All NHS funding gap articles
See all articles with this subject.
-
NewsNHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months
Local NHS bodies have burned through almost all of their annual deficit target in just the first four months of the year, analysis of the latest finance reports by HSJ shows.
-
NewsLabour will end NHS ‘custom’ of raiding dental budgets, says minister
Stephen Kinnock says dental contract is “absurd” and “dysfunctional” Poor-performing ICBs need to “up their game”, says senior dentist Expert says it is “custom and practice” for NHS to divert dentistry money elsewhere Every penny of dental funding will be spent once the Labour government has carried out ...
-
CommentLabour promised an HIV plan by October, this is what it should contain
To achieve zero HIV transmissions by 2030, improving equity of access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis must be central to Labour’s action plan, writes Dr Vanessa Apea
-
News‘Business as usual’ declared for new hospital programme despite ministerial review
The New Hospital Programme is in “business as usual” mode and most of its projects will not face further delays, a source close to the programme has insisted, despite a government review announced today.
-
NewsExclusive: Price cut will extend long waits, NHSE warned
Private providers warned a move to cut the amount of funding they get for NHS procedures would “destabilise” eyecare and lead to longer waiting lists, HSJ has learned.
-
CommentWhy the NHS should start its year on 1 October
Andi Orlowski makes the case for starting the NHS financial year from 1 October to lessen winter pains and improve joint working
-
NewsExclusive: Minister proposed £10 monthly ‘insurance style’ fee for NHS dentistry
A health minister has suggested citizens could pay a monthly fee — similar to an insurance scheme — to be entitled to free NHS dentistry, at recent meetings about how to solve the crisis in the service, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsNHSE imposes new financial regime in bid to make plans acceptable
NHS England has issued new incentives for health systems to agree to a surplus financial plan this year, alongside penalties for those that set deficit plans.
-
HSJ PartnersBetter, faster, stronger: Incentivising capacity for NHS cancer care
By prioritising a new approach to incentives, policymakers can help create system capacity in cancer services, especially at a time when organisational reform and major financial investment are unlikely, writes David Brocklehurst
-
NewsExclusive: Cyber security budget faces 50% cut
A new NHS England programme aimed at expanding cyber security resilience is facing a budget cut of 50 per cent, and the possibility it may not receive any funding this year, HSJ has learned.
-
News‘Our hospital needs to double in size’, says trust
Trust leaders say their main acute hospital needs to double in size to meet modern standards, as part of a £2.5bn investment needed across their estates.
-
CommentNHSE's productivity deal threatens to pull local services apart
Whatever has happened since the 2022 Budget offered extra capital funding in exchange for improvements in A&E performance feels like a strange mix of policy development, financial incentive design and performance theatre, writes Siva Anandaciva
-
CommentWhy 1.9% for general practice won’t cut it
The government’s proposed 1.9 per cent funding uplift for general practice this year would undermine providers and their GP partners, argues NHS Confederation primary care network director Ruth Rankine, in a rare intervention in the contract negotiation.
-
CommentA Labour government will need unpopular solutions
The solutions an incoming Labour government would need to bring to bear on the NHS would be challenging, counterintuitive, and often unpopular, say Richard Bourne and Professor Steve Iliffe.
-
NewsHunt tech adviser calls for ‘new central investment’
The NHS requires a ‘new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies, according to the person who was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt to examine the issue in 2015.
-
CommentStop scaling and start investing in local ideas
Social investment can make the biggest difference in helping to fund innovative, customised solutions for healthcare, writes Katy Saunders
-
CommentWe must remember the lessons of the pandemic and prioritise lung health
A lack of funding for lung tests is leaving people with conditions like asthma and COPD at increased risk of being hospitalised this winter, a new report reveals. Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma + Lung UK, says lung disease must be treated with the same urgency as other health conditions
-
NewsExclusive: Government and NHS in talks over £1bn funding gap
Government is in talks with national NHS leaders over how to fill an urgent funding gap of at least £1bn this financial year, HSJ has learned, as new analysis shows all 42 local integrated care systems were behind their own plans less than halfway through 2023-24.
-
NewsWorkforce plan will force ministers to spend more on the NHS, warns watchdog
The new NHS workforce plan is likely to force governments to give the service real terms funding increases beyond 3 per cent a year, the government’s budget watchdog has warned.
-
CommentAgency staff keep the NHS on its feet and deserve the government's respect
Agency staff deserve more respect than the NHS workforce plan shows them, with the plan being based on a poor understanding of NHS staffing costs, and failing to present a cohesive strategy to make effective use of agencies, writes Kate Shoesmith