NHS Annual Planning and Financial Recovery
The approach to Financial Planning within the NHS from the viewpoint of Regional co-ordination
This briefing pulls out key points from all documents within the 2024/25 operational planning and contracting guidance pack.
Service targets in the planning guidance appear at odds with the available funding.
Prices paid to providers for elective activity in 2024/25 will increase by 0.6% to account for inflation and improved efficiency.
The 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance, published by NHS England, has demanded improved A&E waiting times.
NHS England has published the planning guidance for 2024/25 – originally timetabled for release at the end of December.
Finance directors have issued a plea for greater realism in the expectations placed on the service along with greater flexibility to spend resources.
NHS systems in England have been issued a set of interim draft planning assumptions for 2024/25 while they await final planning guidance for the year.
An article discussing the 2022/23 planning round for the English NHS.