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NewsExclusive: Nearly £3bn returned to Treasury
The Department of Health has returned nearly £3bn of its funding to the Treasury over the past two years, despite facing its tightest financial settlement for five decades.A Treasury spokesman this week confirmed to HSJ the department had handed back around £1bn of the funding it was allocated for health ...
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NewsSpending powers 'can be used for local benefit'
NHS commissioners will be able to use their new spending powers to benefit local people and communities, according to the NHS Confederation’s deputy director of policy.
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NewsLamb sets social care cap deadline
The care minister has promised a “significant breakthrough” in the government’s plan to introduce a cap on social care costs by 2015.
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NewsBennett appointed to permanent chief executive role at Monitor
The Monitor board has appointed interim chief executive David Bennett to the permanent role at the foundation trust regulator.
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NewsHealth department 'inventing rules'
There is real concern that NHS organisations will go bankrupt under the new arrangements being brought in by the government’s health reforms but ministers have failed to make clear what they will do if it happens, a parliamentary report has warned.
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NewsHSJ Briefing: general practice services and policy
The growing pressure for general practice to meet rising NHS demand rests on a slow but steady path of improvement
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NewsCommissioning board extends control as 'specialised' budget balloons
The budget for specialised commissioning will increase by more than 40 per cent, in a move which will centralise responsibility for many services.
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News£3.1bn spent over NHS pregnancy errors
Errors made by medical staff when caring for pregnant women have cost the NHS £3.1 billion over the last 10 years, figures show.
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NewsMonitor finds East Midlands FT in significant breach
Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its authorisation by Monitor amid concerns about performance including a failure to hit the accident and emergency waiting times target over an 18-month period.
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NewsHinchingbrooke receives cash advance after posting deficit
Privately-run Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust has negotiated a £4m cash advance on its service contract with its local primary care trust cluster to ease “cash flow issues” after posting a £4.1m in-year deficit.
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NewsHunt urges culture of co-operation
The health secretary has called for a “culture of co-operation” across the health and social care systems, saying that too many people are “falling between the cracks”.
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DH backs a pay rise for staff despite NHS Employers fears
The Department of Health has backed a pay rise for NHS staff next year despite NHS Employers arguing it is unaffordable and could damage patient care.
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NewsNHS warned to begin planning now for pensions change
The Pensions Regulator has warned the NHS needs to take action now to be ready for the start of the government’s auto-enrolment pension scheme.
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CommentAli Parsa on the big society
Why sell the Big Society when there’s a big crash to deal with?
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CommentA perverse take on incentives
There is a new twist to the long-running debate about perverse incentives in the NHS
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NewsCancer budget cut 'only admin' says minister
The government is not cutting NHS funding but “moving money around” to ensure it is better spent, according to health minister Anna Soubry.
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NewsThird of acute care 'not needed'
A third of acute services in the NHS are not needed, the NHS Confederation has said.
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NewsUPDATED: Government seeks significant change to GP contracts
The government will seek to make significant changes to GP contracts in coming years, including standardising practices’ income and introducing a new set of community services, it has announced.
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NewsAudiology patients hit by efficiency drive
The government’s £20bn efficiency drive has led to direct cuts to services offered to patients, according to a charity report.
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NewsNHS predicts 25pc lower surplus for 2012-13
Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are predicting a fall in their combined surplus of 25 per cent this financial year.