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Spending review: NHS England budget increase confirmed but other DH spending cut
NHS England budget to rise to £120bn by 2020-21 George Osborne announces 25 per cent cut to other areas of DH budget HSJ Live: Comprehensive spending review - reaction George Osborne has confirmed NHS England’s budget will rise to £120bn by 2020-21, but said other Department of Health ...
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HSJ Live 25.11.2015: Catch up on HSJ's must read spending review coverage
Reaction and analysis to the comprehensive spending review
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NHS England to receive £3.8bn budget increase next year
Spending review to give NHS England a real terms budget increase of £3.8bn in coming financial year Deal welcomed as a “frontloading” of £8.4bn promised over the parliament Real terms growth drops to just £500m in third year of parliament, before rising to £1.7bn in final year Redrawing of ...
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Exclusive: NHS England to recruit new tech chief
NHS England has set out the leadership structure it will put in place to drive its digital vision after the departure of Tim Kelsey, who has led on the agenda for the last three and a half years.
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Lack of winter cash 'will mean more A&E diverts'
Three-quarters of trusts tell HSJ they are receiving less winter cash than last year Fourteen trusts say funds are insufficient to meet staffing plans Chief executive warns A&Es will need to divert patients to other hospitals Hospital chiefs have warned they face the “most difficult winter in recent ...
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Non-EU nurse visa applications up 209 per cent in 12 months
Migration Advisory Committee report reveals scale of demand for nursing immigration MAC says majority of applications refused since June 2015 were for nurses RCN warns key supply line of overseas nurses being “strangled” by immigration policy Visa applications for nurses from outside the EU to work in the ...
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Updated: While the CSR deal is a success, it is far from an unmitigated one
Simon Stevens pulled off a major coup for the NHS but it’s important to note what wasn’t such a triumph
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CCG proposes rationing services ‘widely available on the high street’
FINANCE: A financially challenged clinical commissioning group has unveiled proposals to restrict access to services such as hearing aids as they are “widely available on the high street”.
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Spending review 2015: Questions Osborne needs to answer on the DH settlement
As a result of briefings to media over Monday evening, some of the big questions about what tomorrow’s comprehensive spending review announcement means for health have already been answered.
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HSJ Live 24.11.15: NHS England spending review settlement - reaction
Spending review will give NHS England a real terms budget increase of nearly £4bn in 2016-17
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Exclusive: CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for social care cuts
Newcastle and Liverpool CCGs call for NHS allocations to account for size of social care cuts HSJ analysis of accounts indicates greatest cuts generally in the north east and parts of the north west. Read full analysis here King’s Fund assistant director warns against recognising care cuts in CCG ...
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Analysis: Which areas have seen the biggest social care spending cuts?
The North East and much of the North West have seen much bigger cuts to council adult social care spending than some other regions in recent years, according to analysis of official figures.
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HSJ100 marks seismic change in NHS leadership
Department of Health finance director David Williams is the highest new entry in this year’s HSJ100 Other notable new entries and risers include Arvind Madan, Dame Ruth Carnall and Sir Howard Bernstein Simon Stevens tops the power list for a second year Read the full list This year’s ...
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Exclusive: Agency staff survey raises fears cap will be 'train crash'
Survey of 3,600 agency staff shows many already work in the NHS and extra shifts top up pay More than half of agency staff said they will work fewer shifts or change career as a result of agency caps Monitor says action is needed to tackle “spiralling wage bill” ...
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West Midlands CCG enters financial recovery
Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG initiates financial recovery process Commissioner fears it will not meet planned 1 per cent year-end surplus Normal 0 false false ...
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How to read the HSJ100
The HSJ100 is now 10 years old and has retained its unique role of plotting power and influence in the English NHS. However, the HSJ100 is often misunderstood and sometimes criticised for claims it has never made. What follows is a guide on how to read the HSJ100 and its ...
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The HSJ100 shows NHS leadership as it is now, the HSJ Awards reveals how it could be transformed
The tenth HSJ100, published today, paints a picture of healthcare leadership as it exists today. The HSJ Awards, presented during a joyous celebration last week, shows us how it might be.
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NHS Employers approaches Acas over junior doctor contract
NHS Employers confirms approach to Acas on Thursday night BMA made offer of mediation following industrial action ballot It is the first step towards negotiation since October 2014 NHS Employers last night approached the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration service about the possibility of negotiations over a new junior ...
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NHS providers' half-year deficit hits £1.6bn
NHS providers post £1.6bn deficit for first half of 2015-16 First official confirmation that sector deficit is on course to top £2bn Regulators hopeful year-end figure can be improved NHS providers recorded a £1.6bn deficit for the first half of the financial year and were forecasting a £2.2bn ...
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Spending review 2015: What to expect for health
HSJ sets out key issues the NHS should track in next week’s spending review announcement