All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 54
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: No time to waste
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News
New NHS efficiency challenge is half that of 5YFV
The government’s funding settlement will leave the NHS with an efficiency challenge of around £11bn – which is half the amount that was required in the Five Year Forward View period, according to a new analysis.
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Tariff set for sweeping change from next year
Regulators have proposed sweeping changes to NHS payment tariff rules, beginning next year, which could see significant swings in income for trusts.
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Stevens calls for legislation to 'accelerate' long term plan
Simon Stevens has called for “pragmatic” legislative changes to help the NHS deliver its new long term plan over the next decade in a speech to health service managers today.
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Hopson: Long term NHS plan must not be 'written behind the bike sheds'
The NHS long term plan must not be “written behind the bike sheds” by national chiefs if the NHS is to take ownership and deliver its targets, the body representing trusts has warned.
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Exclusive: A quarter of a million staff opt out of NHS pension
A quarter of a million NHS workers opted out of the pension scheme over the past three years, with experts blaming a “punitive” government tax regime and the current cost of living, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
NHS long term plan should herald new approach to deliver further efficiency
The NHS long term plan should be based on partnership working between national leaders, trusts and local systems, writes David Williams
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The ability to count
The chancellor’s recent speech with incorrect numbers about the funding boost to the NHS damages public perception at a time when trust in politics is low, says Andy Cowper
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Comment
Productive and unproductive organisational change: a view from within
With mergers of CCGs picking up, Bie Nio (Pauline) Ong notes that for any organisational change to be successful it should focus more on people rather than just structure
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Regulator requires trust to think again on budget
A west London trust is resubmitting its budget to NHS Improvement after failing to find sufficient savings to satisfy the regulator.
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Prime Minister announces new cancer strategy
The prime minister has announced a new cancer strategy for the NHS that will see patients diagnosed and treated faster to improve cancer survival rates.
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Hancock: Genomics project to sequence one million genomes
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has announced an expansion of the 100,000 genomes project, saying the NHS will sequence one million genomes within five years.
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Virgin Care terminates £270m prime provider role
Virgin Care has terminated large parts of a controversial prime provider contract in the West Midlands, HSJ can reveal
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Hancock to announce £240m for social care
Matt Hancock is set to announce an additional £240m of social care funding to help meet demand this winter.
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Treasury confirms it will provide NHS pension funding
The Treasury says the increased costs of NHS pension contributions will be met with additional government funding, and dismissed claims to the contrary made by the Labour party.
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David Nicholson: NHS efficiency 'paid the price' for Lansley reforms
The NHS “paid the price” for the Lansley reforms by losing sight of important efficiency programmes as senior managers were left “running around applying for jobs and changing structures”, the health service’s former head has said.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Shifting the tech-tonic plates
The new health secretary’s belief that technology will act as a panacea to the NHS’s numerous problems is worrying, says Andy Cowper
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News
Contract delays reported in genetic testing overhaul
A flagship project to commission new contracts for seven genetic testing hubs appears to have been delayed.
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NHS Improvement and NHS England face 20 per cent budget cuts
NHS England and NHS Improvement must cut their costs by 20 per cent through developing a new joint operating model, according to plans discussed by senior figures today.
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Local areas face 'tough choices' Stevens and Dalton warn
Health economies which are struggling financially will have to make “difficult choices and trade-offs” as national NHS chiefs seek to deliver a breakeven position in 2018-19.