Finance and efficiency – Page 20
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NewsTrust drops mandatory renewable energy scheme with ‘no value’
An NHS trust has dropped a renewable energy mechanism that was intended to support a transition away from fossil fuels, despite it being made mandatory by NHS England.
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NewsTreasury: No new NHS funding to deal with soaring inflation
The NHS is set to face a three-year funding squeeze after the government said it would not be topping up budgets to cover the impact of inflation.
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NewsBig expansion of nurse and doctor training planned by Labour
Labour would use revenue from reversal of the abolition of the 45 per cent rate of income tax to fund “one of the largest NHS workforce expansions in history,” the shadow chancellor has announced.
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NewsLabour would ‘pool’ health and social care budgets
Health and social care budgets would be pooled together under a Labour government in a bid to boost NHS integration, the shadow health secretary has said.
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NewsTrust earned £39m from Middle Eastern country in one year
A leading hospital trust earned nearly one-tenth of its income during a single year doing private work for a small Middle Eastern state, it has been revealed.
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NewsTrusts face quadrupling in gas prices
A leading energy broker for the NHS has told trusts to expect gas bills to rise by more than three times from April, according to information seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingTrust 'hiding serious harm and death' report
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsBillions in covid cash reserves used to balance trusts' books
NHS trusts will draw on billions of pounds of cash reserves built up during the pandemic to help fund their costs this year, while using aggressive accounting treatments to stop the spending hitting the bottom line.
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CommentJohnson’s government: One step forward for mental health, too many steps back
An informed and ambitious plan could positively change the way Britain’s mental health system works from top to bottom. Paul Farmer explores how.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Green shoots from city’s £1.6bn integration overhaul
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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News‘Cut consultancy spend’ Barclay tells NHSE
Ministers have told NHS England and other national bodies to urgently cut their spending on management consultancy services by at least a fifth.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Full force Flory
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsGovt to add trusts with unsafe roofs to ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
Several trusts with dangerous structural planks are set to be selected for the government’s flagship hospital building programme, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalPlans to improve urgent care and ambulance handovers £8m short
Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust is facing an £8m gap in its finances after funding it had anticipated it would receive for improving urgent care and ambulance handovers has not materialised.
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NewsCentre rationing hundreds of medical consumables and products
Hundreds of items of medical equipment and consumables ranging from dressings to tracheotomy tubes are under strict demand management by NHS Supply Chain, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFraudulent ex-NHS chair told he must repay almost £100k
A former NHS chair who lied his way into a string of top jobs must pay back nearly £100,000 of earnings after the Supreme Court overruled his successful appeal.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief quits after funding row with ICS
A mental health chief is stepping down after a breakdown in relations with local integrated care system leaders over the funding for her organisation, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust fixes high-risk outdated electrics after warnings
A trust is facing a backlog of millions of pounds of work to mend critical pieces of infrastructure, despite having already taken measures to replace or repair parts which had been operating in excess of their capacity and beyond their life expectancy.
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NewsTrust ends deal with consultancy accused of ‘misconduct’ by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has ended its £6m contract with consultants Bain & Company after the government accused it of “grave professional misconduct” over its activities in South Africa.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: One of the worst examples of NHS procurement
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.