The December 2023 issue of the HFMA's Healthcare Finance magazine.
The new strategic framework for NHS commercial will make a key contribution to meeting the £12bn annualised savings the NHS has to deliver.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust received final approval for its outline business case after showing increased use of modern methods of construction
The consultation proposes the development of a streamlined, principles-based code - something that the HFMA supports.
Limiting capital spend inhibits systems’ opportunities to improve productivity
The government’s new hospital programme (NHP) has delivered slower progress and higher costs than expected.
After industrial action continued into autumn, with junior doctors and consultants in England taking joint strike action for the first time ever.
NHS capital budgets will need to nearly double over the three years of the next spending review to clear the building repairs backlog.
Place-based working is key to the success of systems and a recent HFMA roundtable, supported by Newton, explored the components needed.
The introduction of a new NHS accounting system has been delayed to ensure a ‘safe transition’.