All Finance articles – Page 24
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HSJ LocalICB reprimanded for not ‘holding FTs to account’
One of the largest integrated care systems has been accused of a “failure” of financial management, as NHS England issued a formal notice requiring urgent improvements across leadership, performance and care quality.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Deficit plans should not be a ‘comfort zone’ for trusts
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsConsultants sent in to tackle overspending at nine ICSs
NHS England has ordered nine integrated care systems to bring in management consultants to find ways to immediately bring down spending because of concerns over their finances, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICS leader tells Streeting ‘use us to test radical reforms’
Former Labour health and social care secretary Patricia Hewitt has urged the new government to select a group of integrated care systems as “testbeds” for radically different ways of funding and delivering health and social care.
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HSJ LocalICBs locked in dispute over emergency care funding
An integrated care board has accused a neighbouring ICB of demanding too much money for services provided to patients accessing care outside its boundaries.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: 48,000 hours stuck in an ambulance
This week we discuss the ongoing harm done by long ambulance handover delays and what the new government must do to address this problem.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: From shared chair to where?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsPathology deal extended with cyber attack provider
A cancer hospital has extended its contract with the company hit by the high-profile cyber attack which paralysed part of London’s pathology service last month.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: When HSJ met Wes
While the rest of the country was watching the football, HSJ met shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting in a café in Ilford for a wide-ranging interview.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: ‘A period of not very well managed decline’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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News‘Ludicrous’ expectation pushes trusts to plan savings of up to 9%
NHS trusts are signing up to deliver efficiency savings of up to 9 per cent of costs, HSJ has found.
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NewsIncome soars at backlog catch-up firms
Two private companies offering outsourced NHS assessments for ADHD and autism have seen huge increases in income, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsVirtual wards growth stalls in 2024
The expansion and use of virtual ward beds has stalled so far in 2024 amid concerns about a cut to national funding, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsExclusive: Streeting has ‘total confidence’ in Amanda Pritchard
The shadow health and social care secretary has “total confidence” in NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard, he has told HSJ.
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NewsLabour expects trusts to pay ‘time and a half’ to staff delivering ‘40,000 extra appointments’
Trusts should pay staff around “time and a half” for the additional shifts required to hit Labour’s manifesto pledge for an extra 40,000 elective appointments a week if the party wins power, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
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NewsTrust’s private income up 44% in a year
A specialist hospital trust recorded its highest ever income from private patients last year, with a 44 per cent rise in a year, its latest annual accounts reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Price cut will extend long waits, NHSE warned
Private providers warned a move to cut the amount of funding they get for NHS procedures would “destabilise” eyecare and lead to longer waiting lists, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What’s missing from the manifestos
This week we’re joined by Sally Gainsbury and Leonora Merry from the Nuffield Trust think tank, who help us join the dots on the key issues for the NHS in the election campaign.
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NewsTrust in legal dispute over multimillion pound procurement deal
An arrangement between a children’s hospital and a procurement service provider has been challenged in the High Court by a rival provider which claims the trust broke regulations when entering the deal.
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HSJ PartnersWhy you can’t build an EPR on sand
Establishing a robust foundation in EPRs is crucial for ensuring patient safety, efficient workflows, accurate reporting, and smooth healthcare delivery