The light-touch, joined-up Comprehensive Area Assessment regime, headed up by your own personal ‘lead’ is being introduced. Alex Klaushofer maps the progress so far
The NHS in Scotland faces challenging times because of smaller funding increases, efficiency savings and rising drug and fuel costs, a public spending watchdog has warned
More cancers are being caught earlier and longer-term treatment for survivors is improving, according to the first annual report into the government’s Cancer Reform Strategy
The timetable for the creation of new local health boards in Wales will create a ‘nightmare’ for NHS finance staff, the head of strategic direction at the Welsh Assembly Government has...
Many more patients are now taking advantage of centres run by private health firms to get treated on the NHS, according to the Department of Health’s latest Patient Choice survey
Rock fan Bill Shields hopes to promote a ‘world-class’ finance system for the NHS when his biggest gig — chairing the Healthcare Financial Management Association — starts in...
The NHS faces a ‘ticking timebomb’ with a potential shortage of finance directors across the service and skills gaps in primary care, the incoming chair of the Healthcare Financial...
NHS boards in Scotland have made ‘significant progress’ in reducing waiting times for diagnostic services but there is still scope for better use of resources, a public spending watchdog...
A national advisory council is to be established to ensure the recommendations of a review of child and adolescent mental health services are implemented
The government’s flagship practice-based commissioning policy, designed to let GPs shape local NHS provision, is ‘not operating effectively’ and has stalled completely in some areas...
Leading NHS officials have attacked Scottish Government plans for direct elections to health boards, warning that the service could be destabilised by the introduction of party politics
An economist who led work at the Healthcare Commission on value for money in the health service has criticised the commission’s approach to evaluating the cost-effectiveness of services
Proposals to allow patients to pay privately for drugs not available on the NHS without losing their right to free care could cost tens of millions of pounds
There must be changes in the 'unfair' system of funding doctors working in the poorest communities, the Scottish Parliament's health committee has said
The NHS Confederation has called on foundation trusts to bring forward investment projects to help stimulate the economy after figures showed they had a combined surplus of almost £400m
Complaints about public services are frequently the result of a breakdown in trust between people and service providers, Scotland's public services watchdog has claimed
