Other departments in Whitehall might have looked on at health with envy after the Budget but its deal may not be as good as it appears, says NHS Providers’ Adam Wright.
NHS bodies have called the chancellor’s commitments to the health service – including £10bn of capital investment by 2020 – in the Budget “disappointing”.
The use of robots can help transform the way our healthcare system is managed, says Stephen Sutcliffe, director of Finance and Accounting at NHS Shared Business Services.
The NHS spent nearly £100m plugging staffing gaps on maternity wards, funding that would more than fill the current 3,500 midwifery vacancies, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
Warnings about the likelihood of a cyberattack on the NHS – which caused thousands of appointments and operations to be cancelled - were not heeded, the National Audit Office said today.
Hospitals are wasting two hours of operating time a day due to avoidable factors such as late starts, details released from a forthcoming NHS Improvement study have suggested.
The number of nurses and health visitors employed by the NHS has fallen for the first time on a year-on-year basis since April 2013, according to analysis by The King’s Fund.
Trainee GPs will receive a £20,000 ‘golden hello’ if they work in areas struggling to recruit, such as rural and coastal areas, Jeremy Hunt has announced today.
NHS clinical negligence claims are one of the government's biggest liabilities with the health service having set aside £65bn for existing and potential future claims, a think-tank report...
Commitment to future sustainability and transformation funding is crucial if we are to protect progress on clearing provider sector debts, says Tim Connolly of NHS Providers
Brexit will put pressure on the health service at a time when it needs extra funding, a Conservative health minister acknowledged at the party’s conference in Manchester today.