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Cameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told.
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Lib Dems win ground on directly elected PCT boards
The Liberal Democrats have achieved one of their manifesto pledges by getting a commitment to elected members of PCT boards.
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Dave Prentis warns that NHS cuts will equal conflict
Managers should prepare themselves for a period of industrial unrest if planned spending cuts go ahead, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has told HSJ.
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PCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes.
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DH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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Chief resigns after CQC fears
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust, which was recently reprimanded by the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, has resigned.
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Dare one step further and keep Lansley in post for the full term
Andrew Lansley is the best prepared health secretary of modern politics. During his time as shadow health spokesman, Labour went through five health secretaries.
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PCT tells patients the cost of their care and services
A Yorkshire primary care trust chair is trying to drive up public awareness of the cost of services delivery by spelling out how much individual treatments cost.
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Warning on hidden NHS spending cuts
The health service should be alert to the “real risk” that spending areas outside of health will “leak” into the NHS’s budget responsibilities, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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UCLH plan to rescue Barts from PFI crisis
Senior managers in London are cooking up an ambitious plan to rescue Barts and the Royal London Trust from its unaffordable £1bn private finance initiative deal.
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Midlands trust explores John Lewis staff model
A Midlands acute trust is investigating a staff ownership model as an alternative to becoming a foundation trust.
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NHS management consultancy bill defended
A trust facing the loss of up to 600 staff has defended its decision to spend £3.4m on management consultants in three years.
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Managers welcome Burstow
The appointment of Paul Burstow as minister of state for health has been welcomed by NHS managers keen to see social care reform move apace.
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Quangos to be slashed and administration cut
The coaltion document released on Thursday promised a large-scale redistribution of NHS funds from adminstration to the “front line”.
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Reform of NICE, value-based drug pricing and a 'cancer drugs fund' confirmed
The coaltion government has announced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will face “reform”.
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NHS announcements from the coalition document
“The Government believes that the NHS is an important expression of our national values. We are committed to an NHS that is free at the point of use and available to everyone based on need, not the ability to pay. We want to free NHS staff from political micromanagement, increase ...
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GUM data ruled off limits to commissioners
Commissioners have no right to check where the users of their local acute trust’s genito-urinary medicine service are resident for billing purposes, according to a recent arbitration.
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Andrew Lansley's meeting with DH staff
Sir Hugh Taylor: Right shall we make a start. Welcome everybody; David and I were just remarking that this is an ever-bigger turnout than the one we got for Tony Blair; so that’s impressive. Something must be going on. Well the people have spoken, and after I think one of ...
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Lansley confirms London reconfiguration halted
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has called a halt to NHS reconfiguration in London.
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Lansley calls a halt to Darzi in London
The new government has put former health minister Lord Darzi’s major reconfiguration plan for London under review, HSJ has learnt.