All Finance articles – Page 296
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Osborne: government departments face greater austerity after 2015 without welfare cuts
Chancellor George Osborne today warned that without further reductions in welfare spending government departments will face even deeper austerity after 2015 than in the current period.
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Treasury hints at winners and losers under local pay
Local pay bargaining could raise the salaries of staff in regional “hotspots” but parts of the West Midlands, Yorkshire, west Scotland and Wales may lose out, Treasury documents suggest.
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Budget round-up: Osborne heralds tax cuts and local pay rates
Chancellor George Osborne has suggested local pay rates will be introduced for some public sector workers.
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: saving £20bn is only half the story
It looks like “four per cent” is here to stay.
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Pay freeze fails to prevent trust overspend on wages
The NHS pay freeze has failed to prevent acute hospitals from running up an estimated £300m year-to-date overspend on wage bills, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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Regional salary gaps evident as George Osborne confirms local pay
HSJ has obtained new evidence of salary disparities within and between regions as the government prepares to introduce local pay rates.
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Exclusive: regulator mulls new squad of fixers for most-troubled trusts
Struggling foundation trusts may be forced to take on new Monitor troubleshooters who will advise trust boards and inform the regulator about weak board members, HSJ has discovered.
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New NHS bodies face recruitment challenge, government told
National bodies being set up as part of the government’s NHS reforms risk being unable to attract good enough leaders due to declining pay, terms and conditions, experts have warned.
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Parking fees raised by 28pc of trusts
More than a quarter of hospital trusts have increased car parking charges for patients and visitors, according to new data.
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Voluntary redundancies dominate PCT pay-offs
Two thirds of the cost of paying off primary care trust managers to make early financial savings went on allowing them to retire early or volunteer to leave the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
A step-by-step guide to making total hip replacement deliver value
Making total hip replacement more financially viable – without reducing care quality - is a tough but totally achievable aim. Simon Sethi and colleagues outline the steps towards success.
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Trusts pursue pay curbs for staff sickness
A tribunal decision that forced a trust to stop withholding pay from staff who take too much sick leave has failed to deter other organisations from pursuing similar policies, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge: do not underestimate CCG support organisations
Could we see CSSs regulate CCGs?
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Media Watch: former trust boss Heatly neatly defends position
Health policy in the news this week.
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Michael White: bill-bashing Lib Dems may take their own hits in the polls
Michael White’s politics column.
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Comment
Could an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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National NHS surplus rises by £329m
The NHS is on course to finish the year with a surplus of more than £1.5bn - £300m more than originally planned - HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Readers' Letters - 15 March 2012
Taking responsibility, translation costs and correct toilet behaviour.
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NHS annual reporting 'inaccurate or incomplete'
NHS organisations are presenting an “inaccurate or incomplete” picture in their annual reports, with some failing to disclose the key risks they face, according to a review by auditors Grant Thornton.
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Monitor reports sharp deterioration in foundations' A&E performance
Monitor has reported sharp increases in the numbers of foundation trusts breaching accident and emergency targets or attracting the worst risk ratings for governance.