Steve Brown
Healthcare Finance editor
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Consultants in England have accepted the latest pay offer from the government, removing the threat of further industrial action.
Service targets in the planning guidance appear at odds with the available funding.
With just two months of the financial year to go, NHS systems were on course for a £1.1bn overspend for 2023/24, NHS England revealed last week.
Prices paid to providers for elective activity in 2024/25 will increase by 0.6% to account for inflation and improved efficiency.
Mental illness in England is costing £300bn a year – almost twice the amount spent on the NHS, new research has claimed.
The NHS is failing to take advantage of its purchasing power through NHS Supply Chain and missing out on tens of millions in procurement savings.