Finance and efficiency – Page 4
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NewsICB sanctioned for failing to stop trusts’ over-recruitment
NHS England has issued enforcement notices to an integrated care board and four of its trusts, warning that the additional staff they have recruited are “not financially affordable”.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Walking into a GP trap
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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HSJ Local‘We’re not doing our job properly’, ICB tells councillors
An integrated care board has apologised to a large county council for a lack of engagement over plans to axe its “place” directors and centralise their teams, but argued it was trying to improve its central functions.
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NewsAuditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans
An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.
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CommentRevealed: how quantum physics wrecked NHS funding
Public spending has been cancelled as Rachel Reeves develops an unhealthy obsession with Jeremy Hunt’s hole. Full story from Julian Patterson
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NewsTrust nears annual deficit in three months
A hospital trust has almost reached its planned year-end deficit, within just three months of the financial year.
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NewsEleven ICSs warned of ‘significant concern’ about overspending
Around three quarters of England’s 42 integrated care systems have been unable to set balanced budgets for 2024-25, NHS England has revealed.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will ministers rob primary care to pay primary care?
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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NewsCQC plans to charge ICBs for assessments despite backlash
The Care Quality Commission has confirmed it plans to charge integrated care boards for assessments, despite more than half of respondents to a consultation disagreeing with the approach.
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NewsICB faces row with council over axing ‘place’ directors
An integrated care board faces a row with a large county council over plans to axe its “place” directors and centralise their teams, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England awards £40m consultancy contract for commercial advice
A contract worth up to £40m to advise NHS England on strategic and productivity matters has been awarded to a consortium led by PA Consulting, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Significant disruption’ as struggling ICB extends restructure
A struggling integrated care board is reporting more “freedom to speak up” reports and “significant disruption” to staff, as it goes through a major restructure, it has warned.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Deficit plans should not be a ‘comfort zone’ for trusts
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Streeting’s first days
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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NewsPathology deal extended with cyber attack provider
A cancer hospital has extended its contract with the company hit by the high-profile cyber attack which paralysed part of London’s pathology service last month.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Underfunded and over-reliant
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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CommentThe next government’s stark choice: increase funding or see care decline
Anita Charlesworth describes the tough choices the new government will face as it tries to balance its ambitions to improve care with fiscal realities.
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NewsIncome soars at backlog catch-up firms
Two private companies offering outsourced NHS assessments for ADHD and autism have seen huge increases in income, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Whittling down the provider numbers
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Labour’s £6bn social care questions
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.