Health services across the UK face the same operational and financial pressures. How are finance leaders in Wales meeting the challenges?
Hywel Dda University Health Board is having to face up to taking difficult decisions to support sustainable improvements.
As a commissioned service and provider body, Velindre University NHS Trust feels pressures slightly differently to the health boards.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget held two big announcements for the NHS.
Health secretary Victoria Atkins has announced that NHS England will start reporting against new productivity metrics.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £2.45bn of extra funding for the NHS in England in 2024/25 in his spring Budget.
King’s Fund chief analyst Siva Anandaciva has questioned the value of the many productivity reviews the NHS has undergone in recent years.
A near doubling in capital funding is needed to drive productivity in the health service, the NHS Confederation said this week.
The NHS in Scotland will need to increase staff and spending, boost productivity or live with a relative deterioration in service quality.
Finance's role in enhancing efficiencies is explored in a recent HFMA roundtable, with a focus on required systems.