Carter trusts tell Healthcare Finance about their experiences and how it has helped their drive for greater efficiency and productivity
Monitor has authorised two new community foundation trusts in Birmingham and Sussex, taking the total number of foundations to 155.
The new HFMA website is live (www.hfma.org.uk)
The big issue for this financial year is the actual outturn position for the NHS and its impact on the Department of Health’s overall spending limit
A difficult financial year has come to an end, but there is plenty of debate about the
year-end financial position and its causes.
NHS England has denied it came under pressure from the government to cut the amount of funding required in the Five-year forward view.
Higher employer contributions to public sector pension schemes from 2019 could cost the NHS more than £650m a year.
Doctors, dentists and all Agenda for Change (AFC) staff in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will receive a 1% pay rise from April.
NHS providers are being squeezed by a number of pressures, some of which are not under their control, according to the Health Foundation.