The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has called upon the new Scottish first minister, John Swinney, to urgently address hospital discharge delays and extended accident and emergency department wait times.
This webinar explores the correlation between employee health and organisational financial savings.
The Northern Ireland Executive has agreed a Budget for 2024/25, with the Department of Health taking more than half of the £15bn revenue budget agreed by the power sharing executive.
A tool promoting best practice in the efficient and effective use of resources to deliver high-quality sustainable healthcare.
Better measurement is a key part of NHS England’s draft productivity improvement plan, according to NHS England’s efficiency director May Li.
Improving productivity was identified as a key to improving the NHS’s performance in the 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance.
Further concerns have been raised about the productivity assumptions included in NHS England’s long-term workforce plan.
A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies stated that since 1987, waiting lists for NHS treatment have typically fallen under Labour governments.
Between 2022/23 and 2024/25, when adjusted for population size and ageing, the NHS England budget will have decreased by 1.6% per year in real terms.
Health services across the UK face the same operational and financial pressures. How are finance leaders in Wales meeting the challenges?