All Finance articles – Page 308
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NewsCCG budgets face complications, says DH
A major Department of Health-led review of commissioning budgets has highlighted the uncertainty and significant risks involved in financial planning for next year.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future of Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the options for Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust as it seeks a merger partner.
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CommentWhy top-up fees are not the answer
Gleeful insurers are rubbing their hands at the prospects opened up by the Health Act.
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NewsCaution over funding for social care reform
The cost of reforming social care should only be met by the NHS if there is also a wider move towards fully integrated services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsExclusive: CCP research suggests competition improves hospital services
Research by the NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel, shared exclusively with HSJ, claims to provide new insight into the mechanism by which competitive pressure improves hospital services.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: when risk assessment goes awry
How necessary monitoring is to avoid failure.
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HSJ KnowledgeTrial blazers: the benefits of carrying out clinical studies
Evidence suggests being active in clinical studies helps improve trusts’ performance as well as providing a potential source of income. Alison Moore finds out how trusts of all sizes can lead the way in promoting research.
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BMA suspends industrial action and joins pensions talks
The British Medical Association has announced it is “suspending plans for further industrial action” and will join talks between other health unions and government about the detail of pension reform proposals.
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NewsLansley insists Dilnot proposals have avoided 'long grass'
Andrew Lansley has revealed he has “various proposals in mind” for a cap on the maximum payment on care home costs any individual faces.
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NewsHealth spend to soar even if efficiency rises - OBR
Health spending is set to soar over the next half century even if the NHS becomes more efficient, the Office of Budget Responsibility has warned.
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NewsCommissioning board plans new improvement body to drive efficiency
The NHS Commissioning Board is preparing to launch a new organisation to promote and spread innovation in a bid to orchestrate a “system-wide response” to make services sustainable.
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NewsBidders compete to take over contract of 'first' ever NHS social enterprise
The contract of the “first” social enterprise to be formed out of the NHS has been put out to tender, with commissioners set to shortlist bidders within the next three weeks.
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NewsNorth West local authorities seek rethink on public health funding
A group of local authorities are calling for a change to the proposed formula for public health funding, after research revealed it would be likely to transfer resources from poor to rich areas.
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HSJ Local
Queen to open £545m QEHB hospital
The Queen will officially name a new £545 million NHS hospital as she continues the latest leg of her national Diamond Jubilee tour.
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More than half of FTs behind plan on 2011-12 savings
More than half of foundation trusts missed their savings plan targets, according to Monitor’s review of last financial year.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow patients could benefit from top-up payments
Top-up payments are a clinically and economically viable way of increasing choice and allowing the NHS to reshape services, say Mo Girach and Ryan Irwin.
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NewsAnger over failure to agree social care funding
The government’s failure to agree a funding plan for social care have been greeted with disappointment from across the health sector.
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Competition panel to probe referral management
The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun a probe of the competition implications of providers operating systems to manage patient referrals.