Finance directors have issued a plea for greater realism in the expectations placed on the service along with greater flexibility to spend resources.
The Nuffield Trust has called on the next UK government to be bolder in filling the gaps in NHS staffing levels.
The NHS Confederation has proposed three payment models that could change financial incentives and unlock local service reform.
NHS England needs to create the capacity to enable costing practitioners to use costing data locally to drive improvement.
Leaders of many the UK’s health think tanks and representative bodies have offered their assessments of this week’s spring Budget.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced £2.45bn of extra funding for the NHS in England in 2024/25 in his spring Budget.
Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA) and the government have resulted in an improved pay offer for consultants.
The Department of Health and Social Care has called for pay to be ‘fair but affordable’ in evidence to pay review bodies, but not set a figure.
Trust leaders set out five priorities for the next government in a report released by NHS Providers.
Wales’ final budget for 2024/25 revealed that the NHS will see a £40m increase in capital funding on the figure in the draft budget in December.