Finance and efficiency – Page 77
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NewsCCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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NewsTrust subsidiary companies are not 'VAT scam', minister says
Hospital trusts have set up 39 wholly owned subsidiary companies to run parts of their estate and back office functions.
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NewsNHS England accused of 'smoke and mirrors' over £1bn fund
NHS England has been accused of using ‘smoke and mirrors’ in its spending of the £1bn primary care fund promised in 2014 by the British Medical Association.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Swimming with no trunks on
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentRevealed: The cost of restoring 18 week waits
With some guesses about the costs per case, I calculate recovering 18 weeks sustainably might cost £2.1bn next year and £350m the year after, if other pressures and enough mainstream capacity are funded. Or £4.2bn next year and £1bn the year after, if austerity continues.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHSI condemns trust's 'significant' financial governance failings
A confidential report into a large acute trust has uncovered ‘significant’ financial governance failings over how it agreed its control total for this year, alongside irregularities in its consultancy spend, contracting and use of interim managers.
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NewsSTP region aims for huge savings across elective care
Commissioning leaders are aiming to save £50m a year by standardising policies in elective care across their sustainability and transformation partnership footprint.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Shelford Group trust risks £96m deficit
A Shelford Group trust has revealed a £31.8m deterioration in its financial position after carrying out a re-forecast ordered by NHS Improvement.
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CommentStevens' mission on NHS funding will go on beyond the budget
Simon Stevens’ funding call ahead of the budget has grabbed headlines, but why was it necessary and how will it go down in Whitehall?
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NewsHunt: I still need to win NHS funding argument with chancellor
Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged more funding will be needed for the NHS but warned he has not yet won the argument with the chancellor.
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NewsNew league table to rank trusts on procurement
Hospitals will be publicly ranked on the prices they pay for routine goods in a new league table, Jeremy Hunt announced today.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners U-turn on controversial 12 week minimum waits
One of the NHS’s largest clinical commissioning groups is set to ditch a controversial policy enforcing 12 week minimum waiting times for adults needing “non-urgent” treatment – just two months after setting out the plan.
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NewsConfed: 'Precarious' NHS needs extra £4bn just to sustain services
The health service needs a minimum of £4bn additional revenue just to sustain day to day services, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsHalf of trusts miss first deadline to fund procurement transparency tool
Around half of NHS trusts are yet to pay for a procurement analytics tool despite being told to do so in August.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Investigation into financial management of large acute trust
An investigation has been launched into the financial management of a large acute trust after external suppliers began threatening legal action over unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalFinance director leaves teaching hospital trust
The finance director of a Shelford Group trust has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew quango warns £560m NHS fraud going undetected
The new NHS Counter Fraud Authority believes the health service is losing more than half a billion pounds in likely but uncorroborated fraud.
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NewsLatest Carter review identifies nearly £200m in back-office savings
Findings from Lord Carter’s efficiency review into mental and community health services has identified almost £200m of potential savings through scaling up trusts’ corporate services.
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NewsLargest trusts could pay £1m annual fee to CQC
The largest trusts in the NHS face paying more than £1m pounds a year to the Care Quality Commission under new fee proposals from the regulator.
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NewsNew investigation into Vasco-Knight finances
A new inquiry has been ordered into the family finances of a former NHS executive who pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this year, in an attempt to force her to repay over £11,000.