Health minister defends Better Care Fund changes

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   News and comment from Public Finance - the official magazine of CIPFA   11 July 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Health minister defends Better Care Fund changes Changes to the government’s flagship Better Care Fund, which could see funding diverted to hospitals, are needed to ensure the scheme is effective, health minister Dr Dan Poulter has said. Speaking to Public Finance, he said tying some of the fund to reducing hospital admissions would also help measure its impact...       News Cable orders review of government sell offs Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced a review of the process for government privatisations following the controversial sell-off of the Royal Mail... GP out-of-hours services ‘not value for money’ Out-of-hours GP services are not achieving value for money across the country, auditors have warned, with around a quarter of people unaware the services exist, leading to extra pressure on accident and emergency departments... Call for clarity over public data-sharing law The law governing data sharing between public bodies is complex and inconsistent and needs to be simplified and clarified, the Law Commission has said... Rural Payments Agency accounts passed by auditors The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Payments Agency have filed a clean set of accounts for the first time since in six years, the National Audit Office has confirmed... More news     Public Finance International India’s Budget aims to cut deficit and boost growth India’s new government has published its first budget promising to cut the deficit to 4.1% this year and return annual growth rates to 8%, while an Expenditure Management Commission will comprehensively review public spending... More international news     Advertisment Ready for an MBA? Top up your CIPFA qualifications to an MBA – up to 80 credits exemption available. Study part time online with one of the UK’s leading University’s for online learning. Apply now, start September... Learn more     Opinion Ins & outs of outcomes, by John Maddocks Outcomes-based approaches like Payment by Results are increasingly being used in public service delivery – but while they can improve results, they work best as part of a more integrated approach... Better Care Fund: the small print, by Richard Humphries Rumours of the demise of the £3.8bn Better Care Fund are exaggerated. But that does not make the government’s latest announcement about the fund any less disturbing... More opinion     Senior Auditor Cumbria County Council  £24,892 - £25,727 pa Capital Accountant Newport City Council £34,894 - £37,578 pa Senior Principle Accountant (Financial Management) Northumbria Police Up to £56,739 pa Professional Finance Roles The Scottish Government Grade C1, £44,174 - £53,121 pa   Grade C2, £53,121 - £64,381 pa More public finance jobs Jobs: South East Jobs: North West Jobs: East Mid. Jobs: West Mid. More regions CIPFA Publications Events     Click here to unsubscribe from this email