
A robust digital infrastructure is essential if the NHS is to address its challenges, including tackling inequalities, enhancing outcomes, and improving value for money, the HFMA Delivering value through digital technologies conference heard.

The Commons Health and Social Care Committee has criticised the government’s rejection of its recommendations on recovering NHS backlogs.

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced an increase in funding for NHS nursing in care homes to better reflect the cost of providing the service.

Ideas for increasing staffing to support elective recovery are welcome, but the NHS needs a fully funded workforce plan to tackle waiting lists, according to NHS Providers.

Workforce issues and capital investment are some of the biggest constraints to improving access to thrombectomy, according to a report from the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team on stroke services.

Trust leaders can make the most of the opportunities offered by digital transformation, and avoid common mistakes, by adopting eight principles for successful delivery, according to NHS Providers.

Video consultations are here to stay, bringing benefits for patients and clinicians. But there is still some way to go to understand the financial impact.

Finance teams can only breathe a very short sigh of relief, after pulling together another year’s set of financial statements, as they move swiftly onto the year-end audit. For many, this year is set to be another challenging audit cycle, with tight timelines and often complex issues to resolve.

MPs have called for a radical reform of clinical negligence compensation to deliver payments to patients faster, incentivise improvements in care, and reduce costs.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have provided funding for the development of virtual wards over the next two years, but warned that systems must include the remote monitoring schemes in long-term strategies and spending plans from 2024/25.
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