By the time you read, this we will be on the verge of the biggest NHS finance event of the year, which of course is the HFMA annual conference.
NHS capital budgets will need to nearly double over the three years of the next spending review to clear the building repairs backlog.
The government’s new hospital programme (NHP) has delivered slower progress and higher costs than expected.
The only way the NHS can address the significant challenges it faces is by working as one across system partners and professions.
Place-based working is key to the success of systems and a recent HFMA roundtable, supported by Newton, explored the components needed.
After industrial action continued into autumn, with junior doctors and consultants in England taking joint strike action for the first time ever.
The introduction of a new NHS accounting system has been delayed to ensure a ‘safe transition’.
A better understanding of productivity is needed for the way services are delivered.
Drew Kendall has retired from his position as associate director of finance at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV).
The latest appointments updates across NHS finance