All Monitor articles – Page 16
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HSJ LocalMonitor launches investigation into Southend's finances
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the financial sustainability of Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsUpdated: Monitor to review consultancy contracts above £50k
Foundation trusts wanting to spend more than £50,000 on a management consultancy contract will have the deal reviewed by Monitor, as part of new measures announced today.
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NewsHunt to intervene on agency spending
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today unveil plans to cap agency and management consultancy spending by NHS trusts.
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CommentHigh temp costs: A competition issue or held back NHS wages?
Competition issue or NHS wages being held down?
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NewsMonitor sets out plan to enlist 'superbuddies'
Monitor plans to set up a framework agreement to allow high performing trusts to put themselves forward as potential “superbuddies” for failing counterparts, the regulator’s chief executive has revealed.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust seeks £30m from DH for IT and air con
FINANCE: Bolton Foundation Trust is seeking £30m of capital funding from the Department of Health towards its IT and estates strategies.
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LeaderModernisers must cut the deficit to keep their side of the deal
The ‘excuses’ for not delivering the forward view have been swept away
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NewsExclusive: Monitor ramps up challenge to FTs over spending
Foundation trusts in breach of their licence will face tighter regulatory controls on their agency and management consultancy spending, as part of an interventionist drive by Monitor to bear down on escalating provider deficits.
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NewsGovernment considers cap on 'egregious' agency spend
A cap on the cost of agency staff supplied to NHS trusts is being explored by the Cabinet Office and Department of Health in an attempt to tackle the ballooning agency spend in the NHS, it has emerged.
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CommentQueen's Speech: We can't avoid legislation for ever
The DH is stepping outside or ignoring legislation
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NewsUpdated: Rollover tariff trusts expect massive deficits
Several large hospital trusts that rejected the voluntary tariff agreement have predicted huge swings in their financial position for 2015-16.
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NewsUpdated: NHS provider sector reports £822m deficit
NHS providers have reported a deficit of £822m for 2014-15, with foundation trusts ending the year in the red for first time ever. HSJ analysis suggests that without bailouts the net deficit was closer to £1bn.
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NewsStevens launches hospital chains 'vanguard'
NHS England will ‘test new ways’ of sustaining smaller hospitals, including ‘chains’ running acute services, in its latest vanguard programme launched today by Simon Stevens.
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SupplementsHSJ100 roundtable: How do you fill a £30bn funding gap?
The NHS must deliver huge efficiency savings in the next few years
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News'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays new hospital decision after forced land sale
STRUCTURE: A foundation trust that shelved plans to build a new hospital until after the election has given itself a six month deadline to decide whether to abandon the project, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: UCLH claims late win in Project Diamond funding battle
FINANCE: One of the country’s most prestigious teaching hospital trusts has said it will record a ‘small surplus’ for the financial year 2014-15 after winning a protracted battle over specialised funding.
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NewsSpecial measures boss to lead Monitor 'provider sustainability' division
The deputy chief executive of a former ‘special measures’ trust has been appointed to lead a new major Monitor directorate tasked with driving performance improvement in NHS providers, the regulator announced today.