The Cabinet Secretary said the £28m funding “will target the longest waits in orthopaedics, general surgery,...
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Independent sector delivering 10% of all NHS elective care
Independent sector healthcare is paid for in three ways: self-pay (where patients pay out of their own pockets),...
What matters more: management or money?
In the Health Service Journal, Steve Black points to research showing that management matters more than money. For...
Get ready for (modest) digital investment – part 3
Over the past two posts we have welcomed the expected (modest) capital investment that is heading the NHS’s way, and...
Get ready for (modest) digital investment – part 2
Last week we explained why new NHS capital funding is expected soon, and promised we would show how a coherent plan...
Get ready for (modest) digital investment – part 1
The new government has been ‘rolling the pitch’ for their first Budget later this month, and the NHS Ten Year Plan...
Royal College of Surgeons calls for capital investment
When people call on the government to ‘do something’ about long waiting times, they usually want extra resources for...
Chancellor vows to ‘invest, invest, invest’
“Invest, invest, invest is the theme of this Budget,” said Rachel Reeves. “There won't be a return to austerity”. But...
NHS England to transition away from long wait focus
NHS England’s latest Elective Recovery Bulletin heralds the well-trailed switch ‘from a long wait focus back to the 18...