Finance and efficiency – Page 92

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    Following the Money: Shifting risk to commissioners, and no more sandwiches

    2017-01-24T09:00:00Z

    HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black

  • Bank balance
    News

    Trusts offered lower interest on bailouts to hit finance targets

    2017-01-24T07:00:00Z

    Lower interest rates on loans offered as incentive for trusts to deliver control total for the year, as DH seeks to stay within parliamentary spending limit Dozens of providers with financial deficits are reliant on “revolving” loans to ensure staff and invoices can be paid Loans carry an interest ...

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Foundation trust predicts £7m increase in private income

    2017-01-24T07:00:00Z

    Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a significant spike in private income in 2016-17, its board papers reveal.

  • Anita Charlesworth
    Comment

    Are we prepared to pay more for healthcare?

    2017-01-20T12:01:00Z

    The fiscal sustainability report of the government’s economic forecasting body poses specific challenges regarding healthcare spending and improved productivity in the NHS

  • sandwich
    HSJ Local

    Sandwiches withdrawn from trust with cash flow problems

    2017-01-19T22:10:00Z

    Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has asked some external suppliers to accept later payments, which has prompted a sandwich firm to withdraw its products Trust has a cash shortfall of more than £8m, so will seek to delay payments until next year The DH introduced new restrictions on cash ...

  • News

    Quarter of trusts in dispute with NHS Improvement over finance targets

    2017-01-19T16:22:00Z

    Around 60 out of 238 trusts have refused to agree their financial “control total” for next year Control totals require provider sector to deliver average efficiency savings of 4 per cent Majority of providers have agreed their contracts with commissioners, with fewer than 10 thought to require a formal ...

  • estates map
    News

    Mapped: Cost of backlog hospital repairs facing every STP area

    2017-01-18T07:00:00Z

    HSJ analysis reveals extent of backlog maintenance issues in each health economy High levels of outstanding repairs and refurbishment work are likely to be one indicator of where services need to be reconfigured and centralised But many areas will struggle to address the problems due to continuing high levels ...

  • Lawrence dunhill expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    North by North West: Contracting block out

    2017-01-17T15:00:00Z

    Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill

  • medicine
    HSJ Local

    CCGs to impose temporary ban on prescribing expensive treatments

    2017-01-17T06:30:00Z

    CCGs agree 18 month moratorium on individual funding requests as part of £1m savings package Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees CCGs have approved the proposal, which is expected to save £750,000. Plans to stop prescribing products such as gluten free foods are expected to save a further £283,000 a ...

  • waiting room
    News

    STPs: Community and primary care grow fastest as acute spend held down

    2017-01-16T22:00:00Z

    Community and primary care would see the fastest increases in funding, at the expense of slow growth in mental health and general acute spending falling in real terms, under detailed STP forecasts analysed by HSJ.

  • Surgery
    News

    £600m of NHS contracts not yet agreed for next year

    2017-01-12T07:00:00Z

    £14.4bn of £15bn specialised services contracts agreed but only half have been signed Two trusts considering arbitration over £7m deal and another 10 trusts have not agreed contracts Providers pushing for £13m over the budget NHS England has agreed £14.4bn worth of the £15bn specialised commissioning contracts for ...

  • Gesticulating hands in meeting
    News

    'Last resort' contract talks spiked in 2016-17

    2017-01-09T12:51:00Z

    The number of “last resort” arbitrations in contract disputes between commissioners and providers for 2016-17 contracts was almost double that of the previous year, HSJ can reveal.

  • accident and emergency
    News

    Exclusive: Ministers 'in talks' over new funding to halt long term A&E crisis

    2017-01-09T07:00:00Z

    Royal College of Emergency Medicine in “early discussions” with Jeremy Hunt about long term A&E plan News comes as May forced to reject Red Cross accusation that NHS is facing “humanitarian crisis” College says new model would save cash long term by slashing NHS’s £700m ED locum bill Senior ...

  • 28th june 2016 hsj roundtable how partnerships can help the nhs deliver innivation071
    Leader

    The 10 reasons why 2017 might not be all bad

    2017-01-08T17:27:00Z

    An entire generation of healthcare leaders has come and gone since the NHS faced a year as daunting as 2017. The service was able to live off the capacity and capability built up during the time of plenty in the noughties until the middle of this decade before the funding ...

  • Richmond House
    News

    £190m contracts open to bids in procurement services break-up

    2017-01-06T07:00:00Z

    Ten contracts worth a total of £190m over three years Private companies and NHS procurement hubs expected to bid Concerns raised by Health Care Supply Association have since been allayed Ten national contracts for the provision of procurement services have been advertised by the Department of Health.

  • Liverpool
    HSJ Local

    CCGs secure block contracts worth £1.5bn

    2017-01-05T11:33:00Z

    Contracts are a significant shift away from payment by result tariff, which pays providers based on their activity levels Six trusts will receive 1 per cent real terms growth in 2017-18 compared to outturn income in 2016-17 Move aimed at sharing risk across the health economy to help encourage ...

  • News

    NHS England gives £75m back to CCGs after tariff row

    2016-12-22T14:43:00Z

    NHS England has agreed to soften the impact of changes to clinical commissioning group budgets next year by agreeing to add £75m back into their allocations, HSJ understands.

  • Lord Carter
    News

    NHS efficiency league tables delayed

    2016-12-22T07:00:00Z

    Lord Carter has restated intention to publish rankings to highlight trusts with high levels of waste and inefficiency Officials expected the rankings to be published earlier this year Metrics are reliant on the strength of “reference costs” data, for which widespread non-compliance has been found Expert says there is ...

  • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Devo Manc leaders seek 'best deal' for trust turnaround

    2016-12-21T16:07:00Z

    No national funding has been given to the turnaround work at Pennine Acute Hospitals Similar turnaround efforts have received significant financial support from the Department of Health Leaders say “best deal possible” will be reached for 2017-18 Leaders in Greater Manchester have said they need to be “realistic” ...

  • Barts Health NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Special measures trust plans £60m extra savings by April

    2016-12-20T12:02:00Z

    Barts Health Trust plans to use £33m of non-recurrent savings to meet its financial target in 2016-17, including balance sheet adjustments and cuts to planned consultancy work.