The shortfall in funding for adult social care will rise to at least £2.8bn by 2019/20, according to a report by the King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust.
The NHS in England must tackle rising demand if it is to ease the financial pressures it faces, according to the King’s Fund.
The summer offered little chance to recharge financial batteries, but teams will need all their energy going forward.
The HFMA has questioned plans to replace the national tariff for outpatient follow-ups with block payments.
Kings College Hospital faces a significant efficiency task, but is addressing this with fundamental reform
NHS Improvement has called on mental health costing practitioners to take an active role in the development of patient-level costing in the sector.
Early screening is just one aspect of a new care model being trialled in the national vanguard programme