All NHS funding gap articles – Page 8
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Shifting the tech-tonic plates
The new health secretary’s belief that technology will act as a panacea to the NHS’s numerous problems is worrying, says Andy Cowper
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The NHS needs to prepare for a ‘no deal’ Brexit, and so for no more money
Andy Cowper discusses the possible consequences of a likely “no deal” Brexit for the NHS
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News
NHS trusts forecast £519m deficit, as regulator admits underlying problem
NHS trusts have forecast a combined deficit of more than £500m this year, despite an earlier commitment from regulators that they would break-even.
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Comment
Running to stand still
In light of the extra £20.5bn NHS funding, Anita Charlesworth outlines the various cost pressures that will likely consume most of the extra funding before improvements in quality and access can materialise
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Comment
Bigger step-change is need of the hour for children's mental health
It will take vision, hard work, political bravery, and realistic investment to make progress amidst children’s mental health crisis, writes Sean Duggan
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The silly season
Andy Cowper muses on the solstice of silliness in the world of health policy and politics
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News
HEE chief bids for extra funding to fill workforce gaps
Health Education England will be asking for new money to allow it to tackle widespread workforce shortages in the NHS, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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Comment
Dementia is conspicuously absent from new NHS priorities
The government must put dementia at the heart of its priorities, not in 10 years’ time, but now. By Hilary Evans
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: ‘But they’re privatising the NHS!’
Andy Cowper on why the NHS is not being privatised and the consequences of a culture of deliberately incentivising lying
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News
Stevens promises ‘wholesale shift’ in funding rules
The next three years will bring a “wholesale shift” in NHS funding rules, including the end of “sustainability funds”, the NHS England chief executive said.
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Comment
The new NHS plan should disrupt the status quo
Getting what we pay for, means finding a way to deliver with less than enough, states Mike Birtwistle
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Leader
Jeremy Hunt: a ‘good’ health secretary?
Jeremy Hunt’s tenure as health secretary - the longest there has been - has come to an end. HSJ editor Alastair Mclellan reflects on his achievements and missteps.
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HSJ Interactive
Improving students’ experience of mental health services
NHS and care services must partner with universities to embed mental health support into all areas of student life, says Paul Jenkins
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News
Ministers announce funding for 256 new ambulances
Ambulance trusts will receive £36.3m of capital funding for new vehicles and infrastructure following a major capacity shortage last winter, the Department of Health and Social Care announced.
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Comment
Trusts must co-own the 10 year plan for the NHS
The new plan must be credible with the frontline, requiring honesty and realism about the trade offs that must be made, given the resource available, writes David Williams
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Comment
Why investing in a resilient generation is the NHS's business
Investment in improving access to children and adolescent mental health services and tackling its causes through a prevention first approach is the need of the hour, says Paul Burstow
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Comment
The NHS at 70: same, same but different?
Looking at a broad range of data, new health trends have emerged over the past seven decades leading to changing patient demands and fluctuating satisfaction levels with the NHS, notes Gillian Prior
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News
Stevens outlines new funding commitments to MPs
Funding from the NHS’s new settlement will be “earmarked” for cancer programmes including prostate, lung and colorectal cancer, the NHS England chief executive told MPs today.
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Comment
NHS funding settlement: ‘a change of gear’ for the NHS?
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: The 3pc solution – the politics and practice, the ends and means
With the government having declared a NHS funding boost, Andy Cowper mulls over the politics of NHS funding