NHS providers in England ended 2015-16 with a £2.45bn deficit, the second successive year it has been plunged into the red, raising concerns that the Department of Health’s spending limit...
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,...
The government’s ambition to provide a seven-day NHS presents a serious risk to public money as flawed workforce planning leaves the cost of the policy virtually unknown, the Public Accounts...
There is barely an area of health services provision entirely untouched by EU law, but it is necessary to look behind the generalisations to get to the details.
Jeremy Hunt has written to the British Medical Association urging them to call off the junior doctors strike set for tomorrow that will see them refuse to provide emergency treatment for the first...
The last financial year was a bruising one for the NHS and this one looks to be tough as well. Here are five recollections of 2015/16 and five things to look out for in 2016/17
Today’s devolution of NHS funding to Greater Manchester has been hailed as a “historic new era” for health and care by senior local government and health figures in the region.
The parlous state of the NHS finances requires answers to some difficult questions from the number of commissioners and providers to the role of the market
Value goes beyond cost – it also embraces patient outcomes and experience, says the Royal Free hospital’s Caroline Clarke, a champion of change and diversity
Non-executives need to focus on the people who make our public services tick. Nowhere is this clearer than in healthcare, writes NHS Improvement chair Ed Smith
Details of the 44 areas that will develop of sustainability and transformation plans for the health service have been revealed by NHS England, with two council chief executives among those named to...
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have announced they are to provide additional financial advice and expertise to hospitals in a bid to tackle the £2.3bn deficit in the health...
A £2.3bn deficit across the NHS in the first nine months of the financial year illustrates the pressure the health service is under. Next week’s Budget may shed more light on what the long-term...
The current lack of integration between physical and mental health services in the NHS increases costs by over £11bn a year, according to an analysis by the King’s Fund.
Putting NHS contracts out to tender may be controversial, but it can help match services to local needs and ensure value for money. However, bad execution could lead to a loss of public faith in...
NHS trusts racked up a deficit approaching £2.3bn in the first nine months of the current financial year – £622m worse than planned – analysis by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority has...
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.
