NHS trust bosses slam £600m hospital fines over patient targets
Hospitals are being fined £600m a year for missing key NHS patient treatment targets in what bosses claim is a … Read more
Debt
How is the NHS performing? February 2016
The latest Quarterly Monitoring Report finds that NHS trusts are forecasting an end-of-year net deficit of around £2.3 billion. The … Read more
Investing in social care is essential to balance the NHS books by Paul Burstow
News that Simon Stevens originally asked the Treasury for £16bn goes some way to explaining why the NHS is under … Read more
Department of Health’s ‘desperate’ bid to not blow spending budget
The Department of Health has sent accountancy firms into NHS organisations in what is being seen as “an act of … Read more
NHS struggling to plug a £22bn funding ‘black hole’, says report
The NHS in England lacks a convincing plan to plug a £22bn “black hole” in funding within five years, according to parliament’s … Read more
A perfect storm: an impossible climate for NHS providers’ finances?
The NHS in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its history. In the 2015 comprehensive spending … Read more
The Carter Review – Operational productivity and performance in English acute hospitals
Lord Carter’s review of efficiency in hospitals suggests how large savings can be made by the NHS. The final report, Productivity … Read more
One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red
More than a quarter of acute trusts reported a financial position which was more than £5m worse than planned for … Read more
30 CCGs in deficit by end of financial year
Thirty CCGs are set to end 2015/16 with a combined deficit of half a billion pounds, NHS England board papers … Read more
NHS providers facing £2.8bn deficit for 2015-16
NHS providers have reported a combined deficit of £2.3bn for the nine months to December – £622m worse than planned. … Read more