All Finance articles – Page 28
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HSJ PartnersAdopting NICE guidance to deliver evidence-based outcomes and recognise local value made easy
Peristeen® Plus, a NICE-recommended HealthTech solution, offers cost savings and improved care for chronic constipation patients, shaping the future of healthcare
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Expert BriefingA big revenue hole needs filling
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Doctors think the board wants them to take risks with safety
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsICSs spending more out-of-hospital ‘have 15pc less emergency admissions’
Investing more in community care could save integrated care systems millions of pounds and significantly reduce acute demand, according to a report.
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CommentDebt support should be integrated with healthcare services
Integrating mental health and debt advice services could improve recovery rates, cut waiting times, and save the NHS millions, writes Conor D’Arcy
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NewsSurge in hip fractures could be sign of ‘post-covid deconditioning’
A rise in hip fractures last year could be a symptom of a wider increase in general physical deconditioning in older and vulnerable people following the pandemic, senior clinicians have warned.
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NewsICS calls in turnaround director after plunging £70m into the red
An integrated care system has brought in a financial turnaround director after racking up an unplanned deficit of more than £70m in the first five months of the 2023-24 financial year.
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Comment‘Old hands’ as well as ‘new blood’ are needed to lead the NHS
Why more NHS chief executives have been leaving, and why it matters, by trust CEO Paul Roberts.
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NewsICB drops procurement legally challenged by supplier
An integrated care board has dropped its procurement of a digital system after a health technology supplier launched a legal challenge accusing the ICB of breaking purchasing rules.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: I’m afraid there is no (winter) money
Rishi Sunak announced an impressive sounding sum of money last week, apparently to help the NHS cope with winter pressures.
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CommentThe benefits and limits of private sector involvement in the NHS
The NHS has never been anything other than a mixed economy argues Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists – let’s forget the rhetoric and get on with the job of managing it properly
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NewsNHSE to outsource raft of commercial functions
NHS England’s commercial directorate will outsource management of several key areas of its work, according to details of the national commissioner’s planned procurements published last week.
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CommentNHS to get ‘tough on winter’
The government is determined to crack down on the cost of winter to the NHS. Tougher regulation of cold weather could be the answer, reports Julian Patterson
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NewsShelford trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strike night shifts
Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike.
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NewsNHSE intervenes as ICS flags worsening financial deficit
An integrated care system deemed to be a relatively strong performer is now forecasting a £25m deficit, after signing up to a breakeven plan at the start of the year, its CEO has said.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Income 20 pounds, expenditure 20 pounds ought and six, result s.114
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton.
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HSJ LocalFormer regulator chief drafted in to tackle poor performance at ICS
A former regulator who created a ‘failure regime’ for trusts has been drafted in to address performance problems in a high-profile integrated care system.
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NewsNHS has more capital but regime for investing ‘not that efficient’, admits DHSC boss
The way in which capital funding is distributed and spent across the NHS is inefficient and too heavily ringfenced, a senior Department of Health and Social Care official has suggested.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The never-ending strike
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsBMA writes to trust chiefs over ‘concerns about doctors’ safety’
The British Medical Association has written to trust chief executives warning of ‘concerns regarding the safety of our members and the patients they serve’ due to flawed concrete beams.