All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 47
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Community services get largest chunk of LTP funding
Community and young people’s mental health services will receive the lion’s share of the sector’s long-term plan funding, while inpatient services are promised very little, new guidance has revealed.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Tipping the scales
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
Only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated by the government for the NHS since 2017 has actually been released to the service.
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NewsNew health minister appointed
A new minister of state for health has been appointed, as prime minister Boris Johnson continued his government reshuffle yesterday.
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HSJ LocalFT accuses Treasury of being inflexible over PFI buyout
A leading foundation trust says inflexible Treasury rules are preventing it from buying out a private finance initiative contract, which could deliver savings of £30m a year.
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NewsCCG regains financial independence after three years
Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group has regained full financial independence for the first time in nearly three years.
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NewsBoris Johnson names ‘hospital upgrades’ as early priority
The new prime minister has made “hospital upgrades” a focus in his first speech as prime minister and ”ensuring the money for the NHS really does get the frontline”.
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NewsThree-quarters of money from NHS land sales went into revenue
Less than a quarter of the money raised from NHS property sales last year went back into the capital budget for reinvestment in the estate, according to provider accounts.
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HSJ Local
Three CCGs removed from special measures
Three clinical commissioning groups in north east London is no longer in financial special measures, it was announced today.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG forced to reduce services cuts programme
One of the NHS’ largest commissioning groups has radically reduced a package of community service cuts following pushback from providers and clinicians.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Rent is optional
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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DHSC avoids budget breach with Treasury help
The Department of Health and Social Care avoided breaching its key spending limits in 2018-19, after receiving £600m of additional in-year support from the Treasury.
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NewsSelbie: Stop talking big numbers when asking for funding
Local government should stop talking about “big numbers” when making the case in Whitehall for an improved financial settlement, Public Health England’s chief executive has said.
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NewsNHS England hired consultancy to find out what it is responsible for
NHS England paid external consultants more than £200,000 to ‘map’ its responsibilities ahead of the merger with NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Desperate’ finance directors resorting to accounting ‘fiddles’ to keep trusts afloat
Details have been revealed of an elaborate asset sale between an NHS provider and its charity – which was expected to boost the trust’s financial performance by £100m.
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News‘System issue’ leaves trusts in the dark over savings from flagship project
NHS trusts do not yet know how much they can expect in savings from a new national procurement model thanks to a “system issue”.
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NewsSir David’s troubled trust rejects centre’s saving plan
One of the country’s most troubled hospital trusts, which is chaired by former NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson, has rejected regulators’ request for it to rein in its large deficit.
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NewsTrusts told to cut a fifth off capital spending plans
NHS providers and systems have been told to cut their combined capital spending plans by 20 per cent – or risk funding being held back from trusts that need to address critical safety issues.
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CommentWhen is a saving not a saving?
NHS bodies and management consultancies often resort to false accounting and use misleading language to describe finances in order to keep the show running, notes Nadeem Moghal
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HSJ LocalUPDATED: CCG backtracks over major cuts plan after DHSC intervention
A large clinical commissioning group has pushed back its discussion of controversial proposals to axe NHS funded IVF, just hours after HSJ reported the recommendations were on the table.