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6 Jan 16
Two former health secretaries and the former Liberal Democrat care minister Norman Lamb have issued a joint call for a cross-party commission into the health and social care crisis.
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4 Jan 16
Junior doctors in England are to take strike action starting next Tuesday after talks with NHS Employers to resolve a dispute over new contractual terms broke down.
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4 Jan 16
Health devolution pilots for London boroughs are a step in the right direction but communities must be involved to develop effective and robust services that can meet people’s needs.
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4 Jan 16
Constraints on consultancy spending in the NHS saved £42m in the third quarter of 2015 and restrictions on agency staff could reduce costs by £160m by the end of the financial year, NHS...
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21 Dec 15
All small hospitals in England are set to run a deficit in 2015/16, the first time that every provider with turnovers of under £200m a year will be in the red, an analysis by EY has found.
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17 Dec 15
Current levels of uncertainty across the NHS are unprecedented. As the dust settles on the Spending Review, the challenge for the finance community is to find a way to meet short-term financial...
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16 Dec 15
Nearly half of the £3.8bn funding increase for the NHS next year is being ringfenced in a sustainability and transformation fund intended to improve the financial health of the service.
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16 Dec 15
The financial health of NHS hospital trusts has “significantly declined” in the last year and is expected to worsen further to the end of 2015/16, the National Audit Office warned today.
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15 Dec 15
NHS devolution pilots for London will see boroughs in the capital test new approaches to physical and mental health collaboration, including full health and social care integration in Hackney.
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11 Dec 15
Ongoing uncertainty over social care funding has the potential to derail efforts to get the NHS’s finances back into balance, the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s policy director has...
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10 Dec 15
The next financial year is a “firebreak” year for the NHS in which it must get itself back into balance, the service’s finance managers have been told.
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9 Dec 15
The NHS ombudsman has found that poor complaint handling in the health service mean that problems with care are not being uncovered in hospital investigations into avoidable harm or death.
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3 Dec 15
Plans to integrate health and social care provision in Scotland face significant risks that must be addressed if the reform is to improve how services are delivered, a report has found.
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1 Dec 15
The junior doctors’ strike, set to go ahead in England today, has been called off after the British Medical Association said agreement had been reached to resume negotiations over contract...
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30 Nov 15
What last week’s Spending Review meant for health and social care can be explained in just four numbers.
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27 Nov 15
Nine in ten nurses have said they would not have gone into the profession without the bursaries the government plans to scrap in 2017, a Unison survey has found.
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27 Nov 15
There is growing dissatisfaction with access to GP surgeries, while age, ethnicity and where a patient lives can bear heavily on their ability to get an appointment, the National Audit Office has...
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26 Nov 15
The chancellor is enjoying a lucky run in having significantly better than expected public finances to rely on in planning the next five years.
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25 Nov 15
A £3.8bn increase to the NHS budget next year will give the health service “a fighting chance” of implementing the Five Year Forward View reform plan, experts have said.
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24 Nov 15
Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
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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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20 Nov 15
NHS providers recorded a deficit of £1.6bn in the first six months of the financial year, £358m worse than planned, due to significant challenges across the service, health watchdogs said...
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19 Nov 15
Campaigners have illustrated the extent of mounting financial pressures on the mental health system, launching a report in parliament today.
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19 Nov 15
Junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action next month in the dispute over changes to pay arrangements and working hours.
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18 Nov 15
NHS finance chiefs have warned that the £8bn funding boost promised for the health service by Prime Minister David Cameron will not be enough to deliver the flagship Five Year Forward View...
6 Jan 16Two former health secretaries and the former Liberal Democrat care minister Norman Lamb have issued a joint call for a cross-party commission into the health and social care crisis.
4 Jan 16Junior doctors in England are to take strike action starting next Tuesday after talks with NHS Employers to resolve a dispute over new contractual terms broke down.
4 Jan 16Health devolution pilots for London boroughs are a step in the right direction but communities must be involved to develop effective and robust services that can meet people’s needs.
4 Jan 16Constraints on consultancy spending in the NHS saved £42m in the third quarter of 2015 and restrictions on agency staff could reduce costs by £160m by the end of the financial year, NHS...
21 Dec 15All small hospitals in England are set to run a deficit in 2015/16, the first time that every provider with turnovers of under £200m a year will be in the red, an analysis by EY has found.
16 Dec 15The financial health of NHS hospital trusts has “significantly declined” in the last year and is expected to worsen further to the end of 2015/16, the National Audit Office warned today.
15 Dec 15NHS devolution pilots for London will see boroughs in the capital test new approaches to physical and mental health collaboration, including full health and social care integration in Hackney.
10 Dec 15The next financial year is a “firebreak” year for the NHS in which it must get itself back into balance, the service’s finance managers have been told.
9 Dec 15The NHS ombudsman has found that poor complaint handling in the health service mean that problems with care are not being uncovered in hospital investigations into avoidable harm or death.
3 Dec 15Plans to integrate health and social care provision in Scotland face significant risks that must be addressed if the reform is to improve how services are delivered, a report has found.
30 Nov 15What last week’s Spending Review meant for health and social care can be explained in just four numbers.
27 Nov 15Nine in ten nurses have said they would not have gone into the profession without the bursaries the government plans to scrap in 2017, a Unison survey has found.
27 Nov 15There is growing dissatisfaction with access to GP surgeries, while age, ethnicity and where a patient lives can bear heavily on their ability to get an appointment, the National Audit Office has...
26 Nov 15The chancellor is enjoying a lucky run in having significantly better than expected public finances to rely on in planning the next five years.
25 Nov 15A £3.8bn increase to the NHS budget next year will give the health service “a fighting chance” of implementing the Five Year Forward View reform plan, experts have said.
24 Nov 15Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
23 Nov 15The 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
20 Nov 15NHS providers recorded a deficit of £1.6bn in the first six months of the financial year, £358m worse than planned, due to significant challenges across the service, health watchdogs said...
19 Nov 15Campaigners have illustrated the extent of mounting financial pressures on the mental health system, launching a report in parliament today.
