All Finance and efficiency articles – Page 111
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NewsCarter review: Top surgeon to tackle clinical and cost variation
The government’s newly appointed quality tsar will work with Lord Carter’s team to drive out ‘unwanted variation’ in clinical practice across the NHS, it has announced.
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NewsLord Carter will produce 'clearer guidance' on nurse staffing levels
Lord Carter is looking to establish ‘clearer guidance’ on safe staffing levels as part of his review of NHS efficiency, he has told HSJ.
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NewsAgency staff pricing caps bring 'significant risks', say regulators
Regulators have said the new price caps for agency staff will bring ‘significant risks’ for patient safety and performance, especially for trusts with reputational problems.
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NewsCare minister: New NHS funding 'is not all going to hospitals'
Care minister Alistair Burt has indicated social care will benefit from the additional £8bn funding promised to the NHS.
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NewsHome secretary lifts controls on nurse immigration
The home secretary has moved to immediately relax controversial immigration controls on nurses working in the UK, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Dorrell calls for NHS ‘change fund’ and social care ringfence
The NHS needs a transformation fund and social care money should be ringfenced, Stephen Dorrell has said.
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News'Planning together': Does Simon really mean it?
Simon Stevens’ speech at the King’s Fund this week has been described as his most important since he returned to the NHS.
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News‘Inadequate’ safety still CQC’s ‘biggest concern’
The safety of health and care services remains the Care Quality Commission’s ‘biggest concern’, according to a new report from the regulator.
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CommentThe biggest barrier to stopping HIV transmission is access to drugs
For those at greatest risk
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NewsDH reveals pay cap for agency staff
The hourly rate the NHS can pay agency staff will be capped at 55 per cent above the pay levels of permanent staff, under plans announced by the Department of Health.
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NewsStevens: Funding growth may depend on 'transformation' plans
Health economies’ receipt of their share of the NHS’s £8bn funding growth for coming years could depend on them agreeing shared five year ‘sustainability and transformation’ plans, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has suggested.
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NewsNational chiefs aim to resolve 'contradictory' messages on staffing and finance
National leaders have moved to resolve ‘contradictory’ messages issued to NHS providers around safe staffing levels. They stress that nurse to patient ratios ‘should not be unthinkingly adhered to’.
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HSJ PartnersBring together health and housing
Housing associations are crucial to meeting demand and alleviating pressure on the NHS. We desperately need a care revolution, writes Rachael Byrne
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NewsUpdated: Provider deficits swell to £930m in three months
The NHS provider sector has reported a combined deficit of £930m for the first three months of 2015-16, which is more than the entire deficit reported last year.
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NewsFive things we learnt from the Tory party conference
The Conservatives’ autumn conference came to an end this afternoon, the first it has held as the single governing party since 1996. Here are five messages NHS leaders can take from the jamboree in Manchester.
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NewsCarter review timeline slips
The progress of a high profile review into NHS efficiency has slipped against the timeline set by ministers.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Flawed’ perceptions of GPs impact recruitment, warns HEE
Junior doctors and medical students are being put off training as GPs because of ‘fundamental flaws’ in how the profession is perceived, the chief executive of Health Education England has told HSJ.