Steve Brown
Healthcare Finance editor
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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.
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.
Last week’s Northern Ireland budget for 2024/25 leaves health and care services facing a cut in funding, according to the country’s health minister.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a Budget for 2024/25 with no department receiving the level of funding it bid for.
Hospice leaders have called for a new palliative care funding model that includes more government funding to support their core costs.