Healthcare Finance
September 2019

Capital constraints pose risk to safety and transformation

Oversight framework moves to greater system focus

Report says five-year plans will make mental health funding more transparent

Budget balanced but NHS must retain finance focus

Health leaders warn over social care spending

BMA calls for fund rise

News review – September 2019

OBITUARY: Tony Waite

Seeing the positives

While challenges remain, recent changes help to address some difficult issues, says HFMA president Bill Gregory

New term time

As always, autumn is a busy time for the association, says HFMA chief executive Mark Knight

Steps towards system oversight

Healthcare Finance editor Steve Brown says the new framework makes small moves towards system-level integration

Increased spending limit reduces capital concerns, but better forecasting needed

Capital is back in the spotlight, but alongside the debate about levels of funding, the NHS must deliver more accurate predictions of how much it will spend

NICE update: treatment for SMA patients gets go-ahead

Spinal muscular atrophy treatment funded through managed access agreement

HFMA Academy: bitesize learning

Alison Myles, HFMA director of education, examines the HFMA Academy’s new modular learning approach

Technical review – September 2019

The past month’s key technical developments

NHS in numbers: providers

The importance of provider trusts remains, despite the moves to system working