All Finance articles – Page 439
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NHS trusts and commissioners at odds over tariff benefits
Hospital trusts and commissioners are disputing the impact of the new payment by results tariff on their income.
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Scottish NHS boards see below-inflation funding rises
NHS boards in Scotland will get an increase of 2.6 per cent in the coming financial year - below the current inflation rate of 3 per cent.
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NHS medics and managers agree over training gap
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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NHS top-up policy needs more scrutiny - RCN
The Royal College of Nursing is calling on strategic health authorities to step up scrutiny of top-up payments to ensure the new government policy 'does not result in a two tier NHS'.
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NHS Scotland funding announced
NHS Scotland boards will share £8.6bn of funding next financial year. The sum includes £385m earmarked for capital investment, which the Scottish government said would help boost the struggling economy.
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NHS managers call for clinical training overhaul
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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Council wins grant to investigate inequalities
A council has won a national grant to undertake a five-month inquiry into inequalities in primary care funding, following an HSJ exposé last year.
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Sophia Christie on healthcare's false economy
Just in case we thought Keynesian economics might protect us from the credit crunch, Nick Timmins of the Financial Times used his keynote presentation at an anniversary event for world class commissioning to demonstrate that we will be highly unlikely to enjoy growth reaching 3 per cent by 2011.
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NICE lacks GP input says NHS Alliance
The NHS Alliance has given muted approval to Department of Health proposals to change the quality and outcomes framework GP bonus scheme.
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NHS managers not reaping benefits of Agenda for Change
Managers are still not reaping the benefits promised by Agenda for Change four years after it was introduced, according to the National Audit Office.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving NHS dementia care
With the long awaited dementia strategy finally here, the race is on to overcome the stigma surrounding the condition and spread the word about available treatments. Emma Dent reports
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Pay-off was not irrationally generous, says Rose Gibb's lawyer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was not 'irrationally generous' in giving former chief executive Rose Gibb a £250,000 pay-off, because it took into account all the relevant considerations, a court heard yesterday.Read more on the Rose Gibb case>>
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Edwina Hart steals march on NICE with kidney drug decision
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has angered some local health boards - and stepped further into NHS decision making - by ordering managers to pay for four unapproved drugs for advanced kidney cancer.
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Trusts and commissioners argue over pay for quality
The pay-for-quality arrangements set out by Lord Darzi in the next stage review are sparking disagreement between some trusts and commissioners.
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Michael White on the effects of the recession
How should we react to headlines warning NHS finance directors and their colleagues elsewhere in the public sector that a swathe of private finance initiatives - including new hospitals - is under serious threat because of the recession?
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Stephen Eames on managing the NHS
I spent a significant chunk of my Christmas break dealing with the 'here and now' while also reflecting on the harsh year we all face.
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PCTs failing to involve public in drug decisions
Primary care trusts are failing to effectively involve the public in decisions over drugs not approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, according to a Picker Institute review.
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Monitor faces review over private patient income cap
Trade union Unison is to push ahead with its legal challenge to foundation trust regulator Monitor over its interpretation of the private patient income cap.
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Outsourced NHS staff hit by pensions blow
The Department of Health has effectively barred outsourced health service employees from the NHS pension scheme in a bid to cut the government's growing liabilities.
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NHS trust claims crunch was behind surprise deficit
A South Central hospital trust has withdrawn its application for foundation status.