All Finance articles – Page 448
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NewsEmployers could contribute to occupational health costs
Employers should contribute to an NHS national occupational health service to tackle absenteeism and ill health, according to a report by health professionals.
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St Helier Hospital redevelopment backed by NHS London
A £219m redevelopment of St Helier Hospital has been recommended for approval by NHS London.
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NewsFast track drugs fears for NHS budget
Unregulated pharmaceuticals may be allowed to inflate the NHS drugs bill for little benefit to patients according to independent health policy analyst Roy Lilley.
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NewsWales to train eating disorders specialists
Two teams in Wales set up to improve services for people with eating disorders are to benefit from the skills of specially trained doctors.
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Audit Commission publishes finance guide for doctors
The Audit Commission and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have issued a guide to finance for hospital doctors, saying it is “essential” they understand how money works in the NHS.
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CommentAndy McKeon: saving £15bn-£20bn will be no summer holiday
This summer senior NHS managers have been set a problem they will still be studying for months ahead - how to save £15bn-£20bn over three years from 2011.
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NewsCall for ambitious mental health targets
Public services such as the NHS, schools and transport should be set targets to reduce the financial burden of mental illness, according to mental health leaders.
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NewsPCTs lash out over audit use of world class scores
Furious primary care trust chiefs have lambasted the Audit Commission after being marked down in annual reports on the basis of world class commissioning scores. They had been told they would not be judged on the measures.
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NewsReality chips away at NHS's gold-plated pension scheme
The ‘gold plated’ NHS pension scheme swallows 10 per cent of the service’s budget, but even in these tight times reforming it is a challenge no party is keen to accep.
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NewsSpending pressures spark call for NICE restraints
Primary care trusts could increasingly abandon national treatment guidance unless it is made affordable.
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NewsCall for debate on redundancies as data shows where cuts will fall
NHS leaders are calling for the third year of the pay settlement to be renegotiated to avoid mass redundancies.
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Cost cap on top managers' pay review
A Department of Health shake-up of NHS senior managers’ salaries will only go through if it can be shown not to push up their overall pay bill.
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NewsFinance directors plan to renegotiate supplier contracts
NHS finance directors are increasingly pessimistic about the financial outlook for their organisations and plan to address their concerns by renegotiating contracts with suppliers.
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NewsCost of regulation merger reaches into millions
Health regulators have spent millions on failing IT systems, empty offices and redundancy payments.
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Pay freeze is warmer prospect than thousands of job losses
HSJ’s interviews with a panel of finance directors have begun to flush out where managers are planning to make savings as the financial noose tightens.
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CommentMichael White: on patient safety and savvy spending
I had an odd experience at the weekend. Reading the Commons health select committee’s depressing report on patient safety, I kept thinking of the more visible drama now being played out over public expenditure and pay.
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NewsTrust in talks over merger with struggling foundation
A hospital trust in the South West is considering a merger with a struggling foundation trust.
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NewsTories to scrutinise Monitor and CQC in plans to slash quangos
Every quango, including the Care Quality Commission, Monitor and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will be reviewed by the Conservative Party to assess whether it should be closed or scaled back.
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NewsUnions warn that public sector pay cuts could spark strikes
Any attempts to cut the pay of NHS staff and other public sector workers may lead to strikes, unions have warned.
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NewsFormer NMC chief executive got £122,000 payoff
Former Nursing and Midwifery Council chief executive Sarah Thewlis received a payoff of nearly £122,000 after resigning last year, according to the regulator’s accounts.