All Finance articles – Page 499
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Business school to host global health conference
Said Business School at the University of Oxford has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the Oxford Conference on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health.
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PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved
Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.
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New resources on palliative care
The Royal College of GPs is set to launch a book examining the need for continuity in palliative care on 16 July.
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Report reveals earnings of NHS staff
Hospital consultants earn, on average, over four times more than nurses, according to estimates published today by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester
As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.
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Pay increase for Northern Ireland nurses
Nurses in Northern Ireland will receive the full pay award as recommended by the independent pay review body.
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Protecting your assets
Foundation trusts have a range of new powers and responsibilities, including the right to borrow money and dispose of property. Shahliza Chaudary explains the legal framework
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The MTAS failure is no ripple in a teacup
The cuts in funding for junior doctors' pay and study leave were very bad management and smacked of panic measures when they were announced half-way through the financial year.
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£500,000 pay-off for former PCT chief
A former primary care trust chief executive was given a pay-off of nearly half a million pounds after failing to secure a new full-time post following reconfiguration.
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NICE advice drives up treatment costs
Commissioners are being pushed into spending too much money on life-saving drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, economists have warned.
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Cabinet reshuffle: private sector fights to stay on agenda
Private providers have called on the new health secretary to clarify his commitment to independent sector expansion amid fears it will slip down the political agenda.
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Dementia care lags behind
Treatment for people with dementia is little better than for cancer patients in the 1950s, the National Audit Office has warned.
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London PCT faces investigation
Brent teaching primary care trust is being investigated by NHS London.
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Andrew Castle on effective procurement
'I think that there are enormous opportunities to obtain easy financial wins through the simple use of best practice supply chain management'
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David Lock on making sense of insurance claims
'When the pressure comes on from the 'care co-ordinator' employed by the insurers to provide the patient with a grade seven nurse, 24-hour care for incontinence and horse riding lessons as part of the overall package, PCTs can dig their heels in and refuse'
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Social enterprise: a rich seam of ideas
Trailblazing pathfinders are using new funding to create choice and breathe new life into communities. Louise Hunt reports
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'Two Sues' get £500,000 in early retirement pay
The joint chief executives of the National Patient Safety Agency, Sue Osborn and Susan Williams, have been paid almost half a million pounds in early retirement pay, according to figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats.
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Brighton and Sussex chief leaves for DoH
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals trust chief executive Peter Coles is leaving to take up a secondment at the Department of Health.
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£35m ISTC deal scrapped
The Department of Health has pulled the plug on one of the biggest wave-two independent sector treatment centre schemes. And there are rumours that more cancellations are on the way, with the entire surgical component at risk.
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Trust battles with council over 'disastrous' A&E closure plans
West Sussex primary care trust is heading for a battle with the county council over plans to close two accident and emergency departments.