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6 May 21
Adult social care spending per head is still lower than a decade ago, despite recent increases to central government funding, a report has said.
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15 Oct 19
Ten per cent of services for those with learning disabilities and autism were rated as inadequate up to September this year compared to just 1% in 2018, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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30 Nov 16
Local authorities are bound by law to balance the books. If NHS trusts were charged with the same expectation, dependency on government handouts could be eliminated
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21 Nov 16
NHS providers recorded a deficit of £648m in the first six months of the financial year, almost £1bn lower than in the same period last year, according to figures from NHS Improvement.
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21 Nov 16
NHS finances seem set for a reckoning, but it may come in the 2017 Autumn Statement rather than this week’s announcement by Philip Hammond
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16 Nov 16
The NHS is heading into winter with its finances and performance in the worst shape they have been for a decade, the King’s Fund has warned.
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14 Nov 16
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...
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8 Nov 16
Three health charities have said that plugging a £1.9bn social care funding gap is a more urgent priority than boosting funding for the NHS in this month’s Autumn Statement.
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27 Oct 16
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...
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16 Sep 16
Cuts to adult social care have left the system increasingly unable to meet the needs of the older people who depend on it, with the funding gap set to reach at least £2.8bn by the end of the decade,...
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11 Jul 16
The government should be honest about the difficulties facing the NHS and what can realistically be delivered within the current budget, a think-tank has urged.
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30 Jun 16
Projects to integrate health and social care provision should not get “distracted” by creating new jobs to oversee joint working, a review has found.
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19 May 16
Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups finance leads think their local quality of patient care has deteriorated over the past year,...
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5 May 16
GP practices are “in crisis” with demand for consultations growing at three times the rate of increase in the number of family doctors, according to the King’s Fund.
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18 Apr 16
The homes we live in can have a profound impact on our health and, by extension, on the finances of the NHS. Housing associations and care providers are being brought together to consider...
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10 Mar 16
The performance of NHS accident and emergency departments in England fell to a new low in January this year, according to official figures published today.
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19 Feb 16
An initiative to get NHS clinicians and finance teams working more closely together has been launched at an event at the King’s Fund in London.
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18 Feb 16
The NHS is heading for a £2.3bn financial deficit for 2015/16 despite “stringent” efforts by the Department of Health to limit overspends, according to the King’s Fund.
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9 Feb 16
Public satisfaction with the NHS is falling and dissatisfaction levels saw the largest single-year increase since 1983 in 2015, according to data published today by the King’s Fund.
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4 Feb 16
Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
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23 Nov 15
The Future-Focused Finance initiative has piloted a toolkit to help clinical and financial teams in the NHS build stronger working relationships and identify shared priorities
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17 Nov 15
The government’s devolution plans look set to have far-reaching consequences for health service provision.
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22 Oct 15
Cuts to social care budgets in local government are putting extra pressure on NHS services, according to over 80% of heath service finance directors who responded to a King’s Fund poll.
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19 Oct 15
NHS England has recruited Dr Donald Berwick, a former senior health official under Barack Obama in the United States, to help develop new models of care across the country.
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15 Oct 15
Manchester’s devolution deal might not be easily replicable around the country, a former Department of Health chief has warned.