Finance and Efficiency – Page 82
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Making the NHS sweat is a dangerous game
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsExclusive: US firm suing NHS England for millions in unpaid bills
A US owned clinical waste firm is suing the NHS for millions of pounds in unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSavings targets set for new pathology hubs
A network of acute trusts in Greater Manchester has been set the biggest savings target in the country under NHS Improvement’s national pathology networking plan.
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NewsNHSI reveals nationwide pathology network plan
NHS Improvement has outlined plans to create 29 pathology networks across England in a bid to make nine per cent savings as part of work to implement recommendations set out by Lord Carter.
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NewsNineteen trusts named to receive A&E capital funding
Ministers have announced which NHS trusts will receive part of the next tranche of additional capital funding previously announced for accident and emergency services.
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CommentNHS trusts may have held their own in Q1, but risks are growing
Savings have been made and costs reduced, but the deficit forecast remains troubling
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Daily Insight: Shrinking deficit or history repeating?
The must read stories and debate in healthcare
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HSJ LocalFinancially struggling CCG has 'no plan' to hit deficit target
A clinical commissioning group that is in the capped expenditure process has said it has “no viable plan” to hit its control total this financial year.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS trusts falling well short of financial plans
Several acute trusts have fallen significantly short of their three month financial target, while dozens more are relying on heavily backloaded savings plans to deliver their year end plans.
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HSJ LocalNHS funding concerns raised after patient's death
A coroner has raised concerns over the level of funding in mental health services following the death of a patient in the East Midlands.
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NewsNHS leaders locked in winter funding standoff
System leaders are locked in a standoff over winter resilience funding – with providers pushing for a raid on NHS England’s budget to fund additional beds, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Police find 'significant under reporting' of fraud in NHS
Significant amounts of fraud are going undetected in the NHS because trusts and their contractors lack the expertise to spot it, a police report obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsSTP to consider ACS plans after regulators intervene
Leaders in Leicestershire will decide this month how to establish a new accountable care system after receiving a “clear message” in favour of the proposal from regulators.
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NewsFirst national procurement contract aims for four per cent savings
The architects of the NHS’s new national procurement drive have suggested that the first element scheme should deliver savings of around four per cent.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Inverse Scare Law – helping politicians ignore the NHS
Andy Cowper on what he calls ’the Campaign for NHS defunding
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Trusts report £700m deficit but expect improvement
NHS trusts have reported a deficit of £736m for the first three months of 2017-18, £30m worse than planned.
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NewsDH puts £730m NHS logistics contract on the market
Organisations are set to bid for a contract worth nearly three quarters of a billion pounds after the Department of Health published a tender as part of its new national procurement model.
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NewsBuyout scheme to cut CCG spending on empty buildings
Commissioners are being offered the chance to buy themselves out of their liability for costs associated with vacant properties under a new scheme which starts today.
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Exclusive: Trusts hit by £500m unexpected inflation costs
NHS trusts are having to bear unexpected inflation costs of around £500m, which means the underlying financial gap between their income and expenditure has barely improved over the last year, policy experts have said.
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HSJ LocalExtra costs for CCGs after NHS England pauses procurement
Commissioners in two counties have incurred extra costs after NHS England delayed their procurement for an NHS 111 and out of hours GP service.