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15 Oct 15
The level of poor care across hospitals, care homes and GP services in England is “unacceptable”, the sector watchdog has said.
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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.
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13 Oct 15
The chief executive of NHS England has said the service should “call time” on the foundation trust pipeline, saying “we are frankly kidding ourselves” in believing trusts could ever meet the...
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13 Oct 15
The number of national bodies involved in assessing the performance of the NHS is resulting in “duplication and unnecessary complexity”, the King’s Fund has warned.
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9 Oct 15
Higher-than-expected staff costs have led to NHS providers running a deficit of £930m in the first three months of 2015/16, £163m more than forecast, figures released by watchdogs have...
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8 Oct 15
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the government has no plans to cut the overall pay bill for junior doctors under the terms of a new contract he is looking to negotiate with the British...
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7 Oct 15
There needs to be a cultural shift in how the NHS is run in order to ensure it is focused on patients, health secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Conservative conference.
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6 Oct 15
Jim Mackey, chief executive of Northumbria Healthcare, has been appointed to head up the new NHS provider regulator, NHS Improvement.
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6 Oct 15
Scotland’s health boards may be diverting money from important clinical priorities in order to avoid marginal shortfalls in Scottish Government performance targets, according to a report...
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30 Sep 15
Greater use of technology can improve recovery rates for stroke patients, while reducing costs for healthcare providers
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22 Sep 15
Poor communication, substandard treatment and diagnostic errors remain the top three reasons for hospital complaints investigated by the health services ombudsman in 2014/15.
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9 Sep 15
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill is moving quickly through parliament, but its implications for the NHS remain unclear. These are some of the key issues that need to be considered.
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3 Sep 15
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has set a target for all patients to able to access their GP records online within a year as part of a further expansion of the use of technology in the NHS.
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1 Sep 15
The NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor have issued new rules to reduce the amount the health service spends on agency staff.
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23 Aug 15
Facts and figures from the July/August of Public Finance, focusing on voter concerns, upcoming cuts, deflation and GDP
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18 Aug 15
CIPFA recently hosted a one-day summit for public sector CFOs, sponsored by Newton Europe and held under the Chatham House rule
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18 Aug 15
This summer’s CIPFA CFO Summit focused on building long-term plans for sustainable public services
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14 Aug 15
With NHS finances under pressure, there is a need for more data, transparency and consistency to fully understand the implications and role of independent providers in the provision of NHS-funded...
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7 Aug 15
Little is understood about the impact of wider public sector cuts on people’s health. We need to build an evidence base to help guide spending decisions.
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7 Aug 15
An NHS foundation trust described by regulator Monitor as “one of England’s most historically troubled” has been removed from special measures.
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5 Aug 15
The NHS is unlikely to achieve the £22bn of efficiency savings it has agreed to make by 2020, CIPFA research has found.
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4 Aug 15
NHS trusts have been warned that their spending plans are “unaffordable” and urged to do more to reassert financial control.
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3 Aug 15
Sir Malcolm Grant has been reappointed as chair of NHS England for a further three years, commencing on 31 October.
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30 Jul 15
The number of NHS trusts being reported to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt by auditors due to financial stress increased by more than 50% based on 2014/15 accounts, it has been revealed.
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29 Jul 15
Increased investment is not the only route to improved performance, a fact that sometimes seems lost within the NHS