The flagship government project to bring health and social care funding together is being hindered by red tape that must be tackled if services are to be integrated, a CIPFA report has found.
Plans to integrate health and social care provision in Scotland face significant risks that must be addressed if the reform is to improve how services are delivered, a report has found.
The Future-Focused Finance initiative has piloted a toolkit to help clinical and financial teams in the NHS build stronger working relationships and identify shared priorities
Policing minister Mike Penning has announced a series of changes to the Police Innovation Fund that are intended to lead to greater reform in the sector.
Everyone in healthcare needs to understand finance, and finance staff need to know about clinical issues. The NHS Future-Focused Finance programme is bringing them together
Shared services can greatly improve efficiency and encourage a culture of collaboration to improve NHS services, says Stephen Sutcliffe, the new finance and accounting director of NHS Shared Business...
Buckinghamshire County Council set up a wholly owned company in 2013 to help it cut the cost of care provision while creating new revenue opportunities
As austerity has pushed down on public services, a plethora of risks and uncertainties have popped up in response. A recent Public Finance roundtable debated the issues at stake
If society is to continue funding higher education through taxes, universities need to open up and work directly with local communities, to become problem-solvers and drivers of economic change.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has set out the next step for reforms to urgent and emergency care in the health service, with eight parts of the country being chosen to trial widespread...
We need to shift from a focus on supply-side improvement to one on demand-side change. Here are five ground rules for a more collaborative approach to public services.
The Cabinet Office and the Local Government Association have announced the nationwide expansion of the One Public Estate programme as part of efforts to cut costs by sharing offices and other...
The NHS in England needs a ringfenced transformation fund, separate from the £8bn increase already planned by government, to support the essential transformation of services as part of the Five Year...