All Finance articles – Page 319
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Trebled number of smokers quitting sees overall success rate drop
The number of people trying to quit smoking via NHS services has roughly trebled in the last decade but success rates have fallen, figures show.
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'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
A charity that supports local entrepreneurs has insisted that the NHS must remain as an all-encompassing healthcare system but social organisations could do more to provide services traditionally offered by the NHS.
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Commissioners ordered to redo public health accounts amid 'gaming' concerns
Sir David Nicholson has ordered NHS commissioners to submit complete spending returns for 2010-11 in just six weeks amid controversy as “unexpected values and omissions” relating to public health were uncovered.
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Fourteen FTs ended 2010-11 in deficit
Fourteen foundation trusts finished 2010-11 in the red, with their combined deficit totalling £66m for the year, according to data from Monitor.
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DH reissues withdrawn HealthWatch consultation
The Department of Health has reissued a consultation on funding for local HealthWatch, two weeks after it was forced to withdraw it.
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Exclusive: the Christie plans national 'chain' of cancer centres
Specialist cancer hospital The Christie Foundation Trust is considering plans which could see it open branded treatment and diagnostic centres across England, in partnership with a private sector provider.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh plans 486 post reduction
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust plans to reduce posts by 486 whole time equivalents by 2013-14, its three year plan shows.
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NHS Bury deficit rose to £1.7m by end of June
FINANCE: The primary care trust was £1.7m in deficit at the end of June 2011, against plans to have made a surplus of £63,000 by that point in the financial year.
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Trusts should question whether bullying 'bothers' staff, researchers say
Trusts spending resources on tackling bullying and abuse should consider the extent to which these problems actually “bother” their staff, according to a study.
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Staff absenteeism highest in NHS, study shows
Employee absenteeism in the NHS is failing to be adequately addressed by managers, despite the fact that the organisation has the highest level of worker absence of any sector, a report has warned.
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Quarter of NHS trusts 'have weaknesses in securing financial resilience'
Almost a quarter of NHS trusts have notable weaknesses in their arrangements for securing financial resilience or challenging how they secure value for money, their auditors have warned.
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DH report finds medicines waste 'not a systemic problem'
Medicines waste in primary and community care should not be regarded as “a serious systemic problem”, a new report published by the Department of Health has concluded.
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Welsh government union payments slammed by Conservatives
More than £2m of public money has been paid to trade unions by the Welsh government, new figures show.
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Medical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme
The first evaluation of an NHS programme to spread joint decision making with patients has highlighted “many challenges” to the aim, mainly because of resistant doctors.
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Wastage efficiency drive launched by DH
The attempt by the NHS to deliver £20bn worth of efficiency savings by 2015 is being supported by a Department of Health initiative to improve medicine use and reduce wastage.
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Low manager numbers risk care homes' future
A “leaked” document showing a lack of managers in post has heightened concerns over the future of troubled care homes.
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Fewer tonsil operations are risking patient lives, hospitals warned
The NHS is putting patients at risk of serious illness by carrying out too few tonsil operations in a bid to save cash, an expert has said.
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NHS trusts to take over community service assets
Acute and mental health trusts are to be given the chance to acquire billions of pounds worth of property assets used to provide community services, with final decisions due by the end of the year.
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Pensions preferred to pay in public sector, survey shows
People employed in the public sector are more concerned about retaining their pension deals than avoiding salary cuts.
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Office supplies top procurement savings agenda for Whitehall
Whitehall departments are to pay the same price for office supplies in a bid to save taxpayers more than £18m annually.