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24 Feb 21
Issues with external audit are not confined to local government – the NHS system is also not working, says Emma Knowles, director of policy and research at the Healthcare Financial Management...
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18 Feb 21
North East public finance professional Peter Smith has died aged 84, following a long career in local government and the NHS.
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11 Feb 21
The Department of Health and Social Care has published a white paper promising significant reforms to the structure of the NHS. PF rounds up the sector’s responses.
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10 Feb 21
Government plans to procure personal protective equipment before Covid-19 were inadequate, leading to hundreds of millions of pounds being wasted on PPE not fit for purpose, according to a group of...
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10 Feb 21
NHS accounts show the service already faced financial problems going into the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the boost provided by the NHS Long Term Plan. Amelia Chong, policy adviser for finances at NHS...
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8 Feb 21
The government is considering an overhaul of the healthcare system which would put partnerships between councils and the NHS onto a statutory footing, a leaked document reveals.
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29 Jan 21
The Department for Health and Social Care misstated £2.2bn of loans in its 2019-20 accounts, according to the head of the National Audit Office.
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29 Jan 21
The UK’s death toll from Covid-19 this week reached 100,000. The grim milestone is a legacy of underfunding for health and care services, says Anita Charlesworth, director of research and REAL Centre...
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18 Jan 21
Councils in England are set to receive an additional £120m in adult social care funding from central government to help boost staffing levels in care homes.
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12 Jan 21
Covid-19 has hastened reforms to NHS funding, but governance risks exist in areas of the country lacking mature relationships between health partners and councils, says Patrick Garratt, senior policy...
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8 Jan 21
Increased funding for the NHS and Department of Health & Social Care is welcome, but is not enough to cover the impact of Covid-19 or transformation plans, explains NHS Providers policy adviser...
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16 Dec 20
NHS trusts need clarity on major changes to the funding framework being introduced next financial year, according to Amelia Chong.
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15 Dec 20
At the end of a traumatic year, PF asks local government figures whether government has done enough to shield the sector from the financial impact of Covid-19.
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11 Dec 20
The NHS Test and Trace Service is expected to cost £22bn this year, despite struggling to meet targets on testing and contracting tracing, the National Audit Office has said.
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4 Dec 20
NHS Tayside’s high running costs remain a risk, although the health board has improved its financial management, the Scottish spending watchdog has said.
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25 Nov 20
The UK government has spent an additional £10bn on personal protective equipment this year, as a result of “inadequate stockpiling”, according to the National Audit Office.
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18 Nov 20
The government failed to meet standards of transparency on its emergency Covid-19 procurement, according to an investigation by the National Audit Office.
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3 Nov 20
The ongoing pandemic disruption combined with Brexit could overwhelm local authorities and devolved administrations, according to the Institute for Government.
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2 Nov 20
The monthly financial impact of Covid-19 on councils in England has fallen below £1bn for the first time since the start of the crisis, running at 60% of the £1.5bn peaks in April and May.
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2 Nov 20
The upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review must allocate funding to address record public service backlogs, CIPFA and the Institute for Government have warned.
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19 Oct 20
The NHS will need to continue to derive value from costly infrastructure investments made during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers.
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5 Oct 20
Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed a £3.7bn funding package to help with the building and regeneration of 40 hospitals.
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28 Sep 20
Long-term funding settlements are needed for local government, NHS and social care services CIPFA has warned.
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7 Sep 20
Annual spending on adult social care in England, based on a spend-per-person basis, is currently £600m lower than in 2010, according to a report by the TUC.
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3 Sep 20
The government has announced £500m of funding for community-wide Covid-19 testing pilots, in a bid to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people.