All Finance articles – Page 491
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'Urgent action' needed on poor money management, says Audit Commission
One-third of NHS organisations are still in poor financial health - and a hard core requires 'urgent action'.
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Comment
Anna Donald on healthcare in Australia
Returning to Australia from the UK brings to mind the differences betwen the two countries' healthcare systems, in particular Australia's clear separation of insurance and provider powers
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How can we stop chief executives' rush to quit with a golden handshake?
While experienced chief executives can be paid off even after gross misconduct, first-timers are often persuaded to take reputation-damaging jobs at failing trusts. Neither is acceptable - the health service needs to take more care of its talent, says Nigel Edwards
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Finances still weak at many trusts, says Audit Commission
Nearly one-third of NHS bodies are still in poor financial health, according to the Audit Commission's Review of the NHS Financial Year 2006-07 published today.The report says 31 per cent of NHS acute and primary care trusts are failing to meet minimum requirements. However, 27 per cent of trusts and ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Foundation trusts applications: shape up or ship out
The deadline for all acute trusts to apply for foundation status by 2008 has proved unrealistic. What now for those that have not made the leap? Helen Mooney reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Public sector efficiency - driving down costs
Plenty of column inches have been dedicated to local authorities' efforts to drive down costs in line with the efficiency targets imposed by the Gershon review of public sector efficiency. The scope of the review goes beyond local government, however, containingrecommendations for the public sector as a whole, including spending ...
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Mental health spending increases
Total spending on adult mental health in England rose by 5.3 per cent in real terms last year, new figures from the Department of Health indicate.
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Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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Is Darling's spending review a good deal for the NHS?
At first glance, the NHS appears to have done well from chancellor Alistair Darling's comprehensive spending review, but a closer look suggests it falls short of Sir Derek Wanless's recommendations and on the future costs of adult social care, argues John Appleby
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PCTs raid public health funds to pay debts
Primary care trusts will spend less than a third of their Choosing Health funding on the public health problems it was intended to tackle, a survey has revealed.
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Comment
Junior doctors face a difficult job market
Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?
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Michael White on managers and motivation
If middle managers don't manage and nurses are poorly motivated, no amount of money can solve the NHS's problems, says Michael White
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Ambulance staff wages posted on web
A union has taken legal advice after ambulance managers posted details of the salaries of call-centre staff on the internet.
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Tariff delays hit specialists
Further delays to the specialist tariff under payment by results could jeopardise applications for foundation trust status, according to managers.Chief executive of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Andrew Woodhead told HSJ the Department of Health 's announcement last week to delay the publication of a list of providers eligible for ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results briefing
In the April 2002 budget, the government announced the introduction of patient choice and the abolition of locally negotiated block contracts between primary care trusts and providers. Instead, it set up a system that would see hospitals paid for the activity they undertook under a system called payment by results.
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HSJ Knowledge
Raj Persaud on what motivates us
The reasons for our actions may not be as straightforward as they seem, says Raj Persaud
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Comment
Michael White on Brown's bottler government
What a political week! The NHS may have ended up with a better-than-expected settlement from Alistair Darling’s comprehensive spending review, but voters will not be grateful to ‘Bottler Brown’ and his mates for a while.
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Simon Stevens on the spending review's hidden shallows
Although comprehensive spending review negotiations consume hundreds of person years in Whitehall, this effort is largely pointless, argues Simon Stevens
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£170m funding boost for therapy
The Department of Health has announced a £170m expansion of psychological therapies in an attempt to provide better support for people with mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
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Baby units stretched, claims charity
Services for sick and premature babies are being stretched to the limit, according to a leading charity.