All Finance articles – Page 27
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HSJ LocalTrust too ‘compassionate’ to effectively run services in-house
A trust’s “compassionate environment” would prevent it effectively managing its facilities management department, an internal report recommending the outsourcing of the service has claimed.
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NewsProcurement checks on trusts relaxed by government
The Cabinet Office has raised the threshold for spending controls imposed on NHS trusts from £10m to £20m nearly two years after they were first introduced.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSE’s game of chicken with trusts’ cash
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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NewsICB sanctioned for failing to stop trusts’ over-recruitment
NHS England has issued enforcement notices to an integrated care board and four of its trusts, warning that the additional staff they have recruited are “not financially affordable”.
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NewsNHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts
Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Carrying the can for corridor care
This week’s HSJ podcast looks at the latest development in Shropshire’s troubled health system and hospitals, and NHS England’s move to ramp up the rollout of the federated data platform.
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NewsNational design for ‘new hospitals’ being downsized
The national design for “new hospitals” will be reduced in size, HSJ understands, amid concerns over “unnecessary” space and cost.
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HSJ Local‘We’re not doing our job properly’, ICB tells councillors
An integrated care board has apologised to a large county council for a lack of engagement over plans to axe its “place” directors and centralise their teams, but argued it was trying to improve its central functions.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE leak reveals GP ‘work to rule’ could cost £570m in four months
GPs’ “collective action” could cost over half a billion pounds and lead to around half a million additional elective referrals over four months, according to NHS England’s internal modelling.
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NewsAuditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans
An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.
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CommentRevealed: how quantum physics wrecked NHS funding
Public spending has been cancelled as Rachel Reeves develops an unhealthy obsession with Jeremy Hunt’s hole. Full story from Julian Patterson
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NewsNational standard needed for community services investment
The new government must ensure that community as well as primary care receives more funding if it is to honour its pledge to shift the balance of resources away from hospitals, a leading trust CEO has warned.
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NewsTrust seeks more income to shore up planned cancer centre
A trust’s £750m redevelopment project is facing an “affordability challenge”, raising questions over a proposed new cancer centre.
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HSJ LocalICS admits ‘doubts’ it can fix decade-old deficit by 2026
A health system says its decade-old financial deficit is “hampering” its ability to tackle inequalities, after NHS England ordered it to sign legal “undertakings” to improve.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Rachel Reeves’ blueprint for the NHS
The new chancellor this week made her first big intervention on public spending and the NHS — backing above-inflation pay rises for NHS staff, effectively pausing the new hospitals programme, and calling for tech-powered productivity reforms.
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HSJ PartnersA model of efficiency: Reducing cancelled procedures with digital prep support
One in 20 colonoscopies do not go ahead as planned due to poor or insufficient prep. King’s College Hospital’s Mayur Kumar explains how his trust worked with Healthcare Communications to reduce cancellations by 28 per cent, saving £336,000 a year.
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HSJ PartnersThe hub model: Achieving a 69% reduction in bed days and enhancing patient care in virtual health systems
Discover the hub model’s impact on virtual care, and get to know the strategies, benefits, challenges, and outcomes to enhance patient care through centralised coordination and efficient resource utilisation.
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NewsEleven ICSs warned of ‘significant concern’ about overspending
Around three quarters of England’s 42 integrated care systems have been unable to set balanced budgets for 2024-25, NHS England has revealed.
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NewsICB faces row with council over axing ‘place’ directors
An integrated care board faces a row with a large county council over plans to axe its “place” directors and centralise their teams, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Getting past the ‘bitter animosity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.