All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 68
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CommentAmbition to save more lives from cancer is vital for NHS plan
A multiyear budgeting approach is needed to achieve transformation in cancer care and make long-term savings
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CommentA lot to praise in Lord Carter’s report, but no practical solutions
Wendy Burn discusses the findings and limitations of the recent review of community and mental health services by Lord Carter
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NewsFlagship GP access pilots miss NHS England target
Only one in five sites funded by the government to boost GP opening hours has hit the target set by NHS England, new figures suggest.
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NewsExclusive: New CQC boss leaves struggling £23m IT system in his wake
The incoming Care Quality Commission chief executive is leaving a struggling IT project in his wake after spending £23m on a system that sends birthday greetings and books appointments.
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CommentFuture healthcare funding will require tax increases
Anita Charlesworth discusses the dilemma facing the government: improving the quality of the health service through a rise in healthcare spend or increasing the low level of taxes
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NewsDoubts over plans to stop waiting list growing this year
National waiting time targets are likely unachievable with current system plans, NHS England has revealed.
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Expert BriefingThe rights and wrongs of introducing new targets
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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NewsCarter review: NHS can save £1bn in community and mental health services
Lord Carter’s efficiency review into community and mental health services has suggested the sector can save £1bn by 2020-21.
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NewsNHS to return to single finance and performance regime under national finance chief
NHS England and NHS Improvement are moving to a single “financial and operational planning and performance” regime under a shared chief finance officer, they are announcing today
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NewsCarter: Integrated acute and community trusts are more efficient
EXCLUSIVE: NHS productivity tsar Lord Carter has said integration of acute and community trusts would improve efficiency.
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HSJ LocalLarge CCG's deficit spirals to £42m
One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups posted a £42m deficit in 2017-18, £26m worse than its control total, according to its May finance report.
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NewsGovernment could scrap 'NHS England ringfence' in long term plan
Ministers could scrap the “ringfence” around the NHS England budget to include other arm’s length bodies as part of the government’s long term funding plan, HSJ has been told.
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LeaderHow much will the government give the NHS for its 70th birthday?
Before the NHS turns 70 on 5 July, the government will have revealed its broad ambitions for the “sustainable long term plan”.
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NewsUncertainty over NHS pricing tool as deadline looms
Uncertainty has arisen over the provision of a price comparison tool used by trusts to analyse and improve their spending, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust accepts control total after 'grip' warning from regulator
A financially troubled NHS trust has accepted its control total for 2018-19, despite the finance director saying it should be rejected in draft plans.
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CommentKarin Smyth: Do away with tax benefits for wholly owned companies
Wholly owned companies drive a further fragmentation of the NHS and ignore the strategic drive towards partnership and cooperation across systems, opines Karin Smyth
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HSJ LocalTrust receives £53m from land sale to local authority
A mental health trust has received £53m from the sale of a large parcel of land to the Greater London Authority.
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HSJ LocalDeficit trust rejects 'hard to understand' surplus control total
A deficit ridden acute trust has rejected a demand by NHS Improvement to deliver a £23m surplus in 2018-19, with local commissioners criticising the imposed target.
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HSJ LocalTrust misses finance target by £60m but keeps access to STF
A large acute trust in London has missed its original financial target for last year by £60m, but has still been awarded most of its sustainability and transformation funding.
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NewsRegulator says 50 trusts can boost cash from overseas patients
NHS bosses have launched a new programme to help boost the amount of cash recovered from treating foreign visitors.