All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 68
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NewsPM's mental health review will call for 'significant' new money
The government’s mental health tsar has said his independent report could have “significant” implications for NHS funding.
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HSJ LocalTrust in 'negative equity' questions whether it is 'going concern'
A foundation trust with a £62m deficit has sought advice from its external auditors before deciding whether it could declare itself a “going concern.”
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Circle challenge derails treatment centre procurement
A legal challenge by Circle Healthcare has derailed the procurement process for the Nottingham Treatment Centre, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Advanced' health system CCG forecasts unplanned deficit of £19m
The clinicial commissioning group for an “advanced” health system is expected to post a significant unplanned deficit in 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalCCG risks NHS England intervention over deficit plan
A clinical commissioning group could face action from NHS England after admitting it is facing a £4m deficit and will miss its breakeven control total this financial year.
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HSJ LocalFinancial 'breakdown' led to patient safety risks at teaching trust, review finds
Patient safety was put at risk by a “significant breakdown in financial governance” at a large acute trust, an independent investigation has found.
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NewsStaff costs and tariff reductions hit private hospital group profits
Increased agency staff costs and reductions in the NHS tariff hit profits at a large private hospital group, its annual accounts reveal.
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NewsNHS Improvement gives more trusts access to £600m 'unearned' STF
Regulators have changed the rules under which a pot of up to £600m of sustainability and transformation funding will be allocated to NHS trusts.
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HSJ LocalMayor calls on government to intervene in stalled hospital build
West Midlands mayor Andy Street has urged ministers for “swift intervention” to help get a stalled hospital project back on track following Carillion’s collapse.
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HSJ LocalTrust could seek cash from council pension fund for hospital rebuild
A large acute trust is considering seeking funding from a local authority pension scheme to carry out much needed redevelopment work.
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CommentCowper's Cut: Potholes
Just as potholes can be fatal for travellers and should be filled, similarly the potholes in the substantial NHS infrastructure and estates backlog need to be filled, notes Andy Cowper
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NewsCCGs left with £15m bill following dispute with acute trust
Commissioners have been left with a £15m bill after losing a dispute with their local acute trust over procedures which they said had been costed wrongly.
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NewsExclusive: Advanced health economies reject terms of 'system control totals'
Leaders in the most “advanced” health economies have rejected national bodies’ terms for signing up to system-wide financial control totals, HSJ understands.
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NewsContractor suing NHS England claims rival's bid was 'abnormally low'
NHS England is being sued by a clinical waste disposal contractor that claims it wrongly awarded a contract to a rival that submitted an unrealistically low bid.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Major services shake up for troubled health economy
Community services across a swathe of the South West could be consolidated into a single service as a newly merged clinical commissioning group seeks to relieve pressure on hospitals.
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NewsCouncil warnings over 'corrosive' legal challenge by NHS trusts
A “corrosive” legal bid by 20 NHS foundation trusts for business rates relief could threaten the financial viability of some councils.
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NewsGovernment plan to expand 'right to personal health budgets'
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation to significantly extend the scope of personal health budgets in England.
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NewsNHS Improvement drops back office efficiency target
NHS Improvement has dropped a target in the Carter efficiency review for trusts to cut their back office costs, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNational learning disabilities programme 'leading to unplanned costs'
The biggest “fast track” area moving people with learning disabilities out of hospitals has warned it faces an additional £8m annual bill, while others also anticipate increased costs.
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NewsExclusive: Months of delay to new NHS procurement model
The implementation of the government’s new purchasing and supply model for the NHS has been delayed, HSJ has learned.