All Finance articles – Page 46
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NewsFraudulent ex-NHS chair told he must repay almost £100k
A former NHS chair who lied his way into a string of top jobs must pay back nearly £100,000 of earnings after the Supreme Court overruled his successful appeal.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: ICSs - 1 Trusts - nil
Significant tensions between a mental health trust and an ICS have prompted the trust’s chief executive to resign.
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NewsTrust fixes high-risk outdated electrics after warnings
A trust is facing a backlog of millions of pounds of work to mend critical pieces of infrastructure, despite having already taken measures to replace or repair parts which had been operating in excess of their capacity and beyond their life expectancy.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Tories tinker while the NHS is on fire
The NHS needs “fewer layers of management” – this remark, made by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss, is one of the first significant comments made about the NHS by either candidate this summer.
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NewsExit payments above £95k to require ministerial sign-off
Severance payments above £95,000 will require ministerial approval under new proposals unveiled by the government.
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NewsJust four out of 1,100 lone worker alarms being used by trust workforce
A trust which rented 1,100 lone worker alarms has found just four were in use after a year.
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NewsTrust ends deal with consultancy accused of ‘misconduct’ by Jacob Rees-Mogg
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has ended its £6m contract with consultants Bain & Company after the government accused it of “grave professional misconduct” over its activities in South Africa.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: One of the worst examples of NHS procurement
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily InsightThe Primer: Sorting it out
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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News‘We can’t continue to fund the NHS forever’, says Babylon finance chief
The chief financial officer of digital provider Babylon Health has said the company has been a ‘victim of [its] own success’ and it cannot ‘continue to fund the NHS forever’.
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News‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: NHS England’s £2bn dilemma
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ finance correspondent Henry Anderson
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HSJ LocalCCG staff ‘crossed the line’ in ‘manipulating’ contract award
Three clinical commissioning groups have been fined after they “manipulated” a procurement process to award a £2m contract to a favoured supplier.
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NewsExclusive: Delays to pension payments after surge in retirements
The body which handles NHS pensions is struggling to process applications on time after a 50 per cent increase in retirements from the service.
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CommentNew research refund 'fantastic news' for trusts
NHS trusts can now claim back more of the costs involved in carrying out clinical research following a national policy change. Dr William van’t Hoff is calling for trusts to use this additional funding as an incentive to further support and embed clinical research delivery – benefitting their staff, patients ...
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Crumbling services, but who’s in charge?
Hospital leaders have warned there is a lack of accountability in the NHS, adding this could undermine public and political trust in the service.
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HSJ PartnersICSs are officially here, but what needs to be different for digital, data and tech?
The establishment of 42 integrated care systems ushers in an unprecedented opportunity to deliver wide ranging improvements in population health and care as well as wider system performance. If that potential is to be realised, digital and analytics will need to play a central role. How can ICS leaders grasp ...
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NewsLondoners several times more likely to get life-saving treatment
The NHS and the Treasury need to make a renewed commitment to increasing the number of patients who benefit from thrombectomy, the Stroke Association has said, as it revealed the service was dependent on just 106 doctors in England.
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NewsICS chief agrees to pay back covid bonus
The chief executive of an integrated care board will return a bonus paid for her ‘response and management’ of the pandemic, following enquiries by HSJ about the payment.
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NewsCEOs could get £30,000 bonus for joining troubled trusts
Senior managers could be paid one-off bonuses to take over the most troubled NHS organisations, according to draft proposals being considered by government and NHS England.