Finance and efficiency – Page 2
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HSJ LocalTrust halts ‘dangerous cut to doctors’ pay’
University Hospitals Birmingham, earlier this month accused of imposing a “badly disguised pay cut for doctors” and axing enhanced locum pay rates, has appeared to U-turn on the move by pausing the changes.
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HSJ LocalTrust shuts 10% of its beds in savings drive
A hospital trust has shut more than 10 per cent of its beds and cut staffing to try to meet a savings target, which is one of the highest nationally.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts paying the biggest premiums for safety errors
The trusts paying the highest negligence premiums as a proportion of their income have been revealed, with experts warning the “sheer costs involved in managing accidents that could be avoided” neared £3bn last year.
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NewsSystem lacks ‘critical self-reflection’, says NHSE
NHS England has accused an integrated care system of lacking “critical self-reflection” about the severity of its problems.
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NewsNHSE desire to please govt forcing finance chiefs to agree undeliverable plans
One of the NHS’s foremost finance figures has joined the chorus of senior healthcare leaders raising serious concerns about the damaging effect of the way the service’s annual planning round is conducted.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of imposing ‘badly disguised pay cut’ on doctors
University Hospitals Birmingham has become locked in a row with the British Medical Association over its plans to stop paying premium rates for medical bank staff.
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NewsICB cuts income of pioneering provider by up to 10%
A leading large-scale GP provider has seen its annual income cut by up to 10 per cent.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Where’s my transformation fund gone?
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsFresh £900m raid on capital revealed in Budget small print
Close to £1bn has been raided from health capital funding this year to meet day-to-day pressures in tech and pay, documents published alongside the Budget reveal.
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NewsNew £100m pot for building upgrades announced
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a new £100m pot to fund upgrades to GP premises as part of a multibillion pound increase to the NHS’s capital expenditure in the government’s Budget.
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NewsNHS given £1.5bn capital to boost elective recovery
The NHS will be given an additional £1.5bn in capital funding next year to spend on new surgical hubs and scanners, the Treasury has announced ahead of Wednesday’s budget.
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NewsICB accused of ‘attacking patient choice’
An integrated care system has been accused of “attacking patient choice” by allegedly “pressuring” eye care providers to refer more work within the NHS – amid moves nationally to bring more ophthalmology services in-house.
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CommentInvestment in technology and prevention has to be at the heart of the Budget
The upcoming budget will shape NHS funding for 2025-26, balancing immediate health needs with long-term investment in technology, prevention, and a healthier future economy, writes Anita Charlesworth
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NewsNHS estates backlog rises 20% to record high
The cost of eradicating the estates maintenance backlog for NHS trusts rose around 20 per cent to a new record high of nearly £14bn year on year, according to new provisional data.
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NewsRevealed: £18bn bid to complete promised ‘40 new hospitals’
The new hospitals programme has told ministers it needs nearly £6bn annual capital funding for three years to press ahead with building all promised schemes as fast as possible.
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NewsTrust in financial dispute with two ICBs
An ambulance trust has warned it may miss financial targets because it has failed to finalise some commissioning contracts halfway through the year.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The LCOs are coming
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsICB faces second lawsuit for patient transport procurement
A health system broke procurement rules when it awarded a patient transport contract to a firm that went bust less than a month after it began providing the service, according to a legal claim brought in the High Court.
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NewsFunding electives over A&E a big risk, says NHS chief
Ministers should consider “how it [will] look to the public” if any new funding for the service is restricted to boosting elective work, in the face of winter pressures destabilising urgent and emergency care.
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NewsClinical space ‘increased by 34 hospitals’ in under a decade
NHS England has increased clinical space by the equivalent of 34 general acute hospitals in less than a decade, it has revealed.