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.
Junior doctors in England are to strike for five consecutive days within the next fortnight in protest over the government’s decision to impose a controversial new contract.
Unmanageable caseloads and staff shortages in district nursing services are compromising care quality among some patients, according to the King’s Fund.
The number of NHS providers reporting a financial deficit fell by 20% in the first quarter of the current financial year, despite rising demand for services, according to NHS Improvement.
Four foundation trusts have been accredited by watchdog NHS Improvement to lead the creation of hospital chains intended to help share best practice across the health service.
The NHS set a record deficit in 2015-16, in a year of relative wealth for the health service. If the NHS is unable to achieve financial stability by the end of this year, those ahead look very bleak...
Junior doctors leaders have sought authorisation for a rolling programme of industrial action in an escalation of a long-running contractual dispute with government.
The plan by national NHS bodies to get NHS finances back on track is welcome. But there is a danger it could give the impression that the problem is all down to financial management
