Finance and efficiency – Page 52
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NewsTrusts told: Improve capital bids to get through nightmare process
Local NHS organisations have been told they need to submit better business cases for capital schemes, to have a better chance of getting through a “nightmarish” approval process.
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NewsAcute trusts to benefit most from new tariff
Changes to the tariff this year would increase revenue for 137 NHS providers and reduce it for 47 compared to 2018-19 prices, according to consultation documents released by regulators.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Five questions about ICS development
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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'Poor forecasters will be back of queue for capital', NHSI warns
Regulators have warned NHS trusts their future bids for capital funding could be deprioritised if they submit inaccurate spending forecasts for the remainder of 2018-19.
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NewsNHSI makes changes to cash 'bonus' scheme
NHS Improvement has changed the terms on which trusts can receive “bonus” payments from a national funding pot worth £200m.
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NewsLondon trusts to lose £300m after tariff change
NHS trusts in London have criticised proposed changes to the national payment tariff which would cut their income by an estimated £300m.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s deficit grows amid contract row with NHS England
A hospital trust is facing a much larger deficit than planned, because £14m income due from NHS England will not be paid in this financial year.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Filling the clinical waste void
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsNHS could lose its funding by underspending budget, ex-DH chief warns
The NHS is at risk of losing significant amounts of its additional funding growth because of the time it will take to address its workforce shortages, according to a former Department of Health senior official.
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Trusts banned from using land sales to meet 'control totals'
NHS trusts will no longer be able to meet their financial targets through land sales, after regulators scrapped a controversial accounting measure which has had a distortive impact on provider finances.
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HSJ LocalHealth secretary asked to halt £1bn community services tender
An MP has asked health secretary Matt Hancock to halt the “potentially disastrous” procurement of community services worth more than £1bn, after claiming the process does not align with the NHS long-term plan.
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NewsTrust must pay out after losing trademark court battle
One of the country’s biggest mental health trusts faces paying tens of thousands of pounds in legal costs after losing a court battle over the name of one of its services.
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NewsRegulator considers acquiring efficiency company from government
NHS Improvement is considering whether to take ownership of the new company set up to deliver billions of pounds of savings to the NHS, it has emerged.
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NewsBonuses at NHS PropCo top national health agencies
Four executive directors at NHS Property Services were paid around £180,000 in bonuses in 2017-18, which is significantly higher than nearly every other national NHS body, according to HSJ analysis.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Assessing the long-term plan
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentWelcome first steps to recovery but long road ahead
Chris Hopson discusses the recently released 2019-20 planning guidance, which aims to help providers start recovering their financial performance
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HSJ LocalSTP could miss planned deficit by more than £35m
The Kent and Medway health economy is likely to end the year with a net deficit of at least £113m, nearly £36m worse than previously forecast.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The NHS Long-Term Plan For The Time Being is all about the pinot
Andy Cowper notes that the Long-Term Plan is another subtle subversion by Simon Stevens, as the Five Year Forward View was
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NewsCCG allocations revealed: The winners and losers
New funding allocations which favour areas of extreme deprivation will see some clinical commissioning groups receive cash growth of up to 15 per cent next year, with others receiving increases of less than 5 per cent.
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NewsDalton: 'Definitive and decisive' action to return trusts to financial balance
There will be “significant changes to the architecture of the NHS and its finances” in 2019-20, according to NHS Improvement chief executive Ian Dalton.