All articles by Lawrence Dunhill – Page 34
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HSJ Local
More trusts using estates 'wheeze' to boost their finances
NHS trusts are increasingly revaluing their estate in a way that boosts their reported financial position, under encouragement from NHS Improvement.
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HSJ Local
Analysis: How top trusts saved money by revaluing their estate
HSJ finance correspondent Lawrence Dunhill explains “modern equivalent asset” revaluations - an accounting “wheeze” being used increasingly by NHS trusts.
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HSJ Local
'Incredible' CQC upgrade is endorsement of hospital group model
Sir David Dalton says a troubled hospital trust in Greater Manchester has made “incredible” improvements, despite receiving only a “fraction” of the financial support offered to struggling trusts in the south east.
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Hospital chair resigns after serious problems exposed
The chair of an embattled NHS trust has resigned after a series of governance and cultural problems were exposed at the organisation.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Virgin deal exposes council rifts
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News
Revealed: 58 trusts admit they will miss financial plan
NHS Improvement has accepted formal revisions to the financial forecasts of almost 60 NHS trusts, according to data published today.
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Updated: NHS trusts predict £930m deficit
The combined deficit of NHS trusts is now forecast to grow to £930m by the end of 2017-18, according to figures published by NHS Improvement today.
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Revealed: Finance forecasts worsen by £364m at risky trusts
The year-end financial forecasts of around 40 NHS trusts have worsened by £364m over the last three months, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Treasury risks repeating PFI mistakes
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Concerns raised over growing DHSC underspends
The Department of Health and Social Care has repeatedly reported underspends against an accounting mechanism intended to cover the costs of assets over their lifetime.
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HSJ Local
Trust reports £30m deterioration after leaving special measures
An NHS trust which was lifted out of financial special measures last year has reported a £30m deterioration against its financial plan.
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News
In full: Trusts with staff transfer plans
HSJ has identified 19 providers that have already established a subsidiary company to manage their estate, plus 16 that have told staff they are considering the move.
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Exclusive: 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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North by North West: The NHS's new Cinderella service
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Ministers seek to end 'revolving door' for failed NHS managers
Ministers have said they will tackle the “revolving door culture” in NHS management in some areas – and seek to “clarify” whether regulators facilitated roles for former board members at a scandal hit trust.
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HSJ Local
Regulator 'arranged' new job for chief of scandal hit trust
Regulators “arranged” for the former boss of a scandal hit trust to be moved to another provider without informing its leaders of serious shortcomings at her previous organisation, documents seen by HSJ reveal.
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HSJ Local
New Kirkup report criticises regulators for failing to spot care scandal
Regulators and commissioners have been criticised by an independent review after it took four years to identify serious care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust tried to hide poor care and patient harm
An NHS community provider sought to “conceal” serious care failings and multiple cases of patient harm, as it made deep cost improvement savings in a bid for foundation trust status.
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DHSC refuses to explain where bulk of extra £540m comes from
The Department of Health and Social Care has declined to explain how it is funding the bulk of the £540m of additional funding for the NHS next year.
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Clearing the deficit, take three
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