All Finance articles – Page 238
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NewsExclusive: 'Cost neutral' Francis policy has cost £2.5m
More than £2.5m is being spent piloting a government scheme to make aspiring student nurses work as healthcare assistants for a year before university courses
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NewsMPs: Monitor ‘must not be an obstacle to change’
Acute services in the NHS in England are facing a year of particular financial pressure in 2015-16, when changes to funding arrangements will see £2bn transferred to community health and social care provision, a parliamentary report has warned.
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NewsCall for cash to tackle NHS fraud
More money should be set aside for tackling fraud in the NHS, a leading figure has said, as new figures showed that scams are costing the health service an estimated £5bn a year.
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CommentCompassion and cost-effectiveness can work together
Compassion should be central to everything in the NHS
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NewsNHS could face £500m bill over VAT changes, experts warn
The NHS could face an increased tax bill of at least £500m from 1 April when HM Revenue and Customs attempts to standardise across all government departments the rules for reclaiming VAT on outsourced services, experts have warned.
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NewsNICE to consult on delayed ‘value-based’ drug pricing plans
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to announce proposals on Thursday that could see the health service increase the amount it spends on branded pharmaceutical drugs.
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Comment‘It’s all about me’: how to personalise healthcare
Ten steps to more patient-focused services
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SupplementsLong term conditions: Solving the case problem
Bringing economic rigour to business cases for change
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HSJ PartnersA fragmented system can't deliver whole person care
Put integration and the individual at the centre of care
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CQC plans 50pc rise in DH funding for overhauled inspections
The Care Quality Commission is planning for a 50 per cent increase in the money it receives from the Department of Health to fund its overhauled inspection regime.
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NewsUpdated: DH forecasts tightest financial year end since 2006
The Treasury has revealed that the Department of Health is forecasting a zero underspend on its revenue budget for 2013-14, in what one expert said was a sign of how “finances are deteriorating very quickly across the NHS”.
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NewsBudget 2014: Pensions change to cost NHS £125m
Plans announced in today’s Budget to increase employer contributions to the NHS Pension Scheme are expected to increase costs by around £125m a year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS staff in budget day pay protest
Health workers will stage Budget day protests today against the government’s “insulting” pay offer.
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CommentPersonal budgets and PbR offer integration stepping stones
How to transform mental health services
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NewsExclusive: CCGs and councils set to pool more than £5bn in 2015-16
Councils and NHS commissioners are set to share pooled budgets of more than £5bn in 2015-16 under the better care fund, HSJ has learned.
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DH eases private sector access to NHS pension scheme
A government U-turn will mean independent providers of NHS funded healthcare will not be required to provide a financial guarantee to become part of the NHS Pension Scheme.
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Warning on care information 'maze'
The social care system is so confusing that it is driving some families to “breaking point”, a consumer watchdog has warned.