All Finance articles – Page 507
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Doctors may strike over contract delays
Twelve and half thousand senior hospital doctors may take strike action after walking away from negotiations over their contract, complaining the government is taking too long to sign it off.
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Suffolk delays terminating PMS contracts
Suffolk primary care trust has said it will delay terminating the personal medical services contracts it holds with 46 practices in the area.
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Misleading forecasts could spell disaster
'Chief executives and others must encourage openness and transparency in financial reporting'
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Inequalities masked at local level
Progress made towards the national target to reduce health inequalities is masking the areas that are facing the worst problems, public health experts have warned.
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NHS forecasts £983m surplus
The NHS is forecasting a surplus for this financial year, with the majority of NHS trusts in balance, the Department of Health has said.
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...