Finance and efficiency – Page 113
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Growth of nurse workforce slows as 'NHS finances bite'
The growth rate in NHS nurse numbers in England has halved this year compared to last year, with experts claiming the slowdown could mark a return to trusts prioritising budgets over safe staffing.
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HEE chief: Removing our budget ringfence would hit frontline care
Removing Health Education England from the protected NHS budget would result in cuts to frontline NHS services, its chief executive has warned.
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Supplements
Value in Healthcare Awards: Best Value for Patients and Tax Payers
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Exclusive: Lack of interest delays support service procurement
A major procurement of commissioning support services in the north of England has been delayed after an initial lack of interest from suppliers.
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Treasury may redefine NHS ringfence, think tanks warn
The Treasury may redefine the ringfence on NHS spending to apply only to NHS England’s commissioning budgets – leaving billions spent on public health, training and research unprotected in the coming spending review, health think tanks have warned.
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CCGs support controversial change to tariff veto power
The representative body for clinical commissioning groups has backed plans to make it more difficult for NHS providers to block national tariff proposals.
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Updated: Government to impose new contract on junior doctors
Junior doctors will be forced to work under new terms and conditions from August next year, the Department of Health has confirmed to HSJ.
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Heidi Alexander appointed Labour shadow health secretary
Heidi Alexander has been appointed shadow health secretary by the new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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Government to review nursing home payments
The government has announced it will review the amount of money nursing homes are paid to look after residents.
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Comment
Spending review: Tackle funding and reform challenges in tandem
The upcoming spending review
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Comment
Cuts in cancer spending expose a funding challenge
There will be tough choices over cash and cancer
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Leader
Hunt will go all in on safety to protect his legacy
Hunt could go all in on patient safety to protect his legacy
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NHS Providers lodges objection to controversial tariff proposals
NHS representative bodies have expressed strong concerns about government plans to raise the bar provider objections must clear to block tariff proposals.
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Monitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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Exclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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High profile treatments cut from cancer drugs fund
High profile cancer treatments including Roche’s Kadcyla and Avastin are to be removed from the cancer drugs fund.
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Leader
There's little chance left for the agency cap to cut hospital deficits
Winter pressures will be biting before they are ready