All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 49
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HSJ LocalTrust refuses to pay quango until service improves
A community and mental health trust is refusing to pay some of its bills and rent to a government-owned subsidiary company amid fears over fire safety.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Ignored STPs get capital injection
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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News'Considerable risk’ over trust’s future warns NHSI
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has agreed a revamped recovery plan with NHS Improvement amid concerns over its financial and waiting time performance.
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HSJ LocalTrust locked into legal battle over car leasing scheme
An NHS trust faces delay of around a year before it can bank a £14m windfall after the government decided to appeal a High Court judgment.
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CommentSustained investment is needed to improve the mental health estate
Improved access to mental health services is in jeopardy if the infrastructure is not up to scratch, writes Paul Farmer
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HSJ LocalCapital squeeze will compromise patient safety, warns teaching hospital
Keeping patients safe at a major trauma centre will become “increasingly untenable” because the trust is being denied capital funding, its chief executive has warned.
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News£1.8bn funding boost 'just a down payment'
More than half the £1.8bn spending boost announced by the prime minister yesterday will be enabled by the reversal of last month’s demand from NHS England that trusts cut capital spending plans by 20 per cent.
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NewsRevealed: The 20 capital projects promised by the PM
The government has unveiled a list of 20 new capital investment projects worth a total of £853m.
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NewsTwenty big NHS building projects that need Boris’ cash
With the new prime minister poised to announce NHS building projects, HSJ has identified 20 of the most significant hospital infrastructure schemes that require big injections of capital funding, often to address pressing problems with care quality.
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NewsJunior doctors win landmark case over rest breaks
NHS trusts could face substantial claims for backdated pay from junior doctors after judges ruled one trust had breached their contracts.
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Community services get largest chunk of LTP funding
Community and young people’s mental health services will receive the lion’s share of the sector’s long-term plan funding, while inpatient services are promised very little, new guidance has revealed.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Tipping the scales
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsExclusive: Capital billions promised by ministers fail to reach ‘front line’
Only a fraction of the £2.5bn of capital funding announced and allocated by the government for the NHS since 2017 has actually been released to the service.
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NewsNew health minister appointed
A new minister of state for health has been appointed, as prime minister Boris Johnson continued his government reshuffle yesterday.
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HSJ LocalFT accuses Treasury of being inflexible over PFI buyout
A leading foundation trust says inflexible Treasury rules are preventing it from buying out a private finance initiative contract, which could deliver savings of £30m a year.
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NewsCCG regains financial independence after three years
Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group has regained full financial independence for the first time in nearly three years.
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NewsBoris Johnson names ‘hospital upgrades’ as early priority
The new prime minister has made “hospital upgrades” a focus in his first speech as prime minister and ”ensuring the money for the NHS really does get the frontline”.
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NewsThree-quarters of money from NHS land sales went into revenue
Less than a quarter of the money raised from NHS property sales last year went back into the capital budget for reinvestment in the estate, according to provider accounts.
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HSJ Local
Three CCGs removed from special measures
Three clinical commissioning groups in north east London is no longer in financial special measures, it was announced today.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG forced to reduce services cuts programme
One of the NHS’ largest commissioning groups has radically reduced a package of community service cuts following pushback from providers and clinicians.