All NHS Improvement articles – Page 104
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: How not to transform the NHS
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News£190k salaries for leading trust operating officers and finance directors
70 percent salary discrepancy expected between the chief operating officers of the largest and smallest acute trusts Of all acute trust leadership roles, COOs are expected to see the biggest pay differentials between different sized acute providers Finance directors also expected to see a 25 per cent salary difference ...
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NewsTop trust chief executives could command a £126k salary premium
NHS Improvement says salary ranges are indicative and still under discussion Numbers reveal a 34 per cent difference in pay between small and very large acute trusts Health secretary launched a crackdown on senior pay in 2015 The best chief executives at the largest NHS acute trusts could ...
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NewsExclusive: STPs asked for 'credible implementation plan'
Sustainability and transformation plan areas are being asked for a “credible implementation plan” to turn proposals into action and reconcile them with contracts and financial targets.
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CommentOnly the Budget can prevent an impossible task
The latest figures on NHS providers’ deficit are not surprising but they are very worrying – Anita Charlesworth analyses why
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NewsExclusive: 100 NHS locums earning £20m
Trusts will no longer be allowed to employ other trusts’ medics as locums through an agency, and register on the trust’s staff bank instead More than 100 locums earn more than £200k a year, Jim Mackey letter reveals £300m spent on locums above the cap set last year. Significant ...
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HSJ LocalCommunity service transfer may be scrapped
NHS Improvement has said it could terminate the planned takeover of Liverpool’s community services by Bridgewater Community Healthcare Foundation Trust, and will consider if “a more beneficial transaction” could happen.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Another fight in north east London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsExclusive: Trusts given stricter instructions on reviewing patient deaths
Joint letter to trusts sets outs major reforms in how trusts review deaths All deaths where concerns are raised by family or staff must be reviewed Changes follow the CQC’s review of investigation of deaths in 2016 Every NHS trust will be required to review all patient deaths ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: £800m is the magic number
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentAnalysis: Emergency care reforms delayed pending answers on social care
Details of an overhaul of emergency care targets have been delayed, as senior figures in the health and care system await a potential government intervention to support social care services, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrusts taken out of financial special measures
Two acute trusts have been lifted out of financial special measures, as NHS Improvement considers whether to put another 12 organisations in the regime.
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NewsTurnaround consultants heading to more struggling trusts
Management consultants will be sent to another group of NHS trusts as part of a national turnaround programme.
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NewsNHS finances: The best and worst performing trusts in quarter three
HSJ analysis shows which trusts are performing best, and worst, against their financial plans in 2016-17.
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Official figures suggest provider sector deficit of £873m
Official figures published by regulators show the NHS provider sector forecasting a £873m year-end deficit, against the maximum “control total” of £580m.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust loses half its sustainability funding as deficit rises
Major teaching trust’s deficit forecast deepens to £27m News follows University Hospitals of Leicester enforcing 12 day elective work restriction to cope with A&E demand A major teaching trust has been forced to revise its year-end forecast from a £20m to £27m deficit, after failing to hit its ...
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NewsExclusive: Huge expansion of scheme to cut NHS variation
Getting It Right First Time programme to reduce unwarranted variation in the NHS grows New specialities include acute and emergency medicine, cardiology, intensive care and mental health Clinical leads announced for 12 specialities currently in progress The Getting It Right First Time programme, designed to reduce unwarranted variation ...
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Raft of new trusts face 'special measures'
Regulators are due to place another raft of NHS trusts into special measures as a result of their worsening financial position, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: 'Full impact of winter yet to hit the bottom line'
Policy experts have said NHS trusts were set an impossible task in 2016-17 and warned their projected deficit could worsen further because the full impact of winter has “yet to hit the bottom line”.
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NewsExclusive: Trust sector deficit worsens by £280m
HSJ research suggests trusts’ finances have deteriorated by nearly £300m since quarter two The numbers suggest a year-end provider sector deficit around £970m NHS Improvement has been discussing revisions with a number of trusts and will report a lower official number next week Jim Mackey concedes the £580m maximum ...