Health watchdogs will soon grade NHS hospital trusts on how efficiently they use their resources alongside reviews of the standard of care they provide.
The NHS could save hundreds of millions of pounds by improving the level of care provided, reducing infection rates and optimising procurement, a study has found.
Siva Anandaciva suggests that while ending the public sector pay cap may mean a fairer wage for NHS staff, it won’t be enough on its own to solve the health sector’s workforce challenges
The government intends to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health staff through a £1.3bn investment, it said today – although nursing leaders cast doubt on the viability of the plans.
There were more than 86,000 empty posts in the NHS between January and March this year, a 10% increase on the previous year, according to figures from NHS Digital.
The NHS could save millions of pounds by adopting a drug procurement scheme based on whether treatments improved patient health, a Social Market Foundation report has found.
Homeopathic remedies and others treatments considered to offer poor value for money should no longer be prescribed on the NHS, according to an NHS England consultation.
Richard Douglas has been named interim chair of NHS Improvement until 31 December, or until the appointment of a new permanent chair is that is earlier.
NHS England has released its first rankings of the 44 sustainability and transformation partnerships across the country showing five have been rated “outstanding” while five are in worst...
The number of British nurses and midwives quitting the profession has outstripped the number of new joiners for the first time in recent history, according to the professional regulator.
NHS mistakes that meant 709,000 medical letters failed to reach their intended destination will cost the health services at least £6.6m, say government auditors.
A group of leading health trade unions have signed a joint letter to the prime minister urging her to use the Queen’s Speech to scrap the 1% public sector pay cap.
NHS providers have succeeded in cutting their deficit by two-thirds over the financial year just ended, however the service missed its target by more than £200m, official figures have shown.
The government needs to stop its piecemeal approach to NHS support and fix underlying funding problems, Niall Dickson chief executive of the NHS Confederation has said.
