Finance and efficiency – Page 81
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NewsFirst national procurement contract aims for four per cent savings
The architects of the NHS’s new national procurement drive have suggested that the first element scheme should deliver savings of around four per cent.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Inverse Scare Law – helping politicians ignore the NHS
Andy Cowper on what he calls ’the Campaign for NHS defunding
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Trusts report £700m deficit but expect improvement
NHS trusts have reported a deficit of £736m for the first three months of 2017-18, £30m worse than planned.
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NewsDH puts £730m NHS logistics contract on the market
Organisations are set to bid for a contract worth nearly three quarters of a billion pounds after the Department of Health published a tender as part of its new national procurement model.
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NewsBuyout scheme to cut CCG spending on empty buildings
Commissioners are being offered the chance to buy themselves out of their liability for costs associated with vacant properties under a new scheme which starts today.
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Exclusive: Trusts hit by £500m unexpected inflation costs
NHS trusts are having to bear unexpected inflation costs of around £500m, which means the underlying financial gap between their income and expenditure has barely improved over the last year, policy experts have said.
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HSJ LocalExtra costs for CCGs after NHS England pauses procurement
Commissioners in two counties have incurred extra costs after NHS England delayed their procurement for an NHS 111 and out of hours GP service.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to pay £300k VAT over Virgin Care contract
A trust in Staffordshire has been forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in VAT charges due to a controversial “prime provider” contract commissioned by its CCG.
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HSJ LocalACS commissioners tender £205m contract
Commissioners in one of NHS England’s eight accountable care systems have tendered multimillion pound contract for its community services.
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NewsWatchdog flags concerns about private health firms' merger
The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the merger of two private mental health providers.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts face cash flow crisis as CCGs stop advance payments
Trusts are facing increasing cash flow pressures after NHS England instructed local commissioners to stop making advance payments on block contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalNew hospital put on hold by financially struggling CCG
A clinical commissioning group that slipped from outstanding to requires improvement last month has put plans for a new £16m mental health hospital on hold.
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NewsRegulator shifts costs of 'hugely successful' efficiency tool to trusts
NHS trusts will be asked to partly fund a price comparison tool that helps deliver savings in procurement, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust to sell land to quango
A trust in the West Midlands has signed a deal to transfer its surplus land to the Homes and Communities Agency.
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HSJ Local'Serious implications' as CCG ordered to pay full tariff rate to private provider
A CCG must pay an unexpected bill likely to run to millions of pounds, after a legal judgement that it had been wrongly undercutting tariff rates to an independent provider for three years.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On winning and losing the economic narrative
Andy Cowper draws a parallel between the decade long global financial crisis and the NHS’s own struggles
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NewsMultibillion NHS land sales plan to be approved next month
Major property deals between the NHS and private firms to unlock capital funds worth £5.7bn “at speed” could be signed off within weeks after being hit by delays.
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NewsExclusive: Naylor 'delighted' at £3.3bn private investment offer
Sir Robert Naylor has said he is “delighted” at an offer from three private property firms to invest more than £3.3bn in new NHS primary care facilities.
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CommentThe importance of keeping the faith in a turbulent summer
Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Mental Health Network, reflects on a tough few weeks of headlines for mental health
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NHS England 'no option' but to hold back £120m from CCGs
“Urgent steps” have been taken to hold back funding intended for clinical commissioning groups, to help the Department of Health deliver financial balance this year.