Workforce issues need to be front and centre when the NHS long-term plan is published. This was one of the key messages that emerged from the HFMA annual conference in London last week.
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NHS faces major challenges despite confirmation of multi-year NHS settlement
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The 10-year plan needs to set credible expectations for how quickly change can be achieved.
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Trust is paramount in system working and new payment systems may be important, but not yet, according to presentations at the HFMA Convergence 2.0 conference.
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New funding may not be as much as hoped for. But the focus must now be on agreeing an achievable long-term plan and accelerating transformation programmes.
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The apprenticeship levy has lots of worthwhile ambitions, but from the health service’s perspective it is hard not to see it simply as an additional cost burden in 2017/18.
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Last week’s HFMA annual conference, bringing together some 650 NHS finance managers from across the UK, had one eye on the service’s long-term sustainability. But with extreme financial challenges facing the service right now, the other eye was firmly focused on the pressures and challenges facing services right now.
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As if the short term must-dos around quality, access and finance aren’t enough, the NHS needs to invest time in future sustainability.
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Publications
A summary of NHS operational planning and contracting guidance 2019/20
11 January 2019
Briefing
A summary of The NHS long term plan
09 January 2019
Briefing