All Finance articles – Page 276
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NewsMonitor mulls cuts as DH turns down its budget bid
The Department of Health has refused to agree Monitor’s proposed budget for this year, setting an allocation nearly £6m lower than the healthcare regulator believes it needs.
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NewsSome commissioners setting 'unachievable' targets, NHS England admits
NHS England is floating the possibility of scrapping the complex array of financial penalties and incentives currently imposed on NHS providers and replacing them, from 2015-16, with a single pay-for-performance premium.
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CommentMedical pay: reaping your just rewards?
Are financial awards for consultants a price worth paying?
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News£3.8bn integration fund may not be held by councils
A £3.8bn fund for health and social care integration may not be handed straight to local authorities as previously assumed, the finance director of NHS England has said.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of the NHS consultant contract
What does the NHS consultant contract say and how does it need to change for the future?
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NewsSome trusts face bill 'of tens of millions' to meet data demands
The vast majority of acute trusts face substantial bills to comply with new data requirements which are expected to be introduced, experts have warned.
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CommentForget structures, reorganise the incentives
The US provides a model for rapid service change
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NewsNHS Direct wins Australian contract
NHS Direct has won its first contract outside the UK after securing a deal which will see its online health and symptom checkers used in Australia.
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NewsBlood products company sold to US firm
Private equity firm Bain Capital has bought a majority stake in the government-owned blood products company Plasma Resources UK.
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NewsBaumann: NHS needs 'heroic' savings to pay for integration fund
Government plans to create a £3.8bn pooled fund for health and social care commissioning will take the level of savings needed by the health service in 2015-16 to at least 6 or 7 per cent, NHS England’s chief financial officer has warned.
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CommentWhy the NHS debate needs an independent voice
An ‘Institute for Health Studies’ could add transparency and trust to arguments
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NewsCare cap 'to spark huge rise in demand'
More than 50,000 extra people could demand social care assessments from councils in 2016 when a £72,000 cap on care costs is introduced, according to Department of Health figures.
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NewsNHS emergency care 'unsustainable'
NHS emergency care is “unsustainable”, leading doctors have said.
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CommentNHS buildings are tools, not temples
Let’s rethink the way that the health service uses its properties
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CommentWhen is a trust failure not a failure?
The ambiguity over FTs’ insolvency has consequences for mergers
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Blogs
'Special measures' are a stick to beat trusts with
In my experience, trying to get out of special measures is the start of reducing the quality of services
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NewsWomen still in the minority in NHS leadership roles
Women are still massively underrepresented in senior leadership positions in the NHS, a major analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsCall for reforms on EU patient costs
Hospitals should be given greater incentives to recoup the cost of treating EU nationals, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsAverage CCG faces £10m topslice to pay for integration fund
The average clinical commissioning group will have more than £10m taken out of its budget in 2015-16 to pay for the government’s planned £3.8bn fund for the integration of health and social care, according to NHS England.
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NewsDH boss warns of losers in procurement savings push
The Department of Health’s deputy director of procurement has warned suppliers there will be “losers” as the NHS works to slash £1.5bn in costs by April 2016.