, we peer through the breaks in the clouds around two once-troubled trusts
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News
Dental association calls for amnesty on financial penalties
The British Dental Association has called for an amnesty on financial penalties against dentists who failed to complete their units of dental activity target in 2006-07.
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Comment
Introducing direct payments into care homes
Direct payment budgets could be extended to people living in care settings to allow residents to make individual choices from healthcare services available to them, says David Janner-Klausner
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Foundation trusts report £198m surplus
Foundation trusts reported a £198m surplus at the end of quater one, the regulator Monitor has said.
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£73m fund for social enterprises
A £73m investment fund for social enterprises has been opened today by the Department of Health.
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Comment
High Court drugs ruling marks latest skirmish in war of words
The High Court ruling upholding the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's decision over medication for Alzheimer's is just the latest skirmish in what promises to be protracted manoeuvring over drug use and pricing.
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Consultation on nurses' pay
The Royal College of Nursing has launched a consultation with NHS members in England on the government's pay offer for nurses.
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Confusion over hospital transport costs
Users of the hospital travel costs scheme find it and its guidance confusing, according to a consultation on the scheme.
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Victory for NICE as High Court rejects drugs firm complaints
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has had its integrity upheld after fending off its first High Court legal challenge.
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Comment
Herts bags early winner with stadium bid
As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.
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Comment
Anna Donald on drugs in the headlines
'Given the avalanche of research and new products, it is not surprising that the 'best buy' list of products keeps changing'
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News
Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow
North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.
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Comment
Herts bags early winner with stadium bid
As the football season cranks into action, Watford have scored an early goal in a PFI partnership with West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust.The trust hopes to share£80m-£100m of its costs by building a new hospital in Watford as part of a development encompassing a new stadium, housing, a hotel and conference ...
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Comment
Hospital closure is not an option
This letter is in response to 'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).The article states: 'Closing the [Royal Surrey] hospital is one of a number of options being considered by NHS South East Coast.' This is not true.Surrey primary care trust has been publicly discussing ...
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HSJ Knowledge
New research links healthcare spending to outcomes
The Health Foundation has published the first independent analysis of the Department of Health's programme budgeting data across 300 primary care trusts.
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Comment
Hospital closure is not an option
This letter is in response to.'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).
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HSJ Knowledge
New research links healthcare spending to outcomes
The first independent analysis of the Department of Health's programme budgeting data across 300 primary care trusts shows that extra spending can give rise to better health outcomes. The Health Foundation, which published the report, believes this provides powerful evidence that NHS expenditure can provide good value for money if ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Capturing the value of a hospital
Hospitals can improve their patient satisfaction by focusing on corporate services to generate income, as Andy Jackson explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Tackling the 18-week wait
Achieving the referral to treatment target will require the involvement of all staff, writes Alastair Henderson