All Finance articles – Page 156
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NewsGovernment could take back control of NHS Professionals after sale
The government will require the new owners of the NHS’s in house agency staff supplier to continue providing staff at low margins or risk ministers taking back control.
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News'Undeliverable' DTOC reduction targets revealed
More than a third of councils have been told to reduce delayed transfers of care from hospital attributable to social care by 50 per cent or more by September, raising the possibility they could lose better care fund money if they fail.
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NewsExclusive: New top doctors' leader warns over 'softening' of waiting targets
One of the UK’s top medical leaders has warned over the ‘softening’ of waiting list targets, in the first interview in her new post.
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HSJ LocalCCG leaders step down amid NHS England investigation
Two senior clinical commissioning group leaders have stepped down, and the CCG is being investigated by NHS England, it has emerged.
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CommentThe NHS is failing to keep up with the science
The NHS will be unable to provide new and advanced treatments unless policy makers take steps to mend its long term financial position, warns Harry Quilter-Pinner
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NewsHR directors warn new union rules are 'complete distraction'
Trusts are wasting valuable time dealing with new legislation governing staff’s trade union subscriptions, HR directors have told HSJ.
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NewsMapped: STP ratings, finances and system performance
Exploring STPs’ ratings, leadership, finances, emergency care performance and delayed transfers.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: From cash flow holes to workforce woes
This is HSJ’s new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Comment10 quick reflections on the DH's 2016-17 accounts
Edward Cornick offers a host of financial insights buried within this week’s report
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CommentJoining up the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services
A lack of synergy between the procurement of goods with the commissioning of services creates inefficiencies in the system but an integrated approach could resolve these issues, writes Alan Turrell
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NewsTrusts told to 'go further' on agency spending crackdown
Agency spending in the NHS is still “unsustainable” and trusts must “go further” in cutting costs, NHS Improvement has said.
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CommentWhy strategic estates partnerships are a big thing
Trusts will increasingly turn to SEPs as they can help tighten purse strings and also evolve standards of care, writes Richard Coe
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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.