All Finance articles – Page 521
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Foundation trusts out-performing NHS trusts, says Monitor
Foundation trusts are out-performing NHS trusts on a number of key indicators and have a greater than expected surplus for the first quarter of 2006-7, according to Monitor.
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SHAs: NHS Logistics strike has little impact
Acute and primary care trusts coped well with the first one-day strike by NHS Logistics staff last week, according to strategic health authorities.
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Golden wonder: making the most of the money
With the rate of investment expected to slow down from 2008, it is vital to use resources to extract maximum value from the NHS. Adrian O'Dowd investigates
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Safe as houses: quality of service
For debt-ridden trusts it may be hard to believe, but tough deficits need not be detrimental to the quality and safety of care. Alison Moore reports
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Chief quits as £23m deficit is forecast for trust
The chief executive of the debt-ridden Hinchingbrooke Health Care trust in Huntingdon has resigned, saying his abrupt departure is 'in the best interests of the trust'.
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New NHS chief expects 'most or all' SHA areas to use independent sector
Strategic health authorities will be expected to take ‘full advantage’ of the Department of Health drive to introduce the private sector in commissioning primary care, according to new NHS chief executive David Nicholson.
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DoH moots roll-out of central funds to local organisations
NHS chief exec planning radical shift in how central budgets are held
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DoH to tighten cost planning
Trusts are to be given tight new guidelines on capital investment to ensure that running costs of new buildings and equipment can be covered, and that new income can be generated from treating patients.
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DHL secures NHS Logistics deal
The government has given the go-ahead to the controversial outsourcing of supply chain services to German parcel company DHL and US logistics firm Novation.
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A picture of progress: payment by results in mental health
Differences in diagnosis and treatment mean there are special challenges in developing payment by results in mental health. Now a group of trusts in the North are pioneering a 'whole life' approach which could hold the solution. Emma Dent reports
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Select committee to examine claims of £30m bailout using mental health cash
The Commons health select committee has promised to investigate claims that more than £30m has been plundered from mental health budgets to bail out deficits in other sectors.
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BMA warning on research cuts
The British Medical Association has expressed serious concern that a Treasury-driven shake-up of medical research could lead to a £300m drop in research funding.
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Comment: Trusts feel squeeze from PCTs' tight grip
'Foundations should not be surprised if PCTs prove fierce negotiators this year. However, their complaint is about a lack of planning.'
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Six new hospitals approved in £1.5bn PFI spree
The government has approved six NHS private finance initiative hospital developments worth almost £1.5bn.
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Rocky patch: deficits are straining relationships between health and social care
The boundaries between health and social care are shifting and PCT cuts are leaving local authorities with funding gaps. In a joint feature with HSJ sister title Local Government Chronicle, Nick Golding looks at the pressures they face
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Training and public health hit for £350m to recover deficits
The NHS will only balance its books next year thanks to £350m raided from budgets for public health, training and education, under current plans.
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Comment: Hopes for surplus pinned on turnaround in forecasting
It would be a bold stroke to pull off - delivering even a small surplus at the end of this financial year given the situation that NHS acting chief executive Sir Ian Carruthers inherited in March.
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Spent forces: who pulls the levers on local funding
The King's Fund report on variations in primary care trust spending demonstrates that the 'postcode lottery' stretches far beyond the availability of drugs. But are PCT priorities really at the heart of decision making? Tash Shifrin reports
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Mental health payment by results could cover 85 per cent of users
A new system of payment by results for mental health could result in care for 85 per cent of service users being covered by the system.
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Big variations in PCT disease spending
An analysis of primary care trust spending on different diseases has revealed a number of stark variations, with some PCTs spending up to seven times as much as others in key areas.