All Finance articles – Page 116
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CommentHonesty required when talking about mental health funding
Ministers and senior health leaders speak about record levels of spending on mental health but the experience of those on the frontline speaks a different truth, writes Wendy Burn
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NewsGovernment interrogates prices to stymie £200m-plus drugs overspend
Government has begun intensively monitoring new information on the generic drug market to try to stymie additional costs which are running into hundreds of millions of pounds, HSJ has been told.
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CommentHistory repeats itself: first as tragedy, then as farce
The problems that University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust, and King’s College Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich are facing a direct consequence of the acquisitions they made when South London Healthcare Trust and Mid Staffs failed, says Robert Royce
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HSJ LocalTrust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital is back on track after NHS Property Services approved one of its largest ever individual capital investments of nearly £12m.
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HSJ LocalVirgin deal would undermine other NHS services, says judge
A county council’s award of a £104m contract to Virgin Care would “significantly” undermine the incumbent NHS trusts’ ability to maintain other services, a judge has said.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Treasury risks repeating PFI mistakes
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsNHS manager numbers return to pre-Lansley reform levels
The number of senior managers working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups has increased by more than a quarter since 2013 – and is now higher than before the reforms introduced by Andrew Lansley.
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NewsRegistered nurse recruitment outstripped by support staff growth
The number of registered nurses working in the NHS hospital sector has passed 180,000 for the first time.
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NewsExclusive: Thousands of NHS staff to transfer to subsidiary companies
The employment contracts of thousands of non-clinical NHS staff could be transferred to subsidiary companies under plans being drawn up by 16 hospital trusts.
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NewsSTP moves towards shared control total
Leaders across a sustainability and transformation partnership are drafting a new agreement that could lead to the organisations in the STP sharing a control total.
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HSJ LocalGPs vote down CCG plan to take on primary care budgets
GPs in the East Midlands have rejected their commissioner’s bid to take on the primary care budget for its region.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England withdraws team embedded at Capita
NHS England has withdrawn a team of senior experts that were embedded at a service outsourced to Capita amid continued concerns about the unit’s performance, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ InteractiveWinter pressures: A partial solution
Constructive engagement initiated by the Department of Health and Social Care can address the problem of winter pressures faced by the NHS, writes Paul Ridout
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CommentChildren's mental health: Government needs to scale up its ambition
Mental Health Support Teams are the need of the hour to provide evidence based care for the younger population with such needs. By Dr Bernadka Dubicka and Dr Tamsin Ford
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of breaching licence over new subsidiary company
An acute trust has defended its decision to transfer 350 non-clinical staff to a newly established subsidiary company amid an accusation from a union that it has breached its licence.
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News70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention
Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.
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HSJ LocalCourt awards paralysed patient £4m over surgery consent blunder
A woman who was left unable to walk after an operation on her spine has been awarded £4.4m by the High Court after it found the surgeon had failed to ensure she was given informed consent.
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CommentWhat you need to know about the refreshed NHS plans
If you’re involved in the nitty-gritty of this year’s planning round, here’s what you need to know about the latest planning guidance. By Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalTrust names preferred company to run private wing
A London hospital trust has named the preferred bidder to operate its private patient unit.
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CommentPlanning guidance: The NHS moment
Saffron Cordery describes specific themes that can be deduced for the health service from the recent planning guidance