All Finance articles – Page 396
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NewsHospital merger benefits questioned
The benefits of hospital mergers are called into question in unpublished findings from a study into links between clinical outcomes and patient numbers.
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NewsGP funding formula favours doctors in richest areas
GP practices in the richest areas will be granted a 1.2 per cent increase in their target commissioning budgets this financial year, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsNHS Employers deal still not agreed
The Department of Health has confirmed it is still negotiating its core contract with NHS Employers, a week into the new financial year.
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NewsExpiring drug patents could save healthcare providers billions
Healthcare providers could save as much as £3.3bn a year when patents on leading drugs expire in 2014, independent market analyst Datamonitor has claimed.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine deal agreed
The government has said it is cutting its swine flu vaccine deal with GlaxoSmithKline in a move that will see it pay two thirds of the original value - but receive just over a third of the doses.
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NewsKing's Fund accuses Tories over cancer drug promise
The Tories have been challenged over their promise to fund new cancer drugs.
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NewsCBI renews call to review public sector pensions
Business leaders have renewed their demand for a review of public sector pensions, calling for a shift from “unsustainable” final salary schemes.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS sustainability: how to achieve long term efficiencies
Moving care closer to home and focusing on prevention are ways to achieve long term efficiencies, says Jennifer Taylor
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NewsFTs offered cash to take control of failing trusts
Foundation trusts will be given financial incentives to take over failing NHS trusts under proposals to be set out in the government’s forthcoming election manifesto.
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LeaderWe need to face up to tough choices on social care – fast
The social care white paper unveiled on Tuesday is an important step on the way to getting politicians and voters to face difficult choices.
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CommentMichael White: Darling's Budget
The Budget joke I liked best was not the one about the tax haven deal with Lord Ashcroft’s Belize. It was that Alistair Darling had offered money to fill potholes in our roads after the long, hard winter, but not the black holes in the public finances after the even ...
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NewsAuditors called into NHS Employers
An ambitious outsourcing service launched by NHS Employers has been scrapped in light of dismal levels of interest from trusts and the Department of Health’s decision to tender NHS Jobs.
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NHS finance directors feel a distinct nip in the air
Chill winds are blowing through acute and PCT forecasts for their organisations over the next year - with recruitment freezes the most dramatic trend. Sally Gainsbury reports on HSJ’s latest survey of finance directors’ outlook
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News‘Aggressive’ PCTs provoke legal threat
The National Association of Primary Care is considering legal action against primary care trusts taking an aggressive stance when renegotiating personal medical services contracts to make savings.
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LeaderAfter two decades of wandering, commissioning has a destination
The report on commissioning from the Commons health select committee is both insightful and flawed.
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NewsDarling eyes NHS staff absence for efficiency savings
Last week’s Budget announced that the NHS will have to find £4.35bn in savings by 2012-13.
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NewsPreferred provider guidance leaves waters muddy
Both sides in the row over the NHS as “preferred provider” are claiming victory after the Department of Health published its procurement guide for primary care trusts.
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News£60m in NHS negligence compensation
NHS negligence claim payouts in Scotland came to more than £60m over three years, with more than half the bill between 2006-07 and 2008-09 run up by obstetrics and gynaecology errors.
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NewsLabour accused of failing to match Tory commitment
Health secretary Andy Burnham has been accused of failing to match the Tories’ commitment to a real-terms increase in the NHS budget every year in the next parliament.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS charities: five steps to stay independent
NHS charity boards must be prepared to demonstrate their independence or they will lose it, write Abbie Rumbold and Matthew Orme