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CommentIt's the workforce, stupid: or what's really going on with the deficit
The Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth on the real issues behind the shortfall in provider funds
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News
NAO: NHS workforce plans driven by saving cash
National Audit Office says existing system of workforce planning is not value for money NHS training 19 per cent fewer nurses in 2014-15 than it was in 2004-05 NAO says trust workforce predictions influenced by financial efficiency savings NHS trusts’ workforce predictions are driven by ...
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News
Exclusive: Lord Hunt calls for NAO probe into collapsed £800m contract
Lord Hunt calls for National Audit Office to investigate £800m contract failure Former Labour health spokesman also set to raise questions about other tenders advised on by the Strategic Projects Team Document shows Cambridgeshire contract was worth £725.5m – at the low end of range originally quoted ...
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News
New models of care need 'significant upfront investment', NAO warns
NAO says new models of care will require “significant upfront investment” but warns the “money available for this is reducing as the number of trusts in deficit increases” Simon Stevens told HSJ funds for transformation would have to be diverted next year Health Foundation says there is ...
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NHS England to publish CCG conflict of interest audit
NHS England commissions audit into how CCGs co-commissisoning primary care manage conflicts of interest Updated statutory guidance on conflicts of interest to be published in April, MPs told NHS England will publish an independent audit into how potential conflicts of interest among clinical commissioning groups co-commissioning ...
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Government lacks reliable data for GP workforce planning, says NAO
Neither the Department of Health nor NHS England know how many GPs will be required to meet patient demand over the next five years due to a lack of reliable data, the National Audit Office has found.
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Supplements
Roundtable: Can we meet the Carter challenge on procurement?
Experts say it’s time for a better strategy
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Exclusive: Ombudsman cleared of wrongdoing despite weaknesses
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has been criticised over its handling of four contracts worth more than £1m by the National Audit Office, but ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor was cleared of wrongdoing.
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News
NAO's better care fund criticism enrages DH chief
Whitehall mandarins tell spending watchdog it fails to understand localism
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News
Better care fund planning 'a shambles'
The planning process for the £5.3bn better care fund has been branded a “shambles” after a National Audit Office report pinpointed a series of problems with its implementation
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News
NHS bailouts under fire in 'deeply alarming' NAO study
Government bailouts for financially troubled hospitals have come under fire in a report laying bare the deteriorating financial state of the NHS
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News
Exclusive: Health ombudsman was investigated over contract 'failings'
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman was subject to a National Audit Office investigation this year after it awarded a former business partner of ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor a six figure contract, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
CCGs should authorise 18-week target breaches
We must make sure a good crisis does not go to waste
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News
Analysis: Flat waiting list bucks seasonal trend
The national elective waiting list hovered just below 3 million throughout the autumn – in defiance of the seasonal pattern seen in recent years – in one of the clearest indications so far of the pressure on the acute sector.
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News
NAO: Monitor delivers 'value for money'
Monitor’s capacity to regulate foundation trusts in difficulty may come under “unsustainable pressure” due to the growth in risk across the sector, the National Audit Office has found.
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News
Information centre should audit waiting times data, say health leaders
Health leaders have called for an Audit Commission-style body to perform spot checks and external monitoring of waiting times data to ensure its accuracy.
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Blogs
The NAO report on NHS waiting times for elective care in England
The NAO have done a good report on waiting times. This is an opportunity to simplify the targets, make better use of Choose Book, and knuckle down to the hard job of getting the record-keeping right.
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News
Trusts 'mis-recording' waiting data
Some hospital trusts are failing to accurately monitor how long thousands of their patients are waiting for treatment, a report has found.
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Comment
Lawyers are not just ambulance chasers
Clinical negligence law can help increase transparency
