All Finance articles – Page 165
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How much money is enough?
What are the biggest challenges in making the funding settlement work? This was the question tackled by our expert panel in a recent roundtable debate. Report by Alison Moore
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CommentChief executives’ gameplan over the next year
The future will bring more clarity to the impications of NHS finance in the current political scenario
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HSJ LocalCash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
Northamptonshire County Council looks to axe £650,000 from joint NHS discharge project Council also plans £4m of cuts to adult social care and a review of menta health services for children Cabinet papers reveal Treasury advised “self-help” under the government’s austerity drive A county council struggling to make ...
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NewsReducing unwarranted variation: free online guide for HSJ readers
Read HSJ’s guide to reducing unwarranted variation.
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CommentTrying to handle responsibilities without resources
Local authorities will struggle to implement their health and wellbeing strategies if they must be delivered on an ever shorter shoestring
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NewsTracking money 'acid test' for £4bn mental health plans, says Confed chief
Guaranteeing promised funds reach frontline services will be the “acid test” for NHS England’s mental health plans, a senior health leader has said.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Overspend forecast for NHS England, and MCP contract options revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentDon’t rush to reconfigure: there is another way
Sustainability and transformation plans must not be kicked into the long grass - they could be a better solution to NHS problems than reconfigurations
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NewsYorkshire 'inadequate' CCG appoints new chief officer
A struggling clinical commissioning group in Yorkshire, put in “financial special measures” last week, has appointed a new accountable officer.
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NewsNHS England to cover GP indemnity cost increase
NHS England has said it will cover the “inflationary rises” in indemnity costs for GP practices from April 2017.
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NewsMackey: Pay bill growth list was 'intended to start a discussion'
NHS Improvement says its list of trusts with high pay bill growth was “intended to start a conversation” Jim Mackey says asking for total “excess” of £356m to be cut would be “unworkable and unsafe” Mr Mackey says providers will not “be penalised financially over pay growth” NHS ...
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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NewsNHS Improvement to explore new private sector partnerships
NHS Improvement’s 2016-17 business plan includes priority to “explore” and “facilitate” private sector partnerships Regulator will look at “outsourcing of new, novel or restructured clinical services” and “independent sector management models” NHSI believes private sector can help relieve operational pressures, provide capital and support hospital chains NHS Improvement ...
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HSJ LocalNHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director
The £396,000 includes agency fees and contractual payments to employ turnaround director “during the current financial year”. Actual length of appointment still subject to agreement Post filled by Keith Pringle, who has previously worked with Hampshire CCGs and Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust APPOINTMENT: NHS England has authorised a ...
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NewsCQC chief: I'd let waiting times slide to protect quality
David Behan says waiting times currently increasing as trusts “hold on to quality” CQC rules out “flexing” its ratings approach in response to “tight financial environment” Recognises providers are in a “really difficult position” trying to maintain financial and quality controls The chief executive of the Care Quality ...
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HSJ LocalMerger trust predicts it needs £650m bailout
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals trying to secure £25m a year support package to help finance PFI deal Trust estimates it needs £650m of central financial support up until 2042 Received £20.8m of central support in 2016-17 but still forecasts a £20.2m deficit FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation ...
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CommentPoor, ill and costing £33bn a year: we must mend this legacy
Structural changes in society with health as their focus would save many billions of pounds and be good for everyone - especially the most disadvantaged
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HSJ LocalMidlands trusts set out on path to possible merger
Derbyshire Healthcare FT will not appoint a permanent chief executive or chair Talks underway with Derbyshire Community Health Services on closer working Changes follow sexual harassment scandal at Derbyshire Healthcare that led to senior resignations STRUCTURE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has put on hold a decision to appoint ...
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NewsUpdated: More trust leaders insist regulator was wrong to target pay bills
NHS Improvement’s figures identifying potential excess paybill spending did not take account of key service changes, chief executives say Trusts including Salford Royal and UCLH identified as over-spending on staff Regulator will be asked to publish revised list by Royal Devon FT More trust leaders have defended their ...
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CommentThe NHS has been left with no financial wriggle room
The close accounting scrapes by the Department of Health may be fascinating but what is the longer term picture on spending likely to be