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  Healthcare Finance November 2008

  Faster closing of in-year and year-end accounts is about improving the quality of financial reporting and not just meeting an arbitrary deadline, the Audit Commission’s Andy McKeon explains in this month’s Healthcare Finance. The issue also talks to three former financially challenged trusts about how they turned around their performance and are now looking to become foundation trusts. We look at the latest developments in service line management and the Electronic Staff Record, as well as seeing how NHS graduate trainees are getting an early exposure to finance.

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  Health unions call for new pay negotiations

  Health unions have insisted that the UK health departments reopen negotiations on next year’s pay rises in order to avoid a recruitment and retention crisis.

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• Department reissues pre-op rules

  Revised guidance has been issued by the Department of Health on the treatment of pre-operative assessments under payment by results after concerns were raised over contradictions in earlier advice. 

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  HFMA unveils award shortlist

  Six finance directors have been shortlisted for this year’s HFMA Finance Director of the Year Award. The winner will be announced at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at this year’s HFMA annual conference in December.

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• MPs call for foundation trust review

  Foundation trusts have proven strengths but there must be a full and independent evaluation of their impact on the NHS, according to the House of Commons health committee.

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  Industry says generic savings will pay for wider access

  The NHS will have the funds to pay for government plans to make more drugs available on the NHS, according to the pharmaceutical industry.

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  Moving beyond competition

  Far from a mere euphemism for competition, contestability aims to use the threat of competition to stimulate efficiencies, as David Parkin explains

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  The Third Way

  Nigel Davies sets out how NHS commissioners can get involved in influencing the form and content of charity reports and accounts

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  Le Crunch

  Finance managers will need all their skill to navigate the credit crunch and the unknown changes to tariff, allocations and MFF in 2009

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  Changing times

  HFMA chief executive Mark Knight reflects on a successful year for the association and looks forward to 2009

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