It may only be five weeks since the general election, but there has already been a veritable blizzard of announcements coming from the Department of Health and national NHS organisations. So many in...
A NHS productivity review has found that as much as £5bn could be saved annually across the health service through procurement improvements and changes to rotas to minimise the use of agency...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is to merge the chief executive posts at Monitor and the Trust Development Authority as part of an effort to improve the coordination between the NHS watchdogs.
Better measurement of the outcomes from NHS spending will be a key factor in meeting the efficiency target in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. Finance professionals must focus on driving...
NHS England is to intervene directly in the running of health services in three areas of England in an attempt to overcome systemic issues that are hindering improvement in regional health economies.
Scottish health secretary Shona Robison has promised further reform of the NHS in Scotland, following a joint warning from the major medical and nursing colleges that the current target-driven...
A poll of more than 300 NHS chief executives has found that nearly all believe that reductions in social care funding are leading to increased pressures on the health service.
Six mental health organisations are urging the government to adopt an action plan for its first 100 days in office, including a commitment to agree to fair funding for services in July’s post-...
NHS England is seeking bids from hospitals across England to undertake pilots on how to improve provision through the integration plans set out in its Five Year Forward View plan.
Audit firm 360 Assurance has won CIPFA’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Public Service Audit in recognition of its work supporting NHS clinical commissioning groups.
Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that an extra £8bn will be put into the NHS over the course of the next Parliament to help support its transformation into a ‘seven-day’ service.
Monitor has launched an investigation into a deterioration in the finances at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a major teaching hospital in South London.
The NHS is facing the biggest financial challenge in its recent history during 2015/16, the King’s Fund has warned, with both mounting deficits and worsening performance.
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the next government must take ‘immediate action’ to increase the number of nurses in the NHS or risk falling standards of care.
Moves to boost the role of the finance profession in the NHS require a new collaboration between accountants and doctors, as well as an improved understanding of costs across the health service.
The NHS in England is projected to have overspent its budget by more than £600m in 2014/15, an analysis by the Health Foundation has found, despite the service receiving an extra £900m in...
The performance of the NHS has deteriorated over the last two years of the coalition government, and there is a real risk patient care will suffer as the health service heads into deficit, an...
The leader of Manchester City Council has said he expects other cities to replicate the landmark agreement for the conurbation’s combined authority to take control of its £6bn NHS budget.
The decision to let private operator Circle run Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust was an unsuccessful experiment that has left the taxpayer exposed, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded...
Increasing waiting times now represent a major problem in NHS, a report by the Nuffield Trust has revealed, with a marked deterioration in performance now being observed at even the best-performing...
