All Finance articles – Page 432
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Leader
Patient reported outcome measures raise questions of how need for operations is decided
HSJ’s revelation this week that tens of millions of pounds are being spent on treatments that arguably do not improve patients’ lives serves to focus minds.
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News
Responsible officers scheme will increase staffing costs
Plans to create “responsible officers” to liaise between trusts and regulators will increase NHS staffing costs, locum agencies are warning.
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Unneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions
Tens of millions of pounds are being spent on NHS procedures that offer little apparent benefit, the first comprehensive survey of patient reported outcomes is expected to reveal.
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Imperial College Healthcare pioneers shift in managerial relations
Imperial College Healthcare trust chief executive Steve Smith tells Alastair McLellan how the new academic health science centre allowed a radical cultural shift to clinical leadership
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Comment
Media Watch: the MP expenses claim swingometer
“Greedy, petty, shameless… and we haven’t had the Tories yet!” was how The Independent on Sunday heralded The Telegraph’s ongoing exclusive on MPs’ expenses.
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News
NHS out of pocket as contract ends for cataract treatment centre
The first independent treatment centre to complete a five year contract will have delivered about 20 per cent less work than it was paid for, HSJ can reveal.
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Primary care trusts warned over misuse of end of life care cash
Ministers have called on the Department of Health to make primary care trusts prove they are not spending extra funding for end of life care on other services.
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NHS asset sales are unlikely to meet Treasury expectations
The NHS will struggle to provide the Treasury with its expected windfall from asset sales, Department of Health data shows.
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Funds dry up for anti-bullying training in the NHS
The NHS is struggling to fund anti-bullying training for staff and managers despite evidence of widespread problems, a charity is claiming.
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Former finance director reprimanded for accounting failings
A former primary care trust finance director has been reprimanded by her professional accountancy body after her organisation had to adjust its accounts by £7.1m.
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Channel Islands angry as UK ends 33-year-old health agreement
The UK’s decision to end a 33- year-old reciprocal health agreement with the Channel Islands threw Department of Health officials and ministers into a nine month row, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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Lost funds provoke outrage among Christie Hospital staff
Nurses from Manchester’s Christie Hospital joined with patients and MPs last week in a march on Whitehall.
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News
Lords vote to allow 'exceptions' to private patient income cap
The House of Lords has voted to allow the government to make “exceptions” to the rule that limits the amount of private work a foundation trust can do.
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MPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'
MPs have attacked as “inequitable and inefficient” the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to allow less cost efficient drugs to be given to people at the end of their lives.
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News
PCTs spent £8.2m on suspended GPs in three years
Primary care trusts have spent at least £8.2m over the last three years paying 134 GPs who were suspended pending investigations into complaints about their conduct.
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News
Health ministers' expenses claims exposed
Health ministers and MPs on the shadow health team are among those named and shamed by The Daily Telegraph’s exposé of MP expenses claims.
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Alan Johnson approves south east London NHS reconfiguration
Far-reaching hospital reconfiguration proposals for south east London have been approved by health secretary Alan Johnson.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS marketing: a new future
Primed with resilient data and analysis, intelligent marketing has the potential to make a big difference, easing the burden on NHS services and driving positive patient experiences. Ingrid Torjesen explains
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on expenses and exploitation
It was a cheap Chinese restaurant, just near the bus terminal in a quiet Northern town. Now, I’m partial to Chinese food when away on business, not least because the single male traveller can usually eat a plate of chow mien or special fried rice without feeling awkward and without ...
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Comment
Matthew Winn on community health providers
The Darzi review brings community providers the policies they have long called for but the new austerity means they must prove their worth with cost-effective innovations