All Finance articles – Page 491
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SHAs' £117m training raid attacked
Strategic health authorities are raiding over £117m from this year's training budgets, HSJ has learned.
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Private slow-down expected as service prepares for Brown
Less emphasis on the use of the private sector and a slow-down in market-based reforms could be the hallmark of Gordon Brown's premiership for the NHS, according to health experts.
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Blocked psychiatric beds cost £110m a year
Around 2,500 patients at any time are stuck on psychiatric wards when they should be getting some form of community care. A Department of Health report leaked to HSJ reveals poor planning and liaison between health and social care are responsible for the delayed discharges.
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Comment
Dr Nick Griffin on clinical input in the development of HRG4
In 2002, the Department of Health developed a policy to fund healthcare by a national tariff applied to patient level activity. This policy, payment by results, required a new currency for the grouping of activity.
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Have trusts turned the corner, or just papered over the cracks?
As a raft of swiftly implemented cost-cutting measures hits home, panic over NHS finances has largely subsided. Alison Moore looks at the implications of breaking even
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New management teams tackle commissioning
Six management teams have been appointed to manage the North East's 12 primary care trusts after fears that last year's mergers did not go far enough to encourage strong commissioning.
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Purchasing guidance could follow all NICE decisions
Commissioning guides could be produced for every decision made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, its chair has said.
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Working with Oakleigh Consulting
The Information Centre for health and social care's commercial management team is working with Oakleigh Consulting.to make information on the NHS more accessible.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: releasing value from land
Buildings need to be used efficiently and filled to capacity to raise money.needed for investment back into the health sector, argues Marisa Broadhurst.
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Reduced government funding leads to significant drop in smoking cessation efforts, FOI figures show
A 41 per cent cut in Department of Health funding for smoking cessation advertising last year was accompanied by a marked drop in the numbers of quitters, figures obtained by HSJ can reveal.
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Vaccine damage payment increased
Children who are damaged by vaccination will receive £120,000 instead of £100,000 from July 12. The increase was announced in the Commons by work and pensions minister Anne McGuire.Ms McGuire said it showed the government remains committed to providing families with financial support.Read the full written statement here
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National Audit Office to report on prescribing costs
The National Audit Office is due to report this month on whether the public gets value for money on drugs prescribed in primary care.Costs in 2006 were £8bn for over 700 million prescriptions. The NAO will look at whether this can be better managed, as well as how to reduce ...
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HSJ Knowledge
PbR: the implications for hospital practice
It has been suggested that recent national hospital job cuts in nursing, medical and administrative areas may be a direct result of a loss of expected revenue from PbR due to inaccuracies in coding. This could result in further job cuts, trust downsizing, and even hospital closure.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: community hospitals and LIFT
One of the keys to success of the community hospital.programme will be the development of sustainable partnerships, both within local NHS and local authority communities and also with innovative GPs and other private and voluntary sector providers
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Comment
Report ignores Queen Mary's progress
I object to the description of Queen Mary's Sidcup trust as a 'struggling' organisation. In fact, we are an example of a hugely successful turnaround
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Report calls for PCT funding of joint patient support service in local areas
Primary care trusts and social care providers have been urged to fund a joint information service for patients and carers on the services in their area.
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Independent pay reviews ruled out by minister Andy Burnham
Health Minister Andy Burnham has dismissed calls to bring in a review body to rule on the new general medical services contract.
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DoH names struggling acute trusts that will undergo 'rigorous review'
Seventeen acute trusts have been named by the Department of Health as being under 'rigorous review' due to their inability to show they could repay loans quickly to offset financial deficits.
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HSJ Knowledge
Shedding light on hidden activity
Payment by results requires accurate recording of activity but, as Clive Evans reports, the system is far from flawless
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NHS staff risk losing pay and pensions, says union
Tens of thousands of NHS staff could lose out on pay and pensions if they are transferred to privately-run social enterprises, Amicus has warned.A report from the union said social enterprises are outside the NHS and Agenda for Change pay conditions would not necessarily apply.Read the report here