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...
A majority of NHS providers have backed a revised payment structure for the next financial year that will provide hospitals with more money to cover the cost of emergency admissions.
Public Health England now distributes the £2.8bn grant to councils as they work to improve the health of the people. Everything from planning to parks, and education to employment, can play a role.
Councils have been warned that plans to integrate health and care spending will place additional pressures on ‘ineffective’ local authority scrutiny arrangements.
A senior charity leader has told Public Finance that third sector organisations are ready to help the NHS tackle current pressures in hospitals, but only if the health service is prepared to foot the...
As the dust settles on the chancellor’s Autumn Statement, this is a good time to review what it told us. It contained three big messages: one on money, one on reform, and one on social care.
NHS finance directors have warned that both commissioners and providers in the health service face a worsening financial position in 2014/15 compared to 12 months ago.
Plans to ‘radically’ improve health and social care outcomes and the quality of patient care by 2020 using digital technology has been published by NHS England.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has defended the government’s use of private- and third-sector providers in the NHS as a way to improve the efficiency of the service.
The health reforms were meant to create a fast-track, patient-centred service. Rising waiting times and A&E admissions – and confusion over GP commissioning and care funding – suggest...
With huge changes to NHS structures and culture, it’s an exciting time to be working in health policy. Nigel Edwards, the new chief executive of the Nuffield Trust thinktank, talks to PF about...
The government's full response to the Francis inquiry report into Mid Staffs contains many welcome proposals. But squaring the quality and finance agendas is going to prove tough
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he wants to hear ‘uncomfortable truths’ from the Care Quality Commission in future. So how much is chief executive David Behan willing to tell him?
Eight small firms have been awarded NHS funds to develop innovative products and services for people with mental illnesses and those approaching the end of their lives.
With only a 'handful' of NHS trusts likely to meet new data requirements from April 2014, it's time for action. Trusts need the necessary data at their disposal if they are to avoid...
Over-reliance on targets has been suggested as a factor in the Stafford Hospital scandal. But managers and front-line staff should never use the 'system' as an excuse for behaving in an...