NHS England forecasting first ever overspend
The overall NHS England budget is forecast to be overspent for the first time in 2016-17, and 45 clinical commissioning … Read more
NHS bosses launch ‘reset’ plan to tackle £2.45bn deficit
NHS bosses have launched a plan to “reset” the health service’s broken finances that will see overspending hospitals taken into … Read more
Report urges rethink on seven-day service
The NHS cannot meet demand with current levels of funding — and politicians must be honest with the public about … Read more
Jeremy Hunt has broken NHS funding pledges, report finds
The government has broken its pledges on NHS funding and is misleading the public about how much extra money it … Read more
Government must solve NHS cash crisis, says UNISON
Commenting on the publication today (Tuesday) of the Health Select Committee report on the government’s spending review, UNISON head of health … Read more
NHS finances outside the EU: Health Foundation analysis of the impact on NHS finances of the UK leaving the European Union
This briefing explores what the UK leaving the EU might mean for funding of the NHS in England. It then … Read more
Deficits in the NHS 2016: A King’s Fund Report
Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit … Read more
BMA’s appeal for boost in NHS funding rejected by David Cameron
David Cameron has rejected an appeal to give the NHS more money based on the leave campaign’s pledge to put … Read more
Mackey abandons plan for NHS providers to balance this year
The regulator of the NHS provider sector has admitted it will not be brought into the black this year, in … Read more
NHS figures are bad, but the true underlying deficit may be even worse
NHS providers have reported colossal deficits. The scale of the cash crunch is unprecedented in the history of the health … Read more