The King ’s Fund submission to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry on NHS leadership, performance and patient safety
The King's Fund -This submission focuses on: how leadership intersects with the NHS ’s productivity challenge; the evidence for associations between leadership and productivity; and what national leaders and politicians should do with this insight.ReportThe King's Fund - publications (Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection)
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - April 17, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Leadership and leadership development NHS performance and productivity Patient safety Source Type: news
AdvaMed urges Congress prioritize R & D tax credit
Medical technology trade association Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) is urging Congress to pass a tax provision to change how small businesses deduct their research and development expenses.
In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, AdvaMed President and CEO Scott Whitaker underscored the critical importance of passing such a provision.
“If Congress considers a tax package, we urge the inclusion of a provision allowing companies to deduct their research and development expenses in the year the expense was incurred,” Whitaker wrote.
Prior to 2022, the tax code allowed medical technology a...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Economics Source Type: news
Workers take on car giant Volkswagen in fight for pay
"More people are demanding better pay, a piece of the action and a lot of this is a post-Covid thing," says Kent Syler, professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University. "Is it enough in a very red state like Tennessee to move the needle? It's hard to say." Jeff Irvin Jr, who…#postcovid #kentsyler #tennessee #jeffirvinjr #chattanooga #uaw #jeremykimbrell #mercedes #volkswagen #nissan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is the next cold war a drone-swarm race between US and China?
The latter half of the 20th century was largely defined by a seething Cold War between the United States and what was then the Soviet Union over which global superpower's influence and agenda would ultimately reign supreme. Ostensibly, that conflict was one of ideologies and politics. In practice,…#coldwar #sovietunion #thiscoldwar #taiwan #pentagon #pacific #usnavalinstitute #defensenews #defense #kathleenhicks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inside the formidable grassroots operation of India ’s BJP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has built one of the most efficient electoral machines in modern democratic politics#narendramodis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
National disability benefit in federal budget falls short of what advocates wanted
Tuesday’s federal budget laid the groundwork for a national disability benefit but the funding falls well short of what advocates were seeking. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
The budget ’s tax changes on corporations and the wealthy are long overdue
William O’Connell is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto’s department of political science. The 2024 budget includes $52.9-billion in new spending and loan programs and a commitment to not raise the deficit. That means effective tax increases, this time on the wealthiest 0.13 per…#williamoconnell #universityoftorontos #canadians #nato #ottawa #daviddodge #bankofcanada #unitedkingdom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Political interference in Canada ’s pension funds is wrong
Anthony Pizzino is the chief executive of the National Association of Federal Retirees. Canada’s economy could use a boost, but trying to mandate investment from pension funds is wrong-headed and unfair. Yet in an open letter last month, that’s essentially what 92 business leaders from across the…#anthonypizzino #bankofcanada #stephenpoloz #canadians #canadapensionplan #cpp #cppib (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hunt raises possibility of more tax cuts before general election
Chancellor also highlights prospect of interest rate reductions as Tories try to close gap on Labour in polls#tories #labour (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most justices seem skeptical of charging Capitol rioters with obstructing an official proceeding
About 350 Donald Trump supporters who participated in the 2021 Capitol riot that interrupted congressional certification of Joe Biden's election victory have been charged with obstructing an "official proceeding." So has Trump himself: The August 2023 federal indictment that accuses him of…#donaldtrump #capitol #ussupremecourt #usc #sarbanesoxleyact #section1512c1 #section1512c2 #josephfischer #enron #jeffreygreen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Is Jan. 6 the Political Winner Democrats Think It Is?
A Supreme Court ruling against the government could shift the focus to prosecutorial overreach.#supremecourt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opinion: Great budget, Ottawa, but how to execute it when Canada fails to retain talent?
You can’t win a war if you’re unaware you’re in the fight. And right now, unbeknownst to many, Canada is fighting a global war for talent. Put simply, we’re focusing our energies on smaller battles without appreciating the bigger picture. In what could be the most politically consequential budget…#arctic #canadians #rbc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Justice Dept. to hit concert promoter Live Nation with antitrust lawsuit
The Justice Department plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against concert promoter Live Nation, people familiar with the investigation confirmed Tuesday. The specific allegations remain unclear, and the timing of a lawsuit is uncertain. But performers, politicians, scholars, rival promoters and…#justicedepartment #livenation #ticketmasters #taylorswift #nonticketmaster #ticketmaster #livenations #danielmccuaig #cohenmilsteins #justicedepartments (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump ’s campaign is going the way of his media company
Want to know how Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is going? There’s a ticker symbol for that. Trump’s new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), has become a kind of tracking stock for the fate of the former president’s political career. DJT, as the company is known, is supposed to be…#donaldtrump #trump #djt #manhattan #stormydaniels #truthsocial #drop #ricknewman #barrydiller #tmtg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump's social media posts follow him to courthouse
Former President Trump's social media posts are taking center stage during the first criminal trial against him in New York as he continues to push the bounds of his gag order. Why it matters: Trump has long turned to social media to rant about his legal battles and attack his political…#trump #truthsocial #manhattan #alvinbragg #michaelcohen #stormydaniels #juanmerchan #atlanta #georgia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
