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15 Oct 21
Local authorities in England will need to raise council tax by 10% next year, just to enable adult social care services to stand still, according to a charity.
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15 Oct 21
“Glaring holes” in the NHS capital budget pose a risk to patient safety and mean long waiting lists will be tough to reduce, the government has been warned.
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6 Oct 21
English councils face a new funding gap of between £2.9bn and £4.5bn by 2025, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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1 Oct 21
Staff shortages in the NHS and social care pose the “biggest risk to post-pandemic recovery” and health service funding needs to grow twice as fast as it has in the past decade, research has...
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29 Sep 21
Social care pressures saw some local authorities take “unorthodox measures” to balance their books, leading to a spike in upheld complaints last year, according to the sector's ombudsman.
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17 Sep 21
The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
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15 Sep 21
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
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13 Sep 21
Healthcare services in England will likely require multi-billion-pound top-ups over the medium term if they are to avoid spending reductions, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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10 Sep 21
CIPFA chief economist Jeffrey Matsu assesses the potential impacts of the government’s new health and social care levy.
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9 Sep 21
New guidance on embedding digital infrastructure is welcome, but further funding is required to meet upscaling needs, says Margaret Steward, policy and projects officer at NHS Providers.
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7 Sep 21
The new levy to help fund social care reforms will only provide one sixth of the expected £36bn income for care, “short-changing” the sector, according to experts.
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7 Sep 21
Health services in England will receive billions more in funding for the remainder of 2021-22 to help meet Covid-19 costs, but service leaders have warned of “one of the most challenging winters”...
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6 Sep 21
An expected national insurance hike would be a ‘poor way’ to finance long-awaited social care reforms, according to a group of economists.
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3 Sep 21
Cabinet ministers are reportedly at loggerheads over which taxes to increase to ensure that long-awaited social care reforms are adequately funded.
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2 Sep 21
NHS England will need a further £10bn next year, to help cover Covid-19 costs without the need for service cuts, according to two leading health bodies.
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31 Aug 21
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is coming under intense pressure from NHS providers to commit more funding to help the service recover from Covid-19, according to reports.
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25 Aug 21
The Scottish government has announced it will provide more than £1bn additional funding over five years to help address health shortages and treatment backlogs created by Covid-19.
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12 Aug 21
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health is facing questions over its accounting treatment of millions of pounds that might otherwise have been redistributed to other departments.
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10 Aug 21
Integrated care systems could be unable to run quality services amid rising demand if NHS bodies and local authorities are not financially sustainable, the National Audit Office has warned.
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6 Aug 21
How a partnership scheme has settled one young worker with Asperger syndrome into a finance role with an NHS trust.
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2 Aug 21
Proposed public procurement reforms risk restricting local organisations' freedom to decide how best to pursue social value in their area, according to a Parliamentary committee.
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23 Jul 21
The government has suggested that the 3% pay rise announced earlier this week for NHS workers will come out of existing budgets.
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22 Jul 21
Proposals to better integrate health care rely on the NHS being adequately funded in the forthcoming Spending Review, says Amelia Chong, policy advisor for finances and specialised services at...
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22 Jul 21
Public sector unions will consult members on potential industrial action over a 3% pay rise from NHS workers, which has been branded “inadequate and underwhelming”.
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20 Jul 21
The government’s reported proposal to increase national insurance rates to pay for the long-awaited social care reform has been labelled “regressive” and a “rubbish idea” by experts.
15 Oct 21Local authorities in England will need to raise council tax by 10% next year, just to enable adult social care services to stand still, according to a charity.
15 Oct 21“Glaring holes” in the NHS capital budget pose a risk to patient safety and mean long waiting lists will be tough to reduce, the government has been warned.
6 Oct 21English councils face a new funding gap of between £2.9bn and £4.5bn by 2025, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
1 Oct 21Staff shortages in the NHS and social care pose the “biggest risk to post-pandemic recovery” and health service funding needs to grow twice as fast as it has in the past decade, research has...
29 Sep 21Social care pressures saw some local authorities take “unorthodox measures” to balance their books, leading to a spike in upheld complaints last year, according to the sector's ombudsman.
17 Sep 21The recently announced social care reforms are welcome, but councils are still in the dark over how long-term care will be funded, says Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government...
15 Sep 21Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that the social care sector will not get as much money as it needs under the new health and social care levy.
13 Sep 21Healthcare services in England will likely require multi-billion-pound top-ups over the medium term if they are to avoid spending reductions, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
10 Sep 21CIPFA chief economist Jeffrey Matsu assesses the potential impacts of the government’s new health and social care levy.
9 Sep 21New guidance on embedding digital infrastructure is welcome, but further funding is required to meet upscaling needs, says Margaret Steward, policy and projects officer at NHS Providers.
7 Sep 21Health services in England will receive billions more in funding for the remainder of 2021-22 to help meet Covid-19 costs, but service leaders have warned of “one of the most challenging winters”...
6 Sep 21An expected national insurance hike would be a ‘poor way’ to finance long-awaited social care reforms, according to a group of economists.
12 Aug 21Northern Ireland’s Department of Health is facing questions over its accounting treatment of millions of pounds that might otherwise have been redistributed to other departments.
10 Aug 21Integrated care systems could be unable to run quality services amid rising demand if NHS bodies and local authorities are not financially sustainable, the National Audit Office has warned.
6 Aug 21How a partnership scheme has settled one young worker with Asperger syndrome into a finance role with an NHS trust.
2 Aug 21Proposed public procurement reforms risk restricting local organisations' freedom to decide how best to pursue social value in their area, according to a Parliamentary committee.
22 Jul 21Proposals to better integrate health care rely on the NHS being adequately funded in the forthcoming Spending Review, says Amelia Chong, policy advisor for finances and specialised services at...
22 Jul 21Public sector unions will consult members on potential industrial action over a 3% pay rise from NHS workers, which has been branded “inadequate and underwhelming”.
20 Jul 21The government’s reported proposal to increase national insurance rates to pay for the long-awaited social care reform has been labelled “regressive” and a “rubbish idea” by experts.
