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NewsClosing two of county’s three maternity units best for safety, says review
Closing two of three consultant-led maternity units run by a hospital group is the best option for safety and staffing, a review by senior local clinical leaders has concluded.
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CommentLeaders are rewarded for guarding their patch
NHS leaders are incentivised to protect their own organisations rather than work across boundaries, undermining efforts to deliver integrated care
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NewsTrust exit packages double to nearly 10,000
The number of staff leaving trusts with exit packages more than doubled last year, to almost 9,300, accounts show.
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CommentNHS pay policy is worsening inequality
Paying NHS staff below the real Living Wage deepens the service’s recruitment crisis and worsens the very health inequalities it exists to solve
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NewsTreasury takes £1bn from health capital for defence
The health department’s capital budget is being cut by £1bn over the next four years, as the government moves funding to bolster defence investment.
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NewsCompare the Market boss to lead NHS efficiency review
The government has appointed the CEO of a prominent price comparison website to review how AI and technology can improve the health service’s productivity.
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CommentThe NHS should be wary about handing the pharma industry its credit card
The US-UK medicines deal will raise NHS drug costs by billions, forcing difficult choices over which services lose funding without additional government investment
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NewsCEO raises alarm over terror attack readiness
A chief executive who has led ambulance trusts for 23 years has warned that the sector is not “sufficiently trained, equipped, or resourced” to respond to a terrorist attack.
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NewsLeaders lukewarm about key provider reforms
Leading trust chief executives are split on the desirability of becoming advanced foundation trusts, an HSJ roundtable has heard.
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NewsTop CEOs fear politicians with ‘a different ideology’
The imminent re-establishment of direct political control over the NHS could see it diverted from delivering “what’s right for the population as a whole”, leading trust CEOs have warned.
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NewsICB expects one in 10 beds to close
England’s largest integrated care board expects to need almost a tenth fewer hospital beds within a decade as it tries to close a projected financial gap that could reach £4bn.
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NewsCash ‘critical’ as 13,500 invoices go unpaid
An acute trust’s cash position is “critical”, with more than 13,500 invoices outstanding, its board has been warned.
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NewsMental health will always struggle for money but tech offers hope, says national director
The national director for mental health has admitted the sector will always struggle for adequate funding, but said it was no longer the “poor relative” of the acute sector when it came to digital investment.
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NewsNo ‘space’ for an IHO here, says trust CEO
The CEO of one of the NHS’s best-performing trusts has told HSJ he does not think “there’s much space” for an integrated health organisation in his area.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The cash crisis coming to a head
On this episode, we discuss an HSJ investigation revealing that an increasing number of trusts are facing cash shortages, leading to late payments to suppliers. We explore why this is a symptom of a wider problem and what it tells us about the financial pressures providers are under this year.
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NewsTrust to top up funding of struggling GP practices
An acute and community trust has decided to use its own money to boost the funding of a dozen local GP practices with low patient satisfaction scores, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSupplier payments delayed as trust cashflows go ‘critical’
Some of the NHS’s most financially challenged trusts are paying less than half of their suppliers on time as cash flow becomes “critical”, an HSJ investigation has discovered.
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NewsFraud warning after trust misled funder
A trust misled a government green energy funder over £14.5m of grant funding, in a case its auditors say may indicate fraud.
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NewsUPDATED: Strikes suspended while union considers offer
Lorry drivers based at all seven NHS Supply Chain warehouses have suspended their strike while a pay offer is considered.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS gears up for unusual Budget
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.