All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 100
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Revealed: Trusts told to improve bottom line by tens of millions
HSJ has obtained financial “control totals” for nearly a third of acute trusts NHS Improvement has already released “sustainability and transformation funding” allocations for every provider for 2016-17 King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust must deliver the biggest improvement compared to 2015-16 Regulators are banking on a major turnaround ...
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NHS England denies government pressure over £8bn funding call
NHS England has denied it was “leaned on” by government to reduce its request for NHS funding growth.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Why the budget wasn't all sweetness and light for the NHS
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Comment
Analysis: This budget could have a nasty sting in the tail for health
At first glance, today’s budget did little to change the outlook for NHS funding in the coming years.
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Budget 2016: Sugar tax and changes to NHS pensions
Most of the £520m raised in the first year of the tax will be used to boost school sports NHS England says levy is a “major first step to what must be a comprehensive childhood obesity strategy” Employers will have to contribute an extra £2bn to public sector pensions ...
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Devo Manc leaders seek private investment for NHS
Greater Manchester looking at non-NHS sources of funding due to the constraints on capital funds at the DH and NHS England “Exploratory discussions” with institutional investors will gauge appetite for creating private investment fund LIFT and PFI type schemes likely to be considered Council leaders in Greater Manchester ...
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Value in Healthcare Congress: key themes announced
Download an exclusive case study on digital solutions to transforming care The Value in Healthcare Congress has identified 12 key themes for its inaugural event.
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'Essential' NHS anti-fraud training to be axed
NHS Protect’s role to change from “direct operational support” to “standard setting, benchmarking and assurance” Body wants to address risk that NHS boards would “not properly take ownership of local anti-crime risks” However, its business plan for 2015-16 stressed the importance of local support and training, and made no ...
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Comment
The real provider sector deficit is nearer £4bn than £3bn
We face a choice for 2018-19 and 2019-20 of investing more in the NHS in those years or reducing the service we provide to meet the budget available, Chris Hopson writes
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'No convincing plan' for NHS to save £22bn, says scathing report
PAC accuses government of being too slow to address hospital deficits “Not yet a convincing plan” for closing the £22bn efficiency gap by 2020-21, report says “Unacceptable” for officials to blame excessive agency costs as source of trusts’ difficulties Data used by Carter review to assess hospital efficiency was ...
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National bodies avoid revolt over 2016-17 tariff
The national tariff proposals for 2016-17 have effectively been accepted by NHS providers.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: The nastiest hazards facing finance directors
HSJ’s new weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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News
Trusts must apply and pay for new turnaround process
Trusts which receive turnaround support from consultancies will have to apply to Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority for it and pay for it themselves.
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Revealed: Failed Cambridgeshire provider asked for £34m bailout after just one month
Audit of older people’s contract details £34m dispute one month after go-live UnitingCare planned to negotiate on income after the contract was awarded Significant shortcomings in the tender process identified Advisers from Strategic Projects Team failed to secure guarantees from winning bidders The controversial Cambridgeshire older people’s services ...
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HSJ Local
CCGs mull 'ban' on third party drug ordering
Clinical commissioning groups in south Staffordshire are considering a clampdown on community pharmacies ordering prescriptions on behalf of their patients, following a spike in spending on prescription items.
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HSJ Knowledge
Exploring a child’s-eye view of NHS healthcare
Parental feedback has long shaped NHS care, but until recently there has been little evidence gathered about patient experiences through the eyes of children. But as Bridget Hopwood and Sarah-Ann Burger write, change is under way
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HSJ Local
Senior managers censured after 'deliberate financial misreporting'
Four managers at Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT face disciplinary action Investigation finds the trust misreported finances for 15 months Report says financial position was “deliberately misreported” Finance director resigned in October WORKFORCE: Four senior managers are facing disciplinary action over the serial misreporting of accounts at an acute ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Value in Healthcare podcast: how we radically cut orthopaedics spend
HSJ’s latest podcast talks to Khalid Shihadah on how he went about a joint mission to reduce non-pay spend in orthopaedics across 70 trusts.
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Comment
Why the NHS could do with cruise control
By reducing variation, the NHS can keep up with demand with less capacity and consequently lower costs, writes Rob FIndlay
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Comment
The Carter report – can NHS procurement transformation be accelerated?
Trusts do not by and large possess all the skills required to deliver their share of the Carter savings, says Richard McIntosh