Pharmacy first – a new service that will enable pharmacists to supply NHS medicines to treat seven common health conditions – will launch on 31 January 2024, the Department of Health and Social Care advised this week.
Three quarters of NHS trust leaders expect to end 2023/24 in a worse financial position than last year, according to a survey by NHS Providers.
More than three quarters of trust leaders said their trusts were ‘very unlikely’ or ‘unlikely’ to end 2023/24 in a better financial position than 2022/23, according to NHS Providers.
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee has called on the Department of Health and Social Care to clarify funding arrangements for the roll-out of the right care, right person strategy, which changes the way emergency services respond to mental health calls and means police will not automatically be the first responders.
Strategic Finance in NHS England
Welsh health boards will receive £460m of additional allocations this year to meet financial pressures, but still need to make significant savings.
NHS staff are managing record demand for emergency care ahead of winter, with new data showing type 1 accident and emergency (A&E) departments and ambulance services had their busiest month this year in October.
Systems in England will receive an £800m boost this year to support the costs of strikes, but will be expected to live within revised allocations.
NHS England has announced it is allocating a total of £800m to trusts to help them cover the costs of industrial action.
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