All Finance articles – Page 161
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CommentPeople are at the heart of transformation
Integrated data from the population’s use of services and workforce can help systems monitor response to the needs of the people and enhance improvement
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrated services: Why data sharing should happen here and now
A collaboration of health and social care organisations that aimed to defeat ‘silo’ mentality by pooling data to target services most effectively
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NewsPlanning guidance: 'System control totals' to be issued for STPs
All providers and clinical commissioning groups will be accountable for “overall system control total” Transformation funding and incentive payments will be tied to delivery of system financial target Targets aim to “reduce the incentives for individual organisations to optimise their own financial position at the expense of the wider ...
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NewsPlanning guidance: GP services must expand into weekends under NHS England plans
GP opening hours should increase during evenings and weekends as standard CCGs to be given £258m to pay for increased access CCGs must also increase amount of GP consultation time Commissioners also told to allocate £3 per head for practice transformation Standard GP opening hours should be ...
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NewsPlanning guidance: Stevens and Mackey will intervene over contract disputes
Providers and commissioners that cannot resolve contract disputes by the end of the year face “intervention” by the NHS England and NHS Improvement chief executives and may see funding withheld.
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NewsAnalysis: NHS told to stick together or hang separately
Two themes characterise today’s pithy new planning guidance, writes Dave West.
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CommentFor integration to work, local authorities must be equal partners in STPs
Sustainability and transformation plans can help create a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire finance director got six months' pay on resignation
Helen Simpson received at least £72,500 as six months’ pay in lieu of notice Finance director resigned from Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust after £13.4m downward revision in trust’s finances Chief executive pledges to make referral to professional bodies if review finds wrongdoing at trust A finance director at ...
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NewsNHS needs 3.5 per cent annual funding increase, economists predict
OBR projections suggest UK health services would require a greater proportion of GDP spent on public healthcare Projections assume policy remains unchanged but take account of rising costs and population changes Projection would require an additional £40bn by 2030 to be found through extra taxation or shifting spending from ...
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CommentBringing together innovation and clinical governance
Easing pressure on hospital and GP services is central to the work of the New Care Models Programme, with the prevention of ill-health top of the list
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CommentAnalysis: Wachter response must not ignore the digitally challenged
The Wachter review has rightly been praised for its bold statements on timetables and funding – and its pragmatism - but a robust plan is still needed for digitally-challenged and non-acute trusts, writes James Illman
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CommentNow is the (earlier than usual) winter of our discontent
As talk hots up of old-school NHS disasters, thankfully Hodge’s memoirs and Labour’s woes provide distractions
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Setting the scene for the drama in store
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Making the most of technology
Doing technology well involves negotiating multiple hurdles, from sceptical boards to lack of national direction, heard HSJ’s latest roundtable panel
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NewsNHS managers face crackdown on conflicts of interest
NHS England consultation document suggests number of areas where declarations of interest should be made Senior managers face declaring shareholdings, paid positions, family relationships and political memberships Doctors could have to declare private practice earnings but other staff are not included NHS executives earning money from consultancy, advisory ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Disciplinary hearings for acute chiefs; HSJ Awards shortlist
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Shaping the STP narrative
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Simon Stevens' summer offensive
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentBoards must make decisions with patients, not for them
It is crucial to get patients involved to design their own care plans and not dismiss patient experience as an additional cost during budget restraints
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CommentWe need emotional humans, not employee automatons
NHS staff need a sense of psychological safety in order to overcome the fear to question, take risks and fail