Finance and efficiency – Page 40
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HSJ LocalTrust forecasts £92m deficit after waiting list push
A struggling hospital trust has increased its forecast year-end deficit to £92m.
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HSJ InteractiveCreating an NHS estate that’s fit for the future
With continuing challenges to capital funding, only a strategic approach to the NHS estate will result in the facilities required to best meet future need and new types of care
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NewsEfficiency scheme chief to stay on for 18 months
The chief executive of a flagship efficiency scheme will stay on until at least the end of September 2021, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital funding call stepped up following storm damage
A hospital trust has stepped up its calls for capital funding for refurbishment off the back of damage caused by Storm Ciara.
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Treasury sanctions another £400m bailout for DHSC
The Treasury has sanctioned an in-year funding increase of more than £400m for the Department of Health and Social Care, which will effectively help bailout deficits in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingSpeed over safety
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by integration senior correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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News‘Uncapped’ capital funds available for coronavirus response
NHS organisations can now bid for capital funding to pay for urgent works needed for their response to the coronavirus outbreak, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsNHS England’s goal on new buildings ‘is mountainous task’
Green building experts have questioned the feasibility of NHS England’s “ambitious” target for all NHS new builds and refurbishments to be delivered to net zero carbon standards.
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NewsHunt tells Hancock to ‘use his magic’ to secure high cost drug approval
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his successor to find a way to ensure patients can access a high cost drug which is subject to a legal challenge against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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CommentThe real reason why the NHS is failing those with learning disabilities
Lack of governance resource and relevant experience amongst staff is the real concern behind the mounting backlog of unreviewed deaths. Writes Arthur Calder
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NewsNAO: Trusts facing big repair bills missed out on Johnson’s capital awards
Government auditors have highlighted a lack of correlation between the prime minister’s capital funding announcements and those NHS providers with the largest backlogs of maintenance problems.
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NewsCCG vows to address NHS’ ‘worst’ gender pay gap
A clinical commissioning group that pays men almost twice as much as women has said it will take steps to address its gender pay gap.
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NewsPlanning guidance full coverage: £1bn linked to ‘system performance’
Half of the centrally held financial support available to NHS providers will be tied to the performance of their wider system, in new rules outlined by regulators.
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NewsCommissioners eye service cuts in face of £27.9m deficit
A West Midlands clinical commissioning group is mulling service cuts as it comes up against a £27.9m in-year deficit.
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Exclusive: Trusts set to be let off £10bn debt
NHS providers that owe the government a combined £10bn would see the debts converted into a form of investment that does not have to be repaid, under plans being discussed by national leaders.
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NewsReduced role of CCGs risks losing ‘grit in the system’
A reduced role for commissioners within integrated care systems creates a risk that essential “grit in the system” could be lost, warned the outgoing boss of NHS Clinical Commissioners.
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HSJ LocalNeighbouring FTs miss financial plan by £24m
Two acute trusts in Derbyshire have fallen £24m behind their financial “control totals” and admitted they will miss their year-end plans.
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NewsTrust abandons Experian credit checks after outcry
A trust director has said he “struggles to defend the logic” behind the decision to routinely share patients’ identities with a major credit check firm.
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NewsNHS England hires panel to set ‘net zero carbon’ date
An expert panel will this year set “a practical, evidence-based and ambitious date for the NHS to reach net zero” carbon dioxide emissions, NHS England has announced.
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NewsFraudsters impersonated four NHS CEOs to steal their salaries
Fraudsters tried to steal the salaries of four NHS chief executives during the last financial year by impersonating them in emails, HSJ can reveal.