All Finance articles – Page 150
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Battered CCG must prove it’s worth it
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England from Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentReports of tariff’s death are greatly exaggerated
The shift of many organisations away from activity based payment models may seem like the death knell for national tariffs but this is not the case, says Paul Healy
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NewsFormer trust chief to chair STP 'undergoing refresh'
Sir Ron Kerr has been appointed as independent chair of troubled South West sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsNew interim chair of NHS Improvement named
A former director general at the Department of Health has been appointed as interim chair of NHS Improvement.
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CommentThe NHS financial regime: cleverly flexible or horribly messy?
The NHS payments and incentives system is constantly evolving. Richard Murray looks at a system that is attempting to manage deficits and, at the same time, introduce new models of care and ways to pay for them.
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CommentAnalysis: Patching the NHS's IT holes after ransomware attack
Ben Heather examines the impact of the WannaCry cyberattack and what is required to plug the security gaps.
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NewsExclusive: One in five trusts did not make critical security updates before cyberattack
More than one in five trusts failed to properly apply security updates that would have protected them against the worst cyberattack in NHS history.
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NewsStevens: Capped expenditure areas must 'get on with' savings
The NHS England chief executive has said organisations in the capped expenditure process “need to get on with” making planned savings, with the current search for further “hard choices” completed in most of them.
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NewsExtra £86m to fund NHS technology and innovation
The government has announced an extra £86m to boost uptake of technology and innovation in the NHS, including £35m to be paid directly to small and medium sized enterprises.
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NewsRevealed: DH civil servants' performance related pay
More than 440 civil servants at the Department of Health were paid nearly £780,000 in 2016 as a result of performance related pay, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS leaders 'boxed in' by Treasury rules, warns Mackey
Jim Mackey has said health leaders are “completely boxed in” by Treasury accounting rules when it comes to borrowing money for capital investment.
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CommentThe need for an NHS infrastructure bond
Funding health infrastructure by way of bonds will significantly support local engagement, lead to new facilities and technologies, and deliver a good return
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HSJ LocalTrust could set up estates company to increase savings
York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust is considering setting up a limited liability company to manage its estate and facilities services to help save money.
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NewsMackey 'surprised' by NHS fragility and pledges action ahead of winter
Jim Mackey has admitted regulators were “surprised” by the fragility of the NHS system and how much central support trusts needed last winter – as system leaders attempt to finalise new measures to mitigate similar problems this year.
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CommentFive ways to reduce the costs of clinical negligence
Dr Matthew Lee tells how to tackle the issue of unaffordable indemnity and restore fairness to the civil negligence system
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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NewsExclusive: Accountable care systems will make 'pathway' for STPs to follow
The first NHS “accountable care systems” must develop a “pathway” for STPs in other areas to follow, according to their agreement with NHS England, seen by HSJ.
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CommentWhen it comes to financing our own future, we need to focus on the revenue
The Local Government Finance Bill may have failed to feature in the slimmed down Queen’s speech but it could still have lasting implications for the NHS, avers Michael Wood
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NewsVanguard funding 'should not be stopped next year'
Funding for new care model vanguards should not be stopped next March as planned, because the project needs more time to provide models for other areas to use, NHS Providers has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS needs 5,000 more beds, warn leading A&E doctors
The NHS needs at least 5,000 more beds to achieve safe bed occupancy levels and hit the four hour waiting time target, according to a report by senior medics shared exclusively with HSJ.