Finance and efficiency – Page 55
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NewsCCG admin budgets to be cut by a fifth
Clinical commissioning groups will have their administration budget cut by 20 per cent in a push to save money and spread integrated care systems.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Data dump delving
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Safety concerns amid collapse of OOH contracts
Thousands of patients could be left without GP out of hours services after a cash-strapped private provider said it would cease operations by the end of the month.
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NewsNew pharma deal raises cap on drugs' spending
The government has negotiated a new deal with the pharmaceutical industry which raises the NHS’ cap on spending on branded medicines.
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CommentChild and adolescent mental health services: A case study in confused priorities
An audit of child and adolescent crisis admissions via A&E to CAMHS beds has identified problems that are symptomatic of the wider challenges facing mental health services, say Dr Daniel Poulter, Dr Ben Baig, Molly Cooney and Dr Sarah Cornick
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CommentNext year’s planning guidance is an opportunity to reset the NHS
Chris Hopson outlines what is needed from next year’s planning guidance to ensure the NHS is able to break out of the current cycle and start recovering financial and operational performance
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NewsTrust to miss financial plan for fourth straight year
An acute trust in Kent has admitted it will miss its financial plan for the fourth year in a row.
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HSJ LocalTroubled commissioners reveal £34m financial hole
Commissioning leaders in northern Staffordshire have admitted they will miss their financial plans by more than £30m in 2018-19.
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NewsLong term plan to 'guarantee' primary and community funding share - PM
The NHS long term plan will guarantee primary medical and community healthcare services “a growing share of overall NHS spending” over the next five years, the prime minister has announced.
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HSJ LocalStruggling trust faces £5m hit as CCG looks to private providers
A struggling acute trust faces fines of £5m in relation to its elective performance, with most of the cash expected to pay for capacity from private and specialist providers instead.
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NewsDalton: 'Government must replace £3bn expected from PFI'
The government needs to set out what will replace the private finance initiative and the £3bn of capital it was expected to raise, the chief executive of NHS Improvement has said.
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HSJ Local'Unexplained' deficit FT exits special measures
A hospital trust has moved out of financial special measures, two years after it revealed a large, unexplained deficit.
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NewsUncontrolled costs and misplaced optimism sank deficit trust
A teaching hospital that ran up a deficit of more than £100m overstated the income it hoped to receive while significantly increasing staff numbers, a report has revealed.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
The ongoing Brexit muddle seems like the rerun of another law, the Health and Social Care Act 2012, being passed with a proposed aim but failing to materialise in any worthwhile form, says Andy Cowper
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NewsFifty senior posts cut under regulators’ new joint structure
NHS England and NHS Improvement will axe nearly 50 senior manager posts as they combine their structures, according to proposals issued today.
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NHS Supply Chain considered surcharge for trusts
Supply managers considered charging NHS trusts extra for equipment purchased through a new efficiency model, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentLong-term plan should grant greater local freedom to ICSs and STPs
With the long-term plan imminent, Niall Dickson discusses the challenges facing STPs/ICSs and ways to address them, especially through increased freedom for local systems
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Blueprint blues
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by HSJ commissioning correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Blending in with the crowd
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsShifting NHS spend away from hospitals ‘can’t wait’, says health secretary
Increasing the share of the NHS budget spent on primary and community “can’t wait” and should begin next year, health secretary Matt Hancock has told HSJ.