All Jim Mackey articles – Page 18
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Quality and finances 'cannot trump one another', say regulators
NHS Improvement and CQC say providers will be judged on delivering “the right quality outcomes within the resources available” Regulators promise to work together to send “single clear, consistent message” New staffing guidance and “care hours per patient day” metric due NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission ...
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Comment
End Game: A saucer of milk for the minister
End Game brings to you the serious nature of herbal products and a dash of pop
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Tariff proposals will not include marginal rate for specialised services
Providers would be required to buy high cost devices through a central price list “Sustainability fund” could be linked to performance on Carter review, agency spend and avoidable mortality Up to £500m of local capital-to-revenue transfers expected, on top of those at a national level Some areas indicating a ...
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Trust’s fate unclear as regulators accept Southern Health review
Jim Mackey accepts findings of final draft of Mazars report into failings at Southern Health Details of any regulatory action against the trust expected in coming days Trust chief says “all providers and commissioners of care can learn from this report” NHS Improvement chief executive designate Jim Mackey ...
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Live coverage: NHS England and Monitor board meetings
Follow HSJ’s reporters as they cover the final board meetings of NHS England and Monitor this year.
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NHS England sets aside £1.8bn ‘sustainability and transformation fund’
£1.8bn of NHS England’s 2016-17 funding increase to go to “sustainability and transformation fund” Funding from the pot to be allocated to all “emergency care providers” to help trusts cut deficits Payment dependent on “non-negotiable conditions”, such as agreeing plans to cut deficits and maintaining core standards Fund comprises ...
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Mackey required to get providers back in balance next year
NHS Improvement chief says he has to get the provider sector in balance in 2016-17 Jim Mackey confirms national tariff rate will increase by 1 per cent in cash terms Warns if the DH has to ask for more money it will “annihilate confidence in the service” DH official ...
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HSJ100 marks seismic change in NHS leadership
Department of Health finance director David Williams is the highest new entry in this year’s HSJ100 Other notable new entries and risers include Arvind Madan, Dame Ruth Carnall and Sir Howard Bernstein Simon Stevens tops the power list for a second year Read the full list This year’s ...
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NHS providers' half-year deficit hits £1.6bn
NHS providers post £1.6bn deficit for first half of 2015-16 First official confirmation that sector deficit is on course to top £2bn Regulators hopeful year-end figure can be improved NHS providers recorded a £1.6bn deficit for the first half of the financial year and were forecasting a £2.2bn ...
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Mackey: Q2 provider results tomorrow will be ‘awful’
Mackey warns Q2 provider financial results will be “awful” Q2 results to be published tomorrow – less than two months after Q1 results revealed £930m provider deficit NHS Improvement chief executive ...
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Four things we learnt at NHS Providers 2015
Take away messages from this year’s NHS Providers conference