All Finance articles – Page 337
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HSJ Local
QIPP failure and demand blamed for West Essex acute overspend
FINANCE: Slippage in West Essex PCT’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plan has been due to “unprecedented demand” for urgent and emergency care, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
West Essex PCT struggling to break even
FINANCE: West Essex PCT has overpent by £600,000 so far this financial year, casting doubt on its ability to break even.
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HSJ Local
Bradford FT concern about community service savings
STRUCTURE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed concern that not enough savings are being made in the community services that it is due to take over.
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News
Trusts back reorganisation of services
Two hospital trusts in Shropshire are backing the reorganisation of services despite opposition from more than 20,000 local residents.
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News
Unison hits out at health pay freeze
The government has come under attack after confirmation that the pay of more than a million health workers is going to be frozen for two years.
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HSJ Local
NW commissioners to pool buying power for continuing care
COMMERCIAL: Primary care trusts in the North West are close to concluding a framework agreement which will establish a single list of approved continuing healthcare providers for the region..
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HSJ Local
New finance director for South West London and St Georges
WORKFORCE: Mike Naylor has been appointed director of finance and deputy chief executive at South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Simulation Lab: What if my CT and MRI scanner demand increased?
As diagnostic imaging is increasingly used to support diagnosis and treatment, healthcare organisations need to understand how many and what type of scanner they need in order to meet demand. This simulation allows you to investigate the impact of population and demand changes on CT and MRI scanner use.
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News
Cost of locum doctors expected to rise
The cost of locum doctors in the Scottish NHS has almost doubled over the past four years to more than £36m, according to Scottish government figures.
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Comment
What will the private sector do with failed hospitals?
The setting of a final deadline for NHS trusts to apply for foundation status is certainly focusing minds and starting to move long-postponed jobs out of the “too hard” tray, but the unpalatable truth is that some trusts are not going to make it by the drop-dead date of 1 ...
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Comment
Your humble servant: the spectre of Stalin looms over year end
It’s difficult to make end of financial year decisions when pain aligns so closely with pleasure.
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News
Performance linked pay for managers labelled a 'distraction'
Linking the stay of senior staff to national objectives would be an “unhelpful distraction”, according to the NHS managers’ union.
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News
FT severance payouts to come under scrutiny
The NHS chief executive has promised MPs to do all he can to provide details of severance payouts made by foundation trusts.
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News
King's Fund calls to unite health and social care budgets
The government must adopt a single budget for £121bn of health and social care funding to stop the two systems fighting against each other, the King’s Fund has warned.
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News
MPs told of budget topslicing 'risk'
Providers could face financial difficulties if commissioning consortia decide to topslice their budgets to create risk pools, the Commons health committee has heard.
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News
Challenged hospitals funds used to bail out PCTs
Nearly 40 per cent of a £392m fund set up to pay off the historic debts of London’s financially challenged organisations has been used to bail out commissioners.
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News
Managers back calls for top earners to pay more towards pensions
The vast majority of managers responding to a snap online HSJ survey think higher earners should pay more towards their NHS pensions.
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Comment
Yorkshire trusts could soon start to see cracks appear
The NHS in Yorkshire has for years papered over the cracks of financial unsustainability in its second largest organisation, North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust.
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News
Labour tables amendments to planned Monitor role
Labour has put forward amendments to the Health Bill to remove Monitor’s planned powers as an enforcer of competition law.
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News
NHS must reverse falling productivity ahead of reforms
Falling NHS productivity must be urgently reversed before planned reforms go ahead, the public accounts committee has said.