All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 69
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The outcome based contracting conundrum
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise
Andy Cowper on why if we collude with a fear narrative by lying about NHS finances, then we are lost
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NewsRevealed: Social enterprises now dominate GP out of hours sector
Most out of hours GP services are now delivered by social enterprise companies which are being “hobbled” by long term underfunding, according to a representative body.
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HSJ Local
Three trust partnership finds £4m investment for community services
New models of working between three London mental health trusts has delivered new investment in services worth more than £4m, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalThree trusts plan to take control of £80m complex care spending
A partnership of mental health trusts could take over responsibility for £80m of commissioner spending as part of plans to reduce the number of patients in secure rehabilitation wards, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS hit by seven-fold increase in bill for certain drugs
NHS commissioners were hit by a seven-fold increase in the bill for certain generic drugs in 2017-18, after some medicines were subject to massive price hikes.
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NewsExclusive: Hunt pushes for big cancer pledge in new NHS plan
Jeremy Hunt wants an ambitious cancer pledge to be a core plank of the government’s new NHS plan, with senior figures pushing for the service’s £7.5bn cancer budget to be doubled over the longer term, HSJ understands.
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NewsNICE chief: NHS faces 'startling costs' from new treatments
NICE chief executive said NHS faces “startling new costs” from new medical technologies Sir Andrew Dillon says system will have to confront new payment models for high cost drugs Reveals new cross-body panel now looks at potential impact of new drugs The NHS faces a “material challenge” to ...
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NewsCCGs face losing millions after contract collapse
Seven clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are trying to recover £7.4m from a collapsed private provider but could face a counter-claim from administrators, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCounter Fraud Authority investigating trust's payment to contractor
The NHS Counter Fraud Authority is investigating large payments made by a trust to a bankrupt company.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Happy National Lying About the NHS Deficit Day!
Andy Cowper muses on NHS Improvement’s misleading quarter four data on NHS finances
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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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NewsFinancial performance: Best and worst of 2017-18
Twenty NHS providers accounted for almost £600m of deterioration against the trust sector’s financial plans in 2017-18.
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NewsNHS forced to overspend on staff to protect patient care
Operational pressures have forced NHS organisations to overspend on pay costs for the third year running with almost £1bn overspent on bank staff alone.
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NewsExclusive: CCGs U-turn on ‘de-humanising’ funding policies after legal threat
Thirteen clinical commissioning groups have performed a U-turn on “de-humanising” funding policies, after being threatened with legal action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Trust sector reports 'window dressing' deficit of almost £1bn
NHS trusts ended last year with a combined deficit of £960m, according to accounting data published by regulators.
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HSJ LocalCCGs cut non-acute services to tackle multimillion pound deficit
Two clinical commissioning groups could cut spending on non-acute community services by five per cent to tackle concerns over budget deficits.
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News
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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CommentA lot to praise in Lord Carter’s report, but no practical solutions
Wendy Burn discusses the findings and limitations of the recent review of community and mental health services by Lord Carter