All Finance articles – Page 276
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HSJ Local
Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Comment
NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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BlogsIs the NHS safe in the hands of the Competition Commission?
The competition authorities must give due consideration to the interests of patients and taxpayers when considering NHS trust mergers.
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NewsTrust consortium urges further cuts in pay
Further cuts in NHS pay, terms and conditions are needed to help NHS trusts meet their financial targets, according to a consortium of trusts in the South West.
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CommentThe benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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NewsNicholson faces 'silent protest' outside board meeting
Health campaigners who are demanding that senior managers are held to account for the Stafford Hospital “disaster” will on Thursday step up their calls for the resignation of Sir David Nicholson.
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NewsCommunity trusts seek payment system reform
Aspirant community foundation trusts plan to lobby for changes to the NHS finance system to prevent activity being driven into acute hospitals.
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CommentLondon's commissioners get stuck in
Commissioners involved in major reconfiguration from the start
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Supplements
Exception to the rule - an HSJ efficiency supplement
HSJ’s supplement looks at how NHS providers are improving efficiency in the areas of pathology, outsourcing and drugs funding
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News
DH opens door to NHS pension for private sector
Private companies providing NHS services are being allowed access to the NHS pension scheme ahead of anticipated Treasury action to widen eligibility, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Howe insists competition regulations protect commissioners
Health minister Earl Howe has insisted government assurances given during the passage of the Health Act on competition rules remain intact, after new regulations sparked accusations of backdoor privatisation of the NHS.
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NewsUnions agree to reduce staff terms and conditions
Health unions and NHS Employers have agreed a landmark deal to reduce the pay, terms and conditions of almost one million NHS staff.
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News
CCGs warn they risk being 'saddled with inherited debt'
Clinical commissioning groups have warned they are at risk of being “saddled with an inherited debt” when they take on their new powers, as a result of an onslaught of retrospective claims for NHS continuing healthcare funding.
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NewsExclusive: Merging Dorset trusts could be banned from talking
The two providers involved in the first merger of two foundation trusts could be prevented from freely communicating with each other while the Competition Commission reviews the case, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe NHS needs to think long term about contracts
Why commissioners should take a more strategic approach
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NewsAnalysed: The continuing care claims deluge
PCTs face a £600m bill for backdated claims for care funding, and this is causing anxiety for clinical commissioning groups too
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HSJ Local
NHS Suffolk on course to hit financial target before close down
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk achieved its target £0.8m surplus at 31 December 2012, and is forecast to deliver its target £1.1m surplus for the full year in 2012-13.
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HSJ KnowledgeIt's crunch time for CCG pay
A basic formula is at hand when setting pay for clinicians on CCGs
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NewsGP survey reiterates concerns about contract
More than a quarter of GPs believe that proposed changes to their contracts will mean they have to restrict access to patients, a poll suggests.
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NewsCare UK acquires UK Specialist Hospitals
Care UK has acquired UK Specialist Hospitals, a provider of elective surgery centres for NHS funded patients, for an undisclosed sum, it has announced.