All Finance articles – Page 218
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NewsExclusive: Deputy prime minister puts faith in winter funding
Nick Clegg is pushing for next year’s NHS budget to be topped up with enough winter pressures funding to leave the service in a ‘healthy state’ for the next government
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HSJ LocalCCG announces bidders for £40m community services contract
COMMERCE: Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group has named the bidders to make it through the first stage of a procurement process for a £40m community and out of hours contract.
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NewsCollege president warns against clustering in mental health
Parts of the mental health service could be destabilised by the ‘cluster’ payment system proposed for the sector, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned.
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NewsExclusive: Acute trusts told to abandon 'fortress' mentality
Hospitals that blinker themselves to the potential of working with mental health providers will usher in their ‘own financial demise’, the NHS England official overseeing the service has warned
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News'Brave' new patient safety drive launched
England’s new patient safety drive to halve avoidable harm will not follow the usual “paternal” NHS approach to driving improvements, the director of the Sign up Safety campaign has said
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NewsMedical contract negotiations collapse
Contract negotiations between the British Medical Association and NHS Employers suddenly collapsed last night
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NewsExclusive: Government set to release more A&E rescue funding
The health service is set to receive a further multimillion pound government bailout aimed at avoiding a politically embarrassing failure of the accident and emergency waiting target during winter
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NewsRevealed: Specialised services failing to make the grade
One in five specialised hospital services fall short of the quality standards set for them by leading clinicians, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsLabour seeks to mollify reorganisation fears
Labour has sought to reassure clinical commissioning groups that its health reforms would not amount to a top-down ‘big bang’ shake up of the NHS.
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CommentThe NHS's fight to survive will be won with equality, efficiency and quality
Labour’s NHS vision
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CommentThe MDU's proposal for a negligence cap would be bad for patients
Reform to personal injury law is misguided
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire health services to receive £250m as Mid Staffs dissolved
More than £250m is to be invested in the Staffordshire health economy as part of proposals to dissolve the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsSurge in care claims puts pressure on CCGs
Clinical commissioning groups in one area are on track to spend up to £10m more than expected
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CommentHow to navigate a competition review to get trust merger approval
A complex system for NHS providers needing help
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NewsFurther priorities for mental health waiting times revealed
Mental health trusts could be asked to hit a suite of new waiting time targets by 2020 at a cost of more than £130m a year.
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NewsReturned drug money should not fund waiting list drive
The billions of pounds due to be clawed back from pharma firms under a new NHS pricing deal should not be diverted to help hospitals cut waiting lists, the head of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry has urged.
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NewsMental health services need 'digital revolution', report claims
A national strategy for digital technology in mental health could help improve services, according to a new report that found few providers allow patients to book appointments online.
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NewsCroydon CCG creates £1.7bn plan for health and social care services
Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group has joined forces with its local authority to create a £1.7bn plan to change the way health and social care services for over 65-year-olds are commissioned.