All Finance articles – Page 145
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HSJ KnowledgeWebinar on demand: Making tough decisions on anti-cancer therapies
How can we best make difficult decisions about patient value and financial cost?
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NewsCQC to bust budget in effort to meet GP inspection deadline
CQC GP inspection programme almost £700,000 over budget Increased budget used to increase workforce to meet March deadline David Behan “not open to any other possibility” than adhering to the timeline The Care Quality Commission has admitted its GP inspection programme will be £700,000 over budget this year ...
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NewsExclusive: HEE to receive £20m for GP training places
Health Education England is to receive an additional £20m on top of its existing budget to help support the planned increase in the number of GPs in England
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NewsTrusts offered incentives to improve maternity safety
Insurance premiums to be linked to maternity service performance Up to £40,000 available for each trust for maternity training Trusts will be asked to commit to steps to improve safety Trusts that demonstrate better outcomes in maternity care will be rewarded with reductions in the premiums they pay ...
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HSJ LocalRegulators prompt 'change in leadership' at troubled trust
The chair of a troubled acute provider in London has resigned after regulators said a “change in board leadership is needed”.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: healing the relationship between doctors and trusts
How can the issues and concerns from the junior doctors’ contract row be overcome? Our roundtable set out to find a way forward from the dispute
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LeaderSo, when will the NHS get more money?
The direct answer to that question is that no-one really knows – but it is unlikely to be very soon.
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HSJ LocalSenior CCG leader jailed for £145,000 fraud
Nearly £145,000 taken from Bromley CCG through fraud Noel Morrow signed off cheques to his own companies Fraud uncovered after invoices were submitted on behalf of a discharged patient A senior commissioner who defrauded Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group of nearly £145,000 has been jailed for two years and ...
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Thinking like a patient, acting like a taxpayer?
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ LocalFinancially stricken trust to cut pay bill by 10 per cent in six months
St George’s University Hospitals FT to cut pay costs by 10 per cent by March Vacancies will be left unfilled but essential posts will continue to be recruited to The trust had an overall vacancy rate of 16 per cent in August A south London teaching hospital plans ...
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NewsRevealed: NHS England checklist for making STP details public
STPs told to publish summaries of their plans NHS England says summaries must “articulate tangible benefits for patients” in “clear” language National and regional communications leads to assist with process NHS leaders have been told to publish summaries of their sustainability and transformation plans, but not before they ...
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NewsDrugs to face new NHS affordability test
NICE and NHS England consult on “budget impact test” for new treatments Test designed to mitigate impact of cost effective but highly expensive drugs on NHS England’s budget NICE also proposes cost effectiveness threshold for assessment of drugs for rare conditions The National Institute for Health and Care ...
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CommentNow we must navigate the rocks beneath the surface
The State of Care report raises some uncomfortable questions about health and social care – so how can we answer them?
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NewsExclusive: Lack of mental health crisis beds a 'national scandal'
Mental Health Network calls shortage of acute beds for crisis care a “national scandal” Report, shared exclusively with HSJ, claims ringfenced cash for mental health is not reaching frontline services MHN chair Bev Humphrey says crisis care is at “tipping point” and should be prominent in STPs Mental ...
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NewsSTPs are making plans 'they do not believe can be delivered'
STPs are drawing up “vastly over-ambitious plans”, says Chris Hopson He says plans will not command political support Extra revenue in the autumn statement is ’extremely unlikely’, but ‘door slightly open’ on capital funding Health economy leaders are being forced to draw up sustainability plans which they do ...
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CommentTime for hard choices in the NHS
The Autumn Statement is the perfect time to remind ourselves that the health service can no longer succeed in isolation
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NewsNHS England accused of 'abuse of public money' over legal appeal
NHS England to appeal High Court judgment requiring it to prescribe a drug to teenager with narcolepsy Patient is soon to turn 18 and has already been told her local CCG will fund the drug from then Father says appeal is “ridiculous” and “abuse of public money” NHS England ...
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HSJ LocalHome Office 'very keen' for patients to prove right to NHS care
Trust proposes compulsory requirement that maternity patients prove their right to NHS care Revised national guidance “is likely to advocate routine presentation of proof of identity and eligibility” Board papers suggest new legislation will “incorporate charging for A&E and ambulance services” if patients have no proof of eligibility St ...
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NewsExclusive: Regulator may publish lists of highest earning agency staff
NHS Improvement describes workforce information that could be published in next quarterly report Provider sector is “falling short” of targets for agency spending New protocols for revising financial forecasts Trusts with “high pay bill growth” to be contacted this month Regulators have warned that NHS providers are “falling ...