All Finance articles – Page 373
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News'Unfair' final salary pensions set to go
Final salary NHS pensions look set to be abolished after an interim national review found they unfairly benefit “high flyers”.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the white paper will affect NHS estates
The commissioning white paper leaves the future of the £36bn PCT and SHA estate wide open, as Eve Gregory and Catherine Ochiltree explain
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NewsGPs sceptical reforms will benefit patients
Most GPs are sceptical that the government’s planned overhaul of the NHS will actually benefit patients, a poll suggested.
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NewsCall for public to improve their own health
People must do more to look after their health and stop preventable conditions draining NHS resources, the Welsh chief medical officer has said.
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NewsLord Hutton calls for end to final salary pensions
Public sector final salary pension schemes should eventually be scrapped and staff contributions should increase in the short term, according to an independent commission led by Lord Hutton.
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NewsPCTs make slow progress with QIPP
Primary care trusts are already falling behind on their quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) plans, analysis by HSJ has found.
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LeaderYour idea could redefine the health service
What is the big idea that will guide and inform the development of the NHS throughout the next decade?
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CommentThe right way to form GP consortia
GP commissioning consortia will not be created by guidance notes from the Department of Health. Nor will they be formed by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities suggesting the necessary population size for efficient commissioning.
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Comment'Lansley needs to make the intellectual case for PCT upheaval'
Who caught my attention at the Tory conference this year? Not Andrew Lansley, I think. He had his £164m cancer screening announcement pinched by David Cameron (a PM’s prerogative) and also made a rather lacklustre speech of his own from the platform.
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NewsBig income drop likely for children’s hospitals
Specialist children’s hospitals could see a significant drop in their income under changes to the national tariff.
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HSJ Knowledge
Banding appeals
In the last year we have seen an increase in the number of banding appeals. Appeals arise when trusts and junior doctors are in dispute over hours worked and compensation due, under the New Deal rules for doctors.
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NewsNHS budget ringfence 'irresponsible'
It would be “irresponsible” to promise the NHS’s budget can be ringfenced, Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has said.
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NewsConsortia may boost GP data
GP consortia would have more incentive to collect data on patient comorbidities, the Nuffield Trust suggests.
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NewsStaff safety warning over cuts
Public sector workers could be put at risk of injury or illness because of the government’s spending cuts, safety experts have warned.
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NewsKey NHS providers face loans limits
Providers running health and social care services deemed “essential” will have their borrowings capped and will not be able to use the assets involved in those services as security in loans.
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NewsMidwives warn increasing competition in NHS could destabilise services
The government’s proposals for an increasingly pro market NHS could result in the “disintegration” of the maternity care pathway, the Royal College of Midwives has warned.
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NewsCouncils call for free rein on public health spending
Public health funding should not be ring-fenced by the government when it is moved over to local council control, according to the Local Government Group.
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NewsPsychiatrists back removal of private income cap for FTs
Removing the cap on private income for foundation trusts would release those in mental health to be more innovative and entrepreneurial, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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NewsMental health costs 'soar to £105bn'
The economic costs associated with poor mental health have increased from £28bn to £105.2bn a year, according to research.
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NewsCharity calls for social care overhaul
The NHS should move away from traditional approaches to social care for older and disabled people and look to new approaches such as social enterprises and family-based care, according to a a report published today.