All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 60
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News'Unhealthy competition' for nurses must end, says care minister
An “unhealthy competition” for nursing staff between the NHS and social care sector must end, a government minister has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust set to terminate PFI deal for part-built hospital
The PFI contract for the partly-built new Royal Liverpool Hospital is set to be terminated after the Treasury confirmed it would provide funding support.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A long, hard slog towards improvement
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome - email me in confidence.
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NewsWarnings over major cancer target overhaul
A major change to the measurement of cancer performance will produce misleading results and perverse incentives for some providers, several trust leaders have told HSJ.
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NewsDHSC fails to approve tech funding loan for 15 months
An acute trust has been forced to look for new funding to pay for its electronic patient record system after the Department of Health and Social Care has still not signed off a loan after more than 15 months.
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NewsMajority of pathology networks yet to agree new model
More than half of the 29 proposed pathology networks comprising acute and specialist NHS trusts have yet to agree on a model to reconfigure their laboratory services, eight months after the initial deadline passed.
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CommentGovernment must boost dementia research spending
Dementia is the health crisis of our time and the government needs to pull up its socks with an increase in dementia research, notes Hilary Evans
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The NHS needs to prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit, and so for no more money
Andy Cowper discusses the possible consequences of a likely “no deal” Brexit for the NHS
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HSJ LocalBarking trust brings in ex-British Airways boss
An NHS trust with severe financial challenges has appointed a former British Airways boss as its chief financial officer.
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NewsNHS wins landmark legal battle against drug companies
The NHS has today won a landmark legal battle against two international pharmaceutical giants which could save the health service hundreds of millions of pounds a year.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Starting from underwater
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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HSJ LocalEight trusts tender £2bn pathology contract amid network shake-up
An NHS pathology contract worth more than £2bn has been put on the market with the aim of linking eight trusts’ laboratory services.
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NewsNHSI tells trusts to 'pause' subsidiary plans
The national regulator has today told NHS trusts to “pause” any ongoing plans to set up subsidiary companies and wait for new guidance to be issued.
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CommentWhy the tide needs to turn on Carillion-style NHS wholly own subsidiaries
Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe outlines how NHS trusts use wholly owned subsidiaries to gain tax exemptions at the cost of employees who are left in the lurch
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NewsCCG to tender billion pound community services contract
A community services contract, worth £1.7bn, is set to be procured by commissioners in the South West of England
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Shelford trust risks 'damaging relations' by slowing down invoice payments
A Shelford Group provider has risked damaging relationships with external suppliers by slowing down its invoice payments to support its cash balance.
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HSJ LocalTrust set to lose finance director as well as CEO
Medway Foundation Trust is to lose both its finance director and chief executive this autumn – with the medical director also making a sideways move into a different role.
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NewsRevealed: One in 10 CCGs flout key NHS spending pledge
One in 10 clinical commissioning groups have cut their mental health spending according to new figures from NHS England, more than double the previous year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: BCF delays create decommissioning risk
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. This week by HSJ commissioning correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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News'Advanced' health economy to share finance officer
An “advanced” health economy has appointed a joint chief finance officer to work across its three commissioners.