All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 2
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NewsTrusts overspending with ‘no consequence’, says senior MP
Reforms will be lost in the “black hole of the NHS” unless the health service fixes productivity and stops overspending with “no consequence”, senior MPs have said.
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NewsICBs appoint joint finance chief in national first
Two integrated care boards in the Midlands have appointed the first finance chief to head up two systems.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts furthest behind on efficiency plans
A total of 20 trusts had achieved only 30 per cent or less of their 2024-25 planned efficiency programmes by the end of October, with four delivering below 20 per cent, research by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsNHS gets surprise £900m funding boost
The NHS has received a further spending top-up for the current financial year just months after the chancellor announced a £10bn uplift at the autumn Budget.
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NewsPritchard to step down as NHSE chief as Streeting reorganises centre
Amanda Pritchard will step down as NHS England CEO at the end of next month, with Sir Jim Mackey taking over as interim chief.
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NewsNHS must no longer rely on ‘free capital’, claims government adviser
The health service must accept that it can no longer expect to rely on “free capital” and will have to borrow private funding for investment in buildings and tech, a senior government adviser has said.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Streeting’s deficit rhetoric won’t match reality
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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NewsTrusts cut thousands of non-clinical staff
NHS trusts cut nearly 9,000 posts between March and December 2024 as they try to balance the books, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE national director steps down after 10 years
Dame Cally Palmer is to step down as NHS England’s national cancer director, it has been announced.
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NewsJournalist joins DHSC board
A peer who said the NHS needs a “classic management turnaround” has been appointed to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care, alongside two other new directors.
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NewsNHS ‘too focused on cost-cutting, not productivity’
The NHS’s efforts to maximise productivity have been characterised by cost-cutting, rather than a coherent long-term strategy, a leading health economist has said.
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News‘Culture of overspending’ is over, NHS told
Ministers have said they will back NHS leaders to make “tough decisions”, including cutting services, as part of ending a “culture of routine overspending without consequences”.
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NewsWe’re not complacent over finances, NHSE insists
NHS England has accused an influential Parliamentary committee of “factual inaccuracies” after MPs criticised national NHS officials for “complacency” over financial planning.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers spent £500k dismantling then rebuilding their offices
Two successive health and social care secretaries spent nearly £500,000 dismantling and then rebuilding ministerial offices in their department, HSJ has learned.
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NewsElective recovery fund capped for rest of year
The amount of extra waiting list funding trusts can earn is to be capped in the remaining months of the financial year, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: PFI is overdue a comeback
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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Expert BriefingReform Watch: What the new elective plan means
With the launch of Labour’s plan for elective care, Recovery Watch becomes Reform Watch. This newsletter will track the new government’s plans to “re-imagine” the NHS.
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NewsTrust rapped for ‘irregular’ £116k payment to outgoing CEO
An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the public spending watchdog after it paid its departing chief executive more than £100,000 without prior Treasury sign-off.
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NewsMajor pricing shake-up for elective care announced
NHS England is to carry out a wide-ranging review of how elective care is paid for, according to a new joint NHSE-government plan published this morning.
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NewsRevealed: All but three ICSs fall behind financial plans
A total of 39 of the 42 integrated care systems have fallen behind their financial plans, new figures reveal.