Finance and Efficiency – Page 93
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NewsCCGs' deficit forecast rockets by £180m
CCGs now forecast a year-end deficit of £370m, compared to £190m forecast at the mid-year point NHS England said the challenge of delivering higher levels of savings “is increasingly crystallising in individual CCG forecasts” Spending within primary care and public health budgets forecast to be £70m less than planned ...
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CommentThe big change that can reduce medical errors
There is compelling evidence that flattening the NHS hierarchy and introducing staff self management would reduce mistakes in the NHS
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Bad news warning
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ LocalRadiologist guilty of 'audacious' contract scam
A consultant radiologist has pleaded guilty to defrauding the NHS out of £24,000 after consistently carrying out additional contract work within his normal working hours.
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NewsMapped: Where in the NHS owes the DH the most money
Thirty-nine out of the 44 STP areas include providers that drew down revenue bailouts from the DH last year, which will have to be repaid Proportionally, West, North and East Cumbria STP footprint had the largest “outstanding balance” at the end of 2015-16 Five STP areas will not be ...
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HSJ LocalTrust launches scheme to cut NHS spending on lawyers
A mental health trust is preparing to launch a new legal services database that it expects to cut its spending on lawyers by 10 per cent.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Taking a risk on community care
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentWhy the government should introduce a healthcare spending target
Given the pressures on health spending, there exists the dilemma of setting social care spending on a more sustainable trajectory for the longer term
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NewsNHS Improvement: Trust finances hit by A&E pressures
NHS Improvement says many providers have found ways to address financial pressures but warned others have “more work to do” Many providers will have been forced to use additional agency and bank staff in recent weeks Not yet clear how much unplanned expenditure there has been Extra strain ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Former trust chief faces jail after pleading guilty to fraud
A former hospital trust chief executive faces jail after she pleaded guilty to fraudulently paying her husband more than £11,000.
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News'No justification' for CCGs' rationing, says royal college
Three West Midlands CCGs to decrease the eligibility threshold for patients requiring hip and knee replacements Changes would see a 12 per cent decrease in patients eligible for hip replacements and a 19 per cent decrease for knee replacements Royal College of Surgeons says there is “no clinical justification” ...
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NewsFormer trust chief accused of unlawfully paying husband £20,000
Paula Vasco-Knight accused of two charges of fraud when she was chief executive of Torbay and South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust Court hears she commissioned her husband to produce a newsletter and a leadership document that was never submitted to the NHS Ms Vasco-Knight failed to declare interest in ...
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NewsExclusive: Trusts' capital spending plans unaffordable by £1bn
NHS Improvement says trusts’ capital spending expectations are £1bn more than the resources available Trusts asked to defer non-urgent spending to 2017-18 Concerns over some organisations, whose chief executive and chair have been asked to review their forecasts NHS trusts have been told their capital spending plans for ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Shifting risk to commissioners, and no more sandwiches
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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NewsTrusts offered lower interest on bailouts to hit finance targets
Lower interest rates on loans offered as incentive for trusts to deliver control total for the year, as DH seeks to stay within parliamentary spending limit Dozens of providers with financial deficits are reliant on “revolving” loans to ensure staff and invoices can be paid Loans carry an interest ...
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust predicts £7m increase in private income
Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a significant spike in private income in 2016-17, its board papers reveal.
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CommentAre we prepared to pay more for healthcare?
The fiscal sustainability report of the government’s economic forecasting body poses specific challenges regarding healthcare spending and improved productivity in the NHS
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HSJ LocalSandwiches withdrawn from trust with cash flow problems
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has asked some external suppliers to accept later payments, which has prompted a sandwich firm to withdraw its products Trust has a cash shortfall of more than £8m, so will seek to delay payments until next year The DH introduced new restrictions on cash ...
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Quarter of trusts in dispute with NHS Improvement over finance targets
Around 60 out of 238 trusts have refused to agree their financial “control total” for next year Control totals require provider sector to deliver average efficiency savings of 4 per cent Majority of providers have agreed their contracts with commissioners, with fewer than 10 thought to require a formal ...
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NewsMapped: Cost of backlog hospital repairs facing every STP area
HSJ analysis reveals extent of backlog maintenance issues in each health economy High levels of outstanding repairs and refurbishment work are likely to be one indicator of where services need to be reconfigured and centralised But many areas will struggle to address the problems due to continuing high levels ...