NHS providers in England ended 2015-16 with a £2.45bn deficit, the second successive year it has been plunged into the red, raising concerns that the Department of Health’s spending limit...
Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups finance leads think their local quality of patient care has deteriorated over the past year,...
The government’s ambition to provide a seven-day NHS presents a serious risk to public money as flawed workforce planning leaves the cost of the policy virtually unknown, the Public Accounts...
Talks intended to end the dispute over a new contract for junior doctors are to resume today after the British Medical Association agreed to re-enter negotiations.
The Department of Health has agreed to restart contract talks with junior doctors as part of a five-day pause in implementation of the new contract terms being brokered by Academy of Medical Royal...
NHS Improvement has called on hospital finance chiefs to do more to help “get a grip” on agency spending as part of efforts to improve the financial sustainability of the health service.
There is barely an area of health services provision entirely untouched by EU law, but it is necessary to look behind the generalisations to get to the details.
Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association urging them to call off the junior doctors strike set for tomorrow that will see them refuse to provide emergency treatment for the first...
The homes we live in can have a profound impact on our health and, by extension, on the finances of the NHS. Housing associations and care providers are being brought together to consider...
What matters most to the NHS? That it gets its finances in order or that it hits performance targets? The shifting policy on fines shows system leaders can’t make up their minds
The last financial year was a bruising one for the NHS and this one looks to be tough as well. Here are five recollections of 2015/16 and five things to look out for in 2016/17
NHS trusts, GP practices and adult social care providers face hefty increases in the registration and inspection fees they pay to the Care Quality Commission from today.
The parlous state of the NHS finances requires answers to some difficult questions from the number of commissioners and providers to the role of the market
Value goes beyond cost – it also embraces patient outcomes and experience, says the Royal Free hospital’s Caroline Clarke, a champion of change and diversity
Details of the 44 areas that will develop of sustainability and transformation plans for the health service have been revealed by NHS England, with two council chief executives among those named to...
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have announced they are to provide additional financial advice and expertise to hospitals in a bid to tackle the £2.3bn deficit in the health...
The performance of NHS accident and emergency departments in England fell to a new low in January this year, according to official figures published today.