All Recession articles – Page 22
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News
NHS staffing levels 'to remain static'
Funding shortfalls and cutbacks mean NHS staffing levels will likely remain static at best over the next five years, experts have said.
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on caveats for consolidating mental health spending
A question for commissioners: what is the “right” proportion of your annual funding to spend on mental health?
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Comment
Derek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention
The impending financial squeeze makes it more important than ever to invest in preventing ill health in communities, rather than simply spending more on treatment
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Blogs
Lansley's sums
No matter how many times shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley repeats his pledge that there will be real terms growth in NHS spending under a Tory government, the NHS is not convinced.
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News
Start NHS pay talks now, Steve Barnett urges
NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett has urged NHS employers, politicians and unions to get around the negotiating table now to start discussions about pay after 2010-11.
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News
Tories will increase NHS budget, Andrew Lansley says
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed the Conservatives’ commitment to increasing the NHS budget in real terms after 2011 while calling on managers to justify the extra spend.
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News
Steve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
The NHS is facing a “make or break” moment in its history, NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett told delegates at the conference today.
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News
NHS North West to pay Christie's Iceland bank loss
NHS North West is to compensate a specialist cancer foundation trust for the £6.5m it lost in the Icelandic banking collapse.
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News
Tories would get tougher on public health realities
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said a Conservative government would ask the public to take more responsibility for the lifestyle choices that create unsustainable demands on the NHS.
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News
Czars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
Reducing costs is becoming an integral part of the role of the Department of Health’s czars.
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News
David Nicholson warns NHS: 'all bets are off'
David Nicholson has told HSJ “all bets are off”, as the health service prepares itself now for impending spending cuts.
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Comment
Helen Bevan on the pitfalls of NHS cost reduction
I have just returned from an international improvement forum, involving healthcare leaders from 67 countries. Everyone was talking about the economic challenges ahead.
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Comment
Ali Parsa on the meaning of value
With the squeeze on health funding getting tighter, commissioners must spend less. But bargain hunters beware - low cost services do not necessarily offer good value
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News
NHS may face over £6bn annual cuts
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has warned that the health service faces annual savings equivalent to cuts of more than £6bn from 2011 onwards.
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News
David Nicholson sticks by NHS quality cash claims
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has defended plans to save significant amounts of money by improving quality in the wake of criticism from patient safety experts.
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Comment
Paul Corrigan: Darwin's theory on the NHS
The greatest truth in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is that to survive in a rapidly changing environment, species must adapt. And for a species to be adaptable it needs to love diversity.
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News
NHS cash subsidises private patient care
Private patients are getting hundreds of thousands of pounds of treatment subsidised by the NHS each year, an HSJ investigation reveals.
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Comment
David Furness: Keep local people in on the act
The Budget has set the scene for a grim period in NHS finances, so accountability to the public must play an even greater role, not least in relation to local commissioning
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News
NHS asset sales are unlikely to meet Treasury expectations
The NHS will struggle to provide the Treasury with its expected windfall from asset sales, Department of Health data shows.
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News
Lost funds provoke outrage among Christie Hospital staff
Nurses from Manchester’s Christie Hospital joined with patients and MPs last week in a march on Whitehall.