The health service in Scotland achieved financial balance last year, according to NHS Scotland chief executive Kevin Woods’ annual report for 2008-09.
Capital expenditure was £504.5m compared with the capital budget of £508.5m, meaning it underspent by £4m. The report also says NHS Scotland is “making steady and sustained progress” on reducing waiting times.
One of England’s smallest trusts is facing a £7m annual deficit — roughly 10 per cent of its turnover — for at least the next four years, and is struggling to access sustainability funding.
A former chief executive of the NHS, Sir Duncan Nichol, is to retire after 56 years working in the health service.
The health service is scrambling to provide additional funding to some hospitals to mitigate a crisis in emergency departments – despite the government not providing a formal “winter fund” this year – HSJ has learned.
Labour has pledged to increase NHS England’s budget by an average 3.9 per cent per year in real terms over the next four years if it forms the next government.
Directors at a foundation trust considered selling on its bad debts from private and overseas patients for collection, board papers reveal.
Two NHS trusts are defying a private company which is approaching NHS organisations asking them to buy an additional fee to use TVs on wards.
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