Finance and efficiency – Page 39
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Exclusive: Winners and losers from £3bn spent on ‘transformation’
Less than a third of the £9.2bn pot earmarked to potentially be used for “transformation” over the last three years has been used for that purpose – with more than half England’s health systems receiving under £25m.
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NHS leaders call for financial targets to be scrapped ahead of covid-19 surge
Senior healthcare leaders have called on ministers to scrap their financial and efficiency targets as they scramble services to respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Two in five acute trusts missing key efficiency target
More than a third of acute trusts are still missing an efficiency target set back in 2016.
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News£5bn contingency fund announced for coronavirus outbreak
The government has announced a contingency fund of £5bn has been set to make sure the NHS, social care and other public services can respond to the covid-19 outbreak.
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NewsChancellor lifts capital budget by £1bn next year
The Department of Health and Social Care’s budget for capital investment will be lifted by £1bn in 2020-21 compared to previous plans.
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NewsEleven trusts renew £1.5bn court battle with their local councils
Eleven hospital trusts are continuing a High Court action against their local authorities, by seeking to appeal a previous ruling that denied them an estimated £1.5bn in backdated business rates.
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News‘Realism’ urged over pensions tax rule reform
The NHS must be “realistic” about how far the government will be able to go when changing pensions tax rules in the forthcoming Budget, NHS Providers has warned, in anticipation of the Treasury confirming a partial solution this week.
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NewsHand gels supply to NHS providers being ‘rationed’
A national procurement body is limiting the supply of certain hand sanitisers to the health service as coronavirus covid-19 continues to squeeze the global supply chain.
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Major hospital trust predicts missing financial plan by £9m
A major teaching hospital trust has predicted it will fall short of its financial target by £9m.
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Expert BriefingMore power to the Treasury
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsNHSE/I: Too high doctors’ pay will hamper long-term plan delivery
NHS chiefs have backed a 2 per cent pay rise for doctors — but warned anything higher would hinder the ability to deliver on long-term plan commitments.
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NewsThe HSJ Value Awards 2020 finalists revealed
Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 21 May 2020 in Manchester Central, Manchester
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Expert BriefingCrackdown on OAPs has desired outcome
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsNHS England lifts restrictions on CCGs facing £71m deficit
Two clinical commissioning groups whose predicted overspend has increased to £71m this year — nearly £25m more than planned — have had legal restrictions removed by NHS England.
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NewsHancock: CCGs’ power to determine IVF cycles should be removed
Matt Hancock has said it is “absurd” that NHS leaders in some parts of England are able to decide to commission lower levels of IVF, rather than having it determined nationally.
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NewsTrust admits it will miss financial plan by £20m
A foundation trust in the North East has admitted it will miss its financial control total by more than £20m, after failing to meet efficiency plans set at the start of the year.
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NewsNAO head: NHS lending was ‘seriously bad’ financial management
Parliament’s head auditor has criticised the financial management of the NHS, saying lending to struggling trusts was “debilitating” while consequences of cash incentives meant to improve performance were “essentially unacceptable”.
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HSJ InteractiveFocusing on clinical strategy to drive service transformation
It’s time to move from focusing on simply rebuilding the structure of NHS buildings, and instead place a firm focus on overall clinical strategies to drive models of care, says Bev Evans
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News£20bn construction framework set to deliver ‘40 new hospitals’
Billions of pounds of NHS capital is set to flow through a new national framework as part of the government’s drive to deliver “40 new hospitals” by 2030.
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NewsNHSE defends primary care cuts for marginalised patients
NHS England/Improvement has defended a clinical commissioning group over planned cuts to services aimed at health inequalities facing marginalised groups.