Promises to move care away from hospitals and into the community have not been matched by changes in funding for the different sectors.
More out-of-hours working and greater use of the private sector are at the heart of how a Labour government would reduce the waiting list
The blog highlights the top 10 online HFMA session from across the 2023/24 event programme.
With long waiting lists, industrial action and financial challenges, the NHS and social care will be in the spotlight in the run up to the election.
Virtual wards are reducing non-elective admissions to hospitals and delivering savings, according to an analysis in the South-East of England.
There is a 4% gap in NHS productivity between 2023/24 and 2019/20 that cannot yet be explained., according to analysis by NHS England.
The NHS in England ended 2023/24 with an underspend of £30m – just 0.01% under plan, according to draft accounts.
Delays to the government’s New Hospital Programme are costing the NHS millions of pounds every month, according to NHS Providers.
Real-terms health spending in England has risen less quickly than was planned at the 2019 general election, according to the IFS.
The Department of Health and Social Care must return to publishing its accounts before the summer recess and set out a timetable for achieving this.