All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 19
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NewsRishi Sunak hires health adviser
An adviser who worked on the Lansley reforms is to return to government as Downing Street’s top political health aide.
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NewsNHS England considers substantive return to ‘payment by results’
NHS England is considering a substantive shift to a ‘payment by results’ model from April, in a bid to drive up elective activity.
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NewsHospital with 600 estate ‘incidents’ demands ‘urgent’ government decision
A trust has called for ministers to make an ‘urgent’ decision on funding for a new hospital, as a raft of maintenance problems such as leaking roofs and overflowing sewage pipes are hampering efforts to tackle waiting list backlogs.
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NewsNew rules will discourage trusts from consuming more than their ‘fair share of NHS resources’
NHS England has launched the first substantive consultation on changes to the NHS provider licence since 2013.
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NewsNHS lacks councils’ ‘financial discipline’, warns ICS chair
An integrated care partnership chair has criticised NHS England for requiring systems to work to “meaningless” indicators, adding he is worried health organisations lack financial discipline.
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NewsNHS to face unprecedented funding squeeze to 2025
The NHS in England is set to face a multiyear funding squeeze for the first time since the 1950s, new figures have revealed.
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NewsNHSE agrees day rates of up to £1,600 for consultants and temporary managers
NHS England has approved two in three requests for trusts to bring in temporary ’very senior managers’ and consultants on daily rates of up to £1,600.
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NewsNHS facing £70m tax bill after legal challenge on car parking charges fails
NHS organisations look set to lose out on £70m, after a court ruled a trust could not reclaim VAT on its car parking fees from HMRC.
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NewsMackey fires warning at trusts delivering ‘inexplicably low’ activity levels
A group of struggling trusts that are delivering “inexplicably low” elective activity levels will face “consequences” if they do not meet revised trajectories, NHS England’s elective recovery adviser has warned.
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NewsNHS maintenance backlog tops £10bn
Spending on the NHS estate has increased at the fastest-rate since the service began collecting detailed data, new figures show.
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NewsTrust mergers need not deliver ‘step change’, says NHSE
NHS England has dropped plans to impose a strict test for trust mergers that would have required organisations to demonstrate a ‘step change’ in quality.
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NewsFinance veteran swaps Bermuda for ICS in the red
A veteran finance leader is to return to the NHS next month, after a five-year stint working as chief finance officer of Bermuda’s hospital board.
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NewsTrust orders 'civility training' for senior leaders
An ambulance service rated ’inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission has set out a wide-ranging improvement plan, including ’civility training’ for senior leaders and ensuring board members hear a mix of ’positive and negative’ stories from patients and staff.
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NewsTrust lacks ‘grip and control’ over spending
An acute trust facing a worsening financial position has been warned it lacks ‘sufficient grip and control’ on spending.
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NewsExclusive: Test & Trace boss joins consultancy which earned over £300m from programme
A senior civil servant who oversaw the £37bn Test and Trace budget has moved to a consultancy firm that received millions of pounds from the government for its work on the programme.
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NewsGovt warned NHS may be forced to ‘completely revisit’ investment plans
Increases in inflation will force the NHS to drastically scale back services unless the government provides extra funding, NHS England’s chief financial officer warned today.
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News‘Real worry’ as two-thirds of ICSs fall into the red
Two out of three integrated care systems have fallen off track on their financial plans, with many now facing the prospect of having to report sizeable deficits in their first year of operation.
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NewsHospital’s ‘consistently high’ mortality rate under investigation
NHS England and local system leaders are looking into “consistently high” mortality rates over the last two years at an acute hospital after previous reviews failed to find an explanation, an integrated care board meeting was told this week.
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NewsSenior managers at major trust ‘disempowered’, warns external review
Senior managers at a major teaching trust felt ‘disempowered’ in a risk-averse culture that hindered decision making, according to an independent review obtained by HSJ.
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NewsTreasury: No new NHS funding to deal with soaring inflation
The NHS is set to face a three-year funding squeeze after the government said it would not be topping up budgets to cover the impact of inflation.