NHS England and NHS Improvement have set out a single operational planning process for commissioners and providers for 2019/20.
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The Department of Health and Social Care is failing to take account of the effects of local deficits on patient care, according to MPs.
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Clinical commissioning groups look likely to cover increasingly larger populations based around sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) footprints, according to a report by the National Audit Office.
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The NHS could make significant cost savings, boost recruitment and increase the availability of specialist services closer to home by establishing GP super practices more widely, according to a report.
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HFMA 2019 president Bill Gregory has urged the NHS finance profession to Value the opportunity as he unveiled his presidential theme.
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Kathy Roe, finance director for public services in Tameside and Glossop, has been named HFMA Finance Director of the Year for 2018.
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The finance function has a major role to play in changing behaviours and establishing financial flows to support population health and system working, the HFMA annual conference was told.
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The new financial architecture, workforce and working across systems will be three important elements of the forthcoming NHS plan, according to NHS Improvement chief executive Ian Dalton.
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A key job for the imminent long-term plan is to create a sense of hope, a panel of speakers told the HFMA annual conference.
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The NHS must invest in more out-of-hospital mental health services and move away from institutional care for many patients, the HFMA annual conference heard.
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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