All News articles – Page 554
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Hunt to intervene on agency spending
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today unveil plans to cap agency and management consultancy spending by NHS trusts.
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Exclusive: Vacancies fuel agency overspending by NHS trusts
Two-thirds of the spending on locum doctors employed in NHS trusts is being driven by the need to fill vacancies, analysis shared exclusively with HSJ reveals.
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Analysis: CQC ratings align with staff satisfaction
Trusts rated well by the Care Quality Commission tend to have better scores in the NHS staff survey, HSJ analysis has found
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HSJ Live 01.06.2015: Special report - Estates are the NHS's firm foundation
Often overlooked or seen as a ‘bundle of problems’, estates should be considered a vital part of building improved services. Jennifer Trueland reports, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Simon Stevens confirms 'collective' NHS action on agency spend
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has said the NHS will take collective action to tackle the high cost of agency spending in the NHS.
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Executive Summary: Five things to expect from Confed week
NHS top dogs are poised to spring their post-election priorities on the service, while the more lowly exchange anxieties, advice and cynicism. It will all be happening at the NHS Confederation conference. Here are five themes we can expect to feature.
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Monitor sets out plan to enlist 'superbuddies'
Monitor plans to set up a framework agreement to allow high performing trusts to put themselves forward as potential “superbuddies” for failing counterparts, the regulator’s chief executive has revealed.
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Revealed: £690m Staffordshire contract bidders discuss private led consortium
Negotiations are taking place to establish a private provider led consortium to take on a 10 year, £687m contract to integrate cancer services in Staffordshire.
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Exclusive: Monitor ramps up challenge to FTs over spending
Foundation trusts in breach of their licence will face tighter regulatory controls on their agency and management consultancy spending, as part of an interventionist drive by Monitor to bear down on escalating provider deficits.
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Bennett moots rethink on performance targets
David Bennett has called for the NHS to investigate the possibility of redefining key access targets to reduce the financial burden they place on providers – where it can be done without compromising safety.
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Government considers cap on 'egregious' agency spend
A cap on the cost of agency staff supplied to NHS trusts is being explored by the Cabinet Office and Department of Health in an attempt to tackle the ballooning agency spend in the NHS, it has emerged.
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HSJ Live: 29.05.2015: Government looks at possible cap on NHS agency spending
HSJ has learned the Cabinet Office and Department of Health are exploring the possibility of a cap on agency spending in the NHS, in an attempt to tackle ballooning costs.
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HSJ Live 28.05.2015: Clampdown on 'egregious' agency staff prices, Simon Stevens to tell NHS England board
HSJ reporter Judith Welikala is at NHS England’s board meeting this morning, where chief executive Simon Stevens will say the entire NHS provider deficit of £822m can be accounted for by overspending on temporary staff.
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Executive Summary: Her Majesty’s Five Year Forward View
HSJ’s round up of Wednesday’s key stories
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Exclusive: HRA moves to stave off judicial review in clinical trial row
The Health Research Authority has moved to stave off a judicial review by a pharmaceutical company with links to the NHS in a dispute over transparency in clinical trials, HSJ has learned.
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FT financial freedoms a ‘bygone era’, says new foundation trust chief
The foundation trust sector must be more collaborative in order to make the most of a restrictive financial environment, the chief executive of the country’s newest FT has said.
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HSJ Live 27.05.2015: Queen's speech - Ombudsman merger plan
Coverage of the Queen’s speech, including proposal to create a single Public Service Ombudsman, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Executive Summary: The NHS's financial pain rolls on...
HSJ’s round up of Tuesday’s key stories