All Finance articles – Page 270
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Comment
Too big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
PFI creditors are likely to be protected when NHS trusts fail
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Comment
NHS must plan for a longer austerity than we imagined
The autumn statement reveals frightening truths about savings
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Comment
Miles Ayling on health delivery
How will the NHS drive improvements in quality and value at a time of significant financial pressure?
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
Paul Baumann may struggle to spread some seasonal cheer to CCGs
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News
Bennett moots PFI buyout for Peterborough
The chief executive of health sector regulator Monitor has said he wants to examine the possibility of a public sector buyout of the huge private finance initiative contract encumbering Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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News
I wasn't sacked, says ex-Circle boss
The former chief executive of the first private company to take over the running of an NHS hospital has denied that he was sacked.
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Regulator's hit squad brands Mid Staffs 'unviable' in current form
The hit squad sent into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by regulator Monitor has concluded the troubled trust is unable to achieve long-term financial or clinical sustainability “in its current form”.
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Monitor sends hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals
Health sector regulator Monitor is to send a hit squad into Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust to develop a “long-term solution for the financial viability” of the foundation trust.
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GP contract: DH proposes new funding formula
GP practice income should be more closely linked to deprivation from 2014, the Department of Health has proposed.
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Duty of candour will cost NHS £130m in 10 years
The introduction of a contractual duty of candour will cost the health service more than £130m over 10 years, according the Department of Health.
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Local government funding almost halved since 2010, says IFS
Local government faces cumulative cuts of more than 40 per cent following the chancellor’s announcements that he will extend austerity for a further year into 2017-18, according to analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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NHS bed occupancy figures queried
A health minister has said he does not recognise figures on bed occupancy used in an influential report to show NHS hospitals are dangerously full.
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.
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Clash over spending on health
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over health spending on Wednesday following a watchdog’s ruling that government claims were misleading.
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HSJ Knowledge
Is bigger better for the NHS?
Economies of scale do exist in the NHS – so how do we reap the benefits?
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News
Number of trainee doctors to be cut
The number of trainee doctors in England will be reduced to tackle a growing over-supply of medics, the Department of Health has said.
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Funding pressure 'may hit NHS care', warns thinktank
Waiting times in emergency wards are rising as unprecedented financial strains on the health service start to bite, a report suggests.
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Information governance blamed for holding up QIPP integration
A “computer says no” attitude to information governance is hampering attempts to draw up a “year of care tariff” by stopping trusts sharing costings data, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Leicester trust hit with £620k fine for A&E target and never event failures
University Hospitals of Leicester has been hit by two contract penalties by commissioners totalling more than £620,000 after a series of never events and failure to hit accident and emergency targets.
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Health budget ringfence extended to 2015-16
George Osborne today committed to extending the health budget’s relative protection from government spending cuts to 2015-16 – the first year of the next spending review period.