Healthcare Finance
October 2017

NHS England intervenes to minimise saving risk impact

Pathology restructure to save £200m

Providers call for £350m funding boost to mitigate winter pressure concerns

Labour Party promises it would scrap PFI

STP direction driven by financial pressure

NHS Improvement sets out plans for subsidiary oversight

News review - October 2017

Pay attention

Staff are key to current challenges and need to be valued properly, says HFMA president Mark Orchard

Your safe space

HFMA chief executive Mark Knight examines the key role of the association and looks at a new challenge for a former president

No magic solution

Healthcare Finance editor Steve Brown says that we should talk about the funding and time needed to make system working successful

Updated guidance confirms A&E link for STF performance fund

The performance element of the £1.8bn sustainability and transformation fund (STF) in 2017/18 and 2018/19 will only be linked to A&E performance, NHS Improvement has confirmed

NICE update: intermediate care can improve independence and cut costs

NICE has published a guideline (NG74) on intermediate care including reablement.

Technical review October 2017

Round-up of technical announcements from the last month