All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 31
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News
NHS budget to fall by £9bn next year as covid funding is scaled back
NHS England’s budget for 2021-22 will be cut by £9bn compared to the current year as the Treasury scales back its planned spending on the coronavirus pandemic.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: PM Johnson’s trajectory: from ‘croak us’ to ‘crocus’
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The white paper fallout begins
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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Chair of scandal-hit trust announces departure
The chair of a trust at the centre of an “unprecendented” financial collapse will step down in April.
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Housebound people being missed for vaccination, NHS warned
People who need to receive their covid vaccinations at home are missing out because their eligibility is not being recognised by GPs, experts have warned.
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Funding ‘cliff-edge’ threatens to ‘distress’ families and hamper NHS recovery
Government plans to cut off funding for hospital discharge at the end of March will slow down the NHS recovery of planned care, and threatens ‘’distress’ for families asked to quickly take over patients’ care.
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Government u-turns over exit pay after legal battle
The government has u-turned over plans to cap exit payments for public sector workers, including in the NHS, following a union’s legal challenge.
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NHS England faces ‘external review’ of private sector covid contracts
There will be an ‘external review’ into the national capacity contracts with the private sector during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leaked NHS England document.
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HSJ Local
Trust battles global firm in £100m court fight over ‘substantial defects’ at flagship NHS hospital
One of England’s top NHS trusts is suing a major construction firm for £100m in a bitter legal dispute after significant structural defects were identified in its ‘pioneering’ new hospital, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The future isn’t what it used to be
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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News
Merging trusts seek digital investment with ‘40 new hospitals’ funds
Two acute and community trusts are considering spending part of their government-funded estates cash on a major digital transformation project, amid plans to merge into one organisation.
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ICS criticised for ‘poor relationships’ and NHS leaders ‘jumping to Stevens’ commands’
A review of a health system deemed to be among the most advanced in terms of partnership working has discovered poor relationships and a lack of trust between partners.
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Revealed: £35m government plan for covid mortuaries
The government’s expected spend on mortuary capacity for people who have died with covid-19 has increased more than 50 per cent since September.
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HSJ Partners
Providing the right elective care capacity to reduce waiting times
Jean Challiner focuses on factors significant in increasing elective care capacity amidst pandemic surges
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Comment
More ringfenced investment will be required to empower community services
Much of the welcome extra investment for the NHS during the pandemic has been targeted at other parts of the system, not making its way to community services. Daniel Reynolds and Miriam Deakin explain why the March Budget is an opportunity to support community services through targeted investment.
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News
Revealed: Nightingale hospitals to cost half a billion pounds in total
England’s Nightingale hospitals have been forecast to cost more than half a billion, according to the latest government projections.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Treasury’s ‘reluctance’ is worsening NHS crisis
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News
NHS England told to cancel ‘tone-deaf’ fines on elective performance
NHS England has been criticised for its ‘tone-deaf’ attempts to maintain financial incentives on elective care, even as the service deals with extreme pressures from coronavirus.
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News
NHS plea for private help as covid forces cancer surgery cancellations
NHS leaders are holding fresh talks with private healthcare groups to try to secure surgery for urgent cancer patients in London, as the covid-19 second wave causes hospitals in the capital to make widespread cancellations, HSJ understands.
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HSJ’s 10 most read finance and efficiency stories of 2020
With 2020 down to its final days, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ’s most read finance and efficiency stories of the year.