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18 Jun 15
It may only be five weeks since the general election, but there has already been a veritable blizzard of announcements coming from the Department of Health and national NHS organisations. So many in...
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11 Jun 15
A NHS productivity review has found that as much as £5bn could be saved annually across the health service through procurement improvements and changes to rotas to minimise the use of agency...
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11 Jun 15
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is to merge the chief executive posts at Monitor and the Trust Development Authority as part of an effort to improve the coordination between the NHS watchdogs.
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9 Jun 15
The current commissioning system for health and social care is “unsustainable” and councils and NHS clinical commissioning groups should be tasked with developing local integration plans from 2017, a...
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8 Jun 15
Clamping down on the costs of NHS agency staff misses the wider problem: hospital trusts are finding it very difficult to fill nursing posts.
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5 Jun 15
Better measurement of the outcomes from NHS spending will be a key factor in meeting the efficiency target in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. Finance professionals must focus on driving...
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4 Jun 15
NHS England is to intervene directly in the running of health services in three areas of England in an attempt to overcome systemic issues that are hindering improvement in regional health economies.
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4 Jun 15
Scottish health secretary Shona Robison has promised further reform of the NHS in Scotland, following a joint warning from the major medical and nursing colleges that the current target-driven...
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3 Jun 15
A poll of more than 300 NHS chief executives has found that nearly all believe that reductions in social care funding are leading to increased pressures on the health service.
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2 Jun 15
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a crackdown on the use of agency staff in the NHS, accusing agencies of ‘ripping off’ the health service.
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29 May 15
Six mental health organisations are urging the government to adopt an action plan for its first 100 days in office, including a commitment to agree to fair funding for services in July’s post-...
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28 May 15
The government’s flagship Better Care Fund should be extended quickly so that both local authorities and the NHS can plan further integration of spending, an expert has said.
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19 May 15
Audit firm 360 Assurance has won CIPFA’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Public Service Audit in recognition of its work supporting NHS clinical commissioning groups.
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18 May 15
Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed that an extra £8bn will be put into the NHS over the course of the next Parliament to help support its transformation into a ‘seven-day’ service.
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29 Apr 15
GPs are crucial to plans set out in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. They must work together to ensure service changes can be brought to fruition.
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23 Apr 15
Manifesto pledges suggest there will be more money for the NHS whoever wins the election, but there are radically different ideas about how to manage change and meet patients’ needs
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23 Apr 15
The NHS is facing the biggest financial challenge in its recent history during 2015/16, the King’s Fund has warned, with both mounting deficits and worsening performance.
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20 Apr 15
A poll of Conservative councillors has found support for greater use of charges and privatisation within the NHS, the Labour party has claimed today.
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13 Apr 15
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the next government must take ‘immediate action’ to increase the number of nurses in the NHS or risk falling standards of care.
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7 Apr 15
There has been a decline in the number of GP surgeries offering evening and weekend appointments over the last five years, according to Labour’s health spokesman Andy Burnham.
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26 Mar 15
The performance of the NHS has deteriorated over the last two years of the coalition government, and there is a real risk patient care will suffer as the health service heads into deficit, an...
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18 Mar 15
Public spending is set to increase from 2019/20, bringing austerity to an end a year earlier than planned, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Budget.
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13 Mar 15
Nearly a million public sector workers are to receive average pay increases of 1% in 2015/16, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
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16 Dec 14
As the dust settles on the chancellor’s Autumn Statement, this is a good time to review what it told us. It contained three big messages: one on money, one on reform, and one on social care.
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6 Nov 14
The NHS is in a financially unsustainable position following a deterioration over the last two financial years, the National Audit Office has concluded.
18 Jun 15It may only be five weeks since the general election, but there has already been a veritable blizzard of announcements coming from the Department of Health and national NHS organisations. So many in...
11 Jun 15A NHS productivity review has found that as much as £5bn could be saved annually across the health service through procurement improvements and changes to rotas to minimise the use of agency...
11 Jun 15Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is to merge the chief executive posts at Monitor and the Trust Development Authority as part of an effort to improve the coordination between the NHS watchdogs.
9 Jun 15The current commissioning system for health and social care is “unsustainable” and councils and NHS clinical commissioning groups should be tasked with developing local integration plans from 2017, a...
8 Jun 15Clamping down on the costs of NHS agency staff misses the wider problem: hospital trusts are finding it very difficult to fill nursing posts.
4 Jun 15NHS England is to intervene directly in the running of health services in three areas of England in an attempt to overcome systemic issues that are hindering improvement in regional health economies.
4 Jun 15Scottish health secretary Shona Robison has promised further reform of the NHS in Scotland, following a joint warning from the major medical and nursing colleges that the current target-driven...
2 Jun 15Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a crackdown on the use of agency staff in the NHS, accusing agencies of ‘ripping off’ the health service.
29 May 15Six mental health organisations are urging the government to adopt an action plan for its first 100 days in office, including a commitment to agree to fair funding for services in July’s post-...
28 May 15The government’s flagship Better Care Fund should be extended quickly so that both local authorities and the NHS can plan further integration of spending, an expert has said.
19 May 15Audit firm 360 Assurance has won CIPFA’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Public Service Audit in recognition of its work supporting NHS clinical commissioning groups.
29 Apr 15GPs are crucial to plans set out in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. They must work together to ensure service changes can be brought to fruition.
23 Apr 15The NHS is facing the biggest financial challenge in its recent history during 2015/16, the King’s Fund has warned, with both mounting deficits and worsening performance.
7 Apr 15There has been a decline in the number of GP surgeries offering evening and weekend appointments over the last five years, according to Labour’s health spokesman Andy Burnham.
26 Mar 15The performance of the NHS has deteriorated over the last two years of the coalition government, and there is a real risk patient care will suffer as the health service heads into deficit, an...
18 Mar 15Public spending is set to increase from 2019/20, bringing austerity to an end a year earlier than planned, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Budget.
13 Mar 15Nearly a million public sector workers are to receive average pay increases of 1% in 2015/16, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
16 Dec 14As the dust settles on the chancellor’s Autumn Statement, this is a good time to review what it told us. It contained three big messages: one on money, one on reform, and one on social care.
6 Nov 14The NHS is in a financially unsustainable position following a deterioration over the last two financial years, the National Audit Office has concluded.
