NHS England has announced it is allocating a total of £800m to trusts to help them cover the costs of industrial action.
Health boards still face difficult decisions to balance budgets this year, despite the Welsh government providing an extra £425m in budget update.
Scotland has announced annual funding of £100m to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists by an estimated 100,000 patients over three years.
This briefing explores the work that finance teams are doing to help reduce health inequalities.
NHS leaders have welcomed the investment of an extra £200m for the NHS to help with winter pressures.
NHS England has reduced the national elective recovery activity target for the current year in recognition of the impact of industrial action by junio
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An HFMA roundtable, supported by Optum UK, said the NHS needs to improve digital business cases and fix an imperfect allocation and approval process.
The government finally appeared to take the brakes off its new hospital programme (NHP) with an announcement towards the end of May.