All Finance articles – Page 196
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NewsTaskforce delivers blueprint for future of mental healthcare
Government mental health taskforce outlines changes for mental health to 2020 Funding pledge of £1bn has previously been announced and DH has confirmed it is not new money Taskforce chair Paul Farmer says recommendations are “feasible and afforable” Mental health services in the NHS should undergo significant reform ...
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NewsNHS England to cut clinical reference groups by half
Clinical reference groups to be cut from 71 to 38 Clinical representatives to be reduced from 14 per group to four, and patient representatives from four to two NHS England says move aims to ensuring “greater alignment of clinical advisory structures” NHS England has proposed to reduce the ...
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NewsWhistleblowing finance director warns trusts may be pushed to ‘cook the books’
Finance director tells MPs regulators are pressurising providers to “potentially mislead the public and government departments” over their finances Trusts urged to meet their targets in 2015-16 to help DH balance revenue budget, and achieve financial balance next year Other finance director tells HSJ “they know where he or ...
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NewsDalton: BMA was ‘not serious about reaching a compromise’
Sir David Dalton says new contract should be introduced after negotiations were “exhausted” Salford Royal chief executive says the BMA was not serious about negotiating a deal Criticises social media commentary as “distasteful” and unhelpful Calls for NHS leaders to meet with their staff to address low morale ...
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HSJ KnowledgeUnwarranted variation? NHS Right Care Programme helps
Matthew Cripps and John Newton explain how the NHS Right Care model is designed to help drive service improvement and avoid unwarranted variation
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NewsGovernment will impose new junior doctors' contract
Health secretary says new contract will deliver increases in basic pay plus premium pay for weekend work Imposition follows three years of no progress on talks with the BMA Heidi Alexander tells says imposing a deal is a “sign of failure” HSJ Live: reaction to the new junior doctors’ ...
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NewsDalton tells Hunt to 'do what is necessary' on junior doctors' contract
Sir David Dalton says agreement not possible and government should take action to deliver certainty to the NHS Jeremy Hunt to speak in Parliament at 12.15pm and could announce plans to impose a deal Sir David says BMA unwilling to accept any plain time working on Saturday despite new ...
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NewsHSJ launches Value in Healthcare Congress and Awards
The NHS is currently addressing a £30bn hole in its finances. The Five Year Forward View, published in 2014, made clear that the NHS requires £8bn of additional funding during this parliament to meet demand and transform service delivery through new care models.
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LeaderHSJ's new event will help deliver change in the NHS
The Value in Healthcare Congress has been launched by HSJ this week to help meet the real world challenges faced by NHS leaders.
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NewsTreasury gives £1.2bn boost to DH revenue budget
DH confirms it will get an extra £205m from the Treasury, and transfer £950m from its capital budget to revenue spending Revised departmental funding estimates will be laid before Parliament today, before being debated and voted on in the coming weeks Bailout comes amid warnings that the DH could ...
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NewsNHS England ‘tightly in control of the purse strings’ for devo Manc
Details of the devolution arrangements for 2016-17 show key changes affecting specialised services Main changes involve budgets being delegated to a Greater Manchester chief officer, an employee of NHS England. Local leaders say arrangements are “consistent with what we set out to do by this point” King’s Fund experts ...
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News£400m of transformation fund ‘ringfenced’ for tech boost
NHS England director sets out details on where tech funding boost is coming from £400m of transformation funding “ringfenced” for technology projects Follows Jeremy Hunt announcing £1.8bn for paperless NHS goal No new money for the NHS from the Treasury At least £400m of NHS transformation funding has ...
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NewsLast ditch talks try to stop junior doctors' strike
NHS Employers confirms talks have taken place with the British Medical Association to try to avert strike Junior doctors are due to walk out for 24 hours from 8am tomorrow but emergency care will be provided NHS England estimates almost 3,000 inpatient and daycase procedures will be cancelled ...
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NewsFormer NHS chief calls for four hour mental health target
Commission describes mental health system under pressure after “steady attrition” of funding in recent years Lord Crisp calls for new four hour waiting time target for acute adult patients and an end to long distance transfers Mental Health Network calls on NHS England to invest directly in frontline provision ...
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HSJ LocalTop hospital trust orders ban on consultant study leave
Letter to consultants at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust also says leave already booked will have to be cancelled Cost-saving move described as “unprecedented” by a British Medical Association representative, who said it could raise concerns over patient safety Trust may breach its £19m deficit plan for 2015-16 ...
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NewsExclusive: DH hired headhunters to find new regulator chief
The Department of Health spent thousands on a headhunting firm to recruit the head of NHS Improvement, only a few months before trusts were warned against using the firms for their own executive posts, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ KnowledgeWho goes there? How credentialing helps Leeds keep an eye on visitors
A ‘credentialing’ system means a Leeds trust can now keep better tabs on who comes through its doors
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NewsCommissioners 'must do more with voluntary sector'
Chair of government review of funding and links with voluntary, community and social enterprise says commissioners not doing enough to engage with sector Levers and incentives need to change, he says Call for use of wider mix of funding, including social prescribing, personal budgets and social investment Incentives ...
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NewsExclusive: Government tech review to shake-up clinical leadership
US digital health expert outlines his preliminary thinking about his review exclusively to HSJ Professor Wachter is discussing a shakeup of the role of NHS chief clinical information officers He indicates there is a need for changes to financial and regulatory incentives The US digital health expert advising ...
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News'Flip' incentives to get NHS using tech, says US digital guru
Finding ways to encourage digital adoption is one of “fundamental challenges” for Robert Wachter’s digital review American “meaningful use” programme has been “mostly successful but still flawed” US digital health expert Professor Robert Wachter has said finding ways to change the financial and regulatory incentives in the NHS ...