All Finance articles – Page 294
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Blogs
A decade of austerity should spur on fundamental care reform
CCGs have the opportunity to reform patterns of service provision and ways of working.A decade of austerity could spur on some long overdue changes to our health and care system..
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News
Government gearing up for discussion on medical contracts
Discussion on changes to bonus payments for consultants look set to begin in earnest next week with the publication of a long awaited report into clinical excellence awards.
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NewsStrategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: DH could face probe over IT deal
The Department of Health could face a fresh probe by a government spending watchdog after its latest attempt to dismantle the National Programme for IT sparked allegations of anti-competitive behaviour.
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NewsLicensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsWarning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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NewsLabour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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CommentNHS must plan for a longer austerity than we imagined
The autumn statement reveals frightening truths about savings
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CommentToo 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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CommentA timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
Acute trusts cannot prevent overcrowding but they can reduce demand
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CommentMiles 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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CommentSally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
Paul Baumann may struggle to spread some seasonal cheer to CCGs
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NewsBennett 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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NewsI 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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NewsRegulator'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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NewsMonitor 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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NewsGP 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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NewsDuty 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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NewsLocal 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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NewsNHS 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.