NHS foundation trusts have been urged to protect their sustainability budgets, despite financial pressures and the need to find efficiency savings.
Difficulties in comparing financial performance across different organisations will boost the importance of benchmarking
Former finance director and NED Peter Reeves wonders whether NHS governance could benefit from banking failures
The latest figures for the financial performance of the NHS in England remain robust. Seamus Ward reports
Monitor will consult later this year on using consolidated financial data within its compliance framework.
The Scottish government has pledged to protect frontline public services as it handed the NHS a 2.4% increase in spending for 2010/11.