All Sustainability articles – Page 8
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Starting from underwater
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Performance trumps transformation
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Trust debts could be written off says Dalton
Ian Dalton says NHS providers will need to achieve higher levels of productivity than those achieved last year, despite the extra funding provided by the government.
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CommentRash cuts in the community could undermine the long term NHS plan
Community services, primary care and social care must be at the heart of any long term plan for the health service, otherwise we risk piling even more pressure on hospitals and failing patients, their families and local communities, argues Matthew Winn.
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CommentDementia is conspicuously absent from new NHS priorities
The government must put dementia at the heart of its priorities, not in 10 years’ time, but now. By Hilary Evans
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Taking the financial hit from the pay deals
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
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CommentTrusts must co-own the 10 year plan for the NHS
The new plan must be credible with the frontline, requiring honesty and realism about the trade offs that must be made, given the resource available, writes David Williams
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NewsOutgoing chief exec says STP could move faster
The departing chief executive of a hospital trust has called for an increase in the pace of change in health services in the area.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Mandatory guidance
Empowering patients and offering greater choice are good things – they are just not free good things, writes Andy Cowper
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NewsTech bids without regional focus being blocked
NHS England has warned local health leaders it is blocking any IT projects focused on lone organisations as part of the wider push for regional integration.
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CommentThinking big: lessons for the NHS on large scale change
The time is ripe for NHS to spread and scale innovation, creating a lasting movement for change. By Anna Charles and Joe McCannon
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The Treasury’s new financial rules for the NHS
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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NewsExclusive: Tariff set to cut payments for traditional outpatient appointments
NHS leaders are proposing to cut the payments made to hospitals for traditional outpatient appointments, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe PM has shown faith - we now need bold policies for change
Extra funding for the NHS has been secured despite Treasury scepticism that the health service can change. If there’s a deal for social care and local government, backed by a more coherent policy landscape, we can prove them wrong, says Rob Webster
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NewsDecision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
A government decision on the future of a privately financed major acute hospital that was hit by Carillion’s collapse is not expected until autumn.
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Expert BriefingHow £250m of capital funding slipped away
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Trusts draw down £3bn in cash bailouts
NHS trusts drew down almost £3bn of emergency cash from the government last year, as providers with continuing budget deficits struggled to maintain payments to staff and suppliers.
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CommentAmbition to save more lives from cancer is vital for NHS plan
A multiyear budgeting approach is needed to achieve transformation in cancer care and make long-term savings
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NewsNHS Improvement to drive reconfiguration of provider sector
NHS Improvement is to drive hospital and service level reconfiguration across the service to deliver greater levels of clinical and financial sustainability.