All Finance articles – Page 390
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NewsDH backs plan to award 5.3 per cent pay rises
The Department of Health has written a detailed analysis in support of plans to award lower paid staff pay rises of up to 5.3 per cent, amid growing concern that the NHS paybill is unsustainable.
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NewsGovernment 'tinkering' with alcohol tax criticised
The government has been accused of “tinkering at the edges” over plans to tackle problem drinking by driving up taxes on super-strength beer and lager.
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Call to link executive pay to staff levels
A review of fair pay in the public sector has suggested top executives should no longer be paid more than 20 times the wages of other staff.
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LeaderCircle’s success at Hinchingbrooke is more likely to be cultural than commercial
What will we learn from private provider Circle’s success in becoming the preferred and only bidder for the contract to manage Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust?
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NewsPublic health white paper stalls on handover to councils
The government has confirmed that public health funding is likely to be around £4bn, but has delayed shifting responsibility for local public health spending to councils until at least April 2013.
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SupplementsFinance: No Time Like the Present
HSJ examines why financial skills will be in high demand in the coming years
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NewsSpeech therapy saves NHS £13.3m a year
Every £1 invested in speech and language therapy for stroke patients with swallowing problems – dysphagia – generates £2.3 in savings through avoided chest infections, a report shows.
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NewsPCT stroke spending at odds with outcomes
London primary care trusts that spend similar amounts on stroke achieve vastly differing outcomes, data analysis shows.
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NewsMonitor flags finance problems at hospital foundation trust
The foundation trust regulator Monitor has highlighted significant financial problems at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Hinchingbrooke winner critiques NHS procurement
Ali Parsa, managing partner of Circle - the private business that has just secured the contract to run Hinchingbrooke Hospital - believes the NHS must reform the way it buys services.
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NewsSainsbury's 'to give GPs free room for surgeries'
Sainsbury’s is to give GPs free room to set up in-store surgeries and will market the service to shoppers.
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CommentAli Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price
Under a new approach to procurement, value for money rather than price will determine who is awarded contracts
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Blogs
In the boardroom: tough talks as reality sinks in
Now that the size and implications of public sector cuts are sinking in, senior managers and board members are realising that efficiency savings will not be anywhere near enough to cover it.
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NewsCuts 'provoke anxiety' among mental health patients
A major shake-up in the welfare system could have a “quite devastating” impact on people with fragile mental health, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge10 high-impact changes to older people’s services
Work is needed for older people’s services to keep becoming more personalised and preventative, say Kerry Allen and Jon Glasby
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NewsSmaller fines for mixed sex accommodation
Commissioners have been given the freedom to impose smaller penalties on trusts which breach rules on mixed sex accommodation, but told they have “no excuse” not to impose the fines.
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NewsPublic health body fears PCTs are ‘asset stripping’
More than a quarter of London primary care trusts have no public health director and 13 per cent of PCTs in England have also failed to fill the key post.
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NewsNHS Atlas of Variation highlights service value
The NHS Atlas of Variation further highlights the pressure on the NHS to restrict access to some services and medicines.
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NewsCompetition panel bans exclusive provider deals
Exclusive framework agreements between commissioners and providers have been dealt a major blow by an NHS cooperation and competition panel judgement.
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CommentMark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
Some people think more cash is coming for the NHS, but just in case it isn’t, here are some instant gains we can make in the meantime