All Finance articles – Page 11
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Social care gets a taste of NHS targets and terror
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week, by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsExclusive: NHS failing to honour £1bn funding deal
The NHS is rowing back on plans agreed with the Treasury, but never published, to boost community services spending, HSJ can reveal.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The trust CEO who became a very expensive whistleblower
On this episode, we cover one of the most expensive employment tribunals in the NHS and why a trust must pay its former chief executive £1.4m in damages.
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News£50m gap declared after EPR and A&E knock trust off plan
A trust has declared it will end the year with a deficit of at least £48m, admitting its breakeven plan “carried too much risk”.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts with the highest savings targets
A dozen trusts have set efficiency plans worth 8 per cent of their allocations this year as the average savings target rose compared to 2024-25, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsNHSE launches ‘sprint’ in bid to hit waiting list target
NHS England has told trusts to begin a “sprint” exercise in a bid to hit its politically critical waiting list target by March.
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NewsCouncil planning disputes ‘costing trust millions’
A major trust has warned it will have to spend “millions” of pounds to address planning issues at one of its hospitals as it “struggles to find money for basic safety”.
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News‘Whims’ of commissioners have undermined national investment, says leading clinician
National mental health investment has failed to improve services in many areas because implementation depends on “the whims and fancies” of local commissioners, a royal college president has told HSJ.
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NewsSmall hospices ‘probably unsustainable’, says Mackey
Some small hospices are “probably unsustainable”, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs, while also warning integrated care boards they needed to clarify their local commissioning intentions this year.
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NewsStaff left with ‘strong sense of betrayal’ after manager jailed for fraud
A former manager at a now-dissolved trust has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after using his position to defraud the organisation of more than £100,000.
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HSJ Local‘Digital desert’ hospital group pushes £88m tech project back a year
A hospital group containing three acute trusts has been forced to delay deployment of its electronic patient record for at least another 12 months, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes’ waiting list wobble
On this episode, we’re talking about the tricky balancing act between cutting waiting lists and keeping finances under control, after Wes Streeting warned this week that some trusts have tried to cut deficits too sharply.
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HSJ LocalTrust plans to miss elective target and cut beds to save money
A trust has publicly set out why its tight financial position will lead to bed closures and missed elective targets, with its chief executive saying “very serious decisions” needed to be taken.
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NewsNational agency settles two more claims against £4.4bn procurement
NHS Supply Chain has settled two linked legal claims against its procurement of a £4.4bn logistics contract that has had “virtually every aspect” of it challenged in court.
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HSJ LocalTrust plans big increase in private care ‘fuelled by limited NHS capacity’
A North West trust is planning a significant expansion to its private patient unit to cash in on rising demand “fuelled by limited NHS capacity”.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Unsexy and painstaking – 2026 in elective care
Elective recovery and returning the NHS to meeting the 18-week standard by 2029 is the government’s main performance priority. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress against this goal. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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News‘Significant errors’ uncovered in trust’s accounts
Serious financial reporting and governance problems have been discovered by a trust’s external auditors, delaying its accounts by more than a year.
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NewsStreeting accuses trusts and ICBs of seeking to cut deficits too sharply
Some NHS organisations are struggling to cut waiting lists because they have “over steered” on avoiding deficits, the health and social secretary has declared.
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News£44m deficit declared by first trust to abandon financial plan
A large trust has become the first to publicly admit it will fail to meet its financial plan this year and will plunge into a deficit of more than £40m.
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NewsProviders fear ‘significant commercial risk’ from NHSE contract rules
Fundamental concerns have been raised about NHS England’s proposed elective payment model for next year by NHS and private providers – with independent sector leaders branding them “not sustainable”.