NHS finance function in good condition to meet long-term plan challenge
Clinical collaboration remains the key to using costing data to drive improvement
Robust patient-level costing data is vital, despite system working and changes to payment models
Barcode technology can be more than a tool to streamline procurement, as some trusts are demonstrating
Trusts may have overspent on agency staff in 2018/19, but can they take more costs out?
Health economists could play a bigger role as the NHS focuses on value and population health
Trusts in England are feeling more positive about their finances in 2019/20, but the situation remains challenging, according to NHS Providers.