The system of oversight of NHS organisations could be more effective if it was streamlined, a senior figure from the regulator NHS Improvement has suggested.
Efforts to create sustainability and transformation plans across the NHS in England have been “beset by problems”, but the process still represents the best hope to improve health and...
Reducing variation in what healthcare spending achieves will mean resources are used more effectively, providing better value to providers, commissioners and patients alike
The chair of the health select committee has accused the government of “giving the false impression that the NHS is awash with cash” through repeated claims that ministers have provided £10bn in...
Caps on agency spending in the NHS have now been in place for a year. Progress has been made, but services will need to be redesigned to address the underlying issues.
Diversion of NHS funds from plans to reform services in order to cover hospital deficits could jeopardise plans to improve patient care outlined in the five year plan for the health service in...
The NHS in Wales is set to receive a funding boost next year, which must be used to deliver sustained improvements in performance and patient outcomes as well as maintaining day-to-day services.
Around 40% of England’s NHS trusts have significant support needs or are in special measures, according to an initial categorisation published by NHS Improvement.
Three more hospital trusts are to enter a financial special measures programme run by NHS Improvement due to “significant concerns” about their finances, the regulator has announced.
The health secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised that the NHS in England will be self-sufficient in terms of doctors by 2025, under plans to prepare the health service for the impact of Brexit.
New spending limits for regional health systems have been proposed in a two-year blueprint for the NHS, which expands the use of Sustainability and Transformation Plans to drive reforms across the...
Amid funding pressures across the service, NHS Future-Focused Finance has developed a ‘four strengths’ framework to help finance teams and staff members develop their skills
Achieving ‘parity of esteem’ between mental and physical health will be very difficult to achieve due to pressures on the NHS budget, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
The Liberal Democrats have set up an expert panel to examine the case for a dedicated NHS and care tax as part of a long-term funding settlement for health provision.
Hospital trusts will be able to earn increased autonomy under a new regulatory framework published by NHS Improvement, which could also see hospitals outwith the special measures regime receiving "...
A coalition of 29 health and social care organisations has been formed with the aim of lobbying the government to guarantee the status of EU nationals working in the sector following the Brexit vote.