All NHS Improvement articles – Page 111
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HSJ LocalKatrina Percy resigns from Southern Health advisory role
Katrina Percy resigns from Southern Health FT less than six weeks into strategic advisory role She will receive 12 months’ salary, with agreement from the trust, NHSI, the Department of Health and the Treasury NHSI says legal advice suggested there were “no legal grounds” to dismiss Ms Percy, and ...
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An outbreak of honesty
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NewsAmbulance trusts struggle with rise in most serious calls
Ambulance service performance has slumped over the past year as trusts struggle to cope with an 18 per cent rise in the most serious cases.
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NewsHunt warned over rhetoric on foreign doctors
NHS Improvement chair Ed Smith intervenes in Brexit debate He warns overseas staff must not be left feeling “demoralised and diminished” Letter follows Jeremy Hunt’s announcement to make NHS “self-sufficient” in doctors Patient safety could be put at risk if overseas staff are left feeling “demoralised and diminished” ...
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NewsMore trusts considered for 'financial special measures'
Regulators have drawn up a list of more NHS providers to be considered for “financial special measures”.
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Provider bailouts shake-up after 'nasty surprise' warnings
Experts have warned about the “different incentives” created by the £1.8bn bailout fund for NHS providers Many trusts have back-loaded their savings plans for 2016-17 From next year, bailout payments will be weighted towards latter months of the year Regulators are to introduce new measures aimed at removing ...
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NewsPathology and back office savings 'won't all be achieved this year'
NHS will not realise full savings from back office and pathology consolidations in 2016-17, Jeremy Marlow says NHS Improvement productivity director says some STP areas will “deliver cash this year” from consolidation “We’re not going to take the keys off trusts,” he promises The health service will not ...
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NewsAll trusts given new targets to achieve provider sector surplus
Targets aim to bring provider sector into surplus next year Trusts in deficit have had their control totals ratcheted down, while surplus trusts must also improve their position. Extra funding focused on sustaining services rather than transformation or service enhancements See trusts’ indicative allocations from the STF Financial ...
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HSJ LocalDowngraded A&E set to reopen after NHS Improvement review
A&E department at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital was suddenly downgraded in April this year due to staffing shortages In August local leaders said efforts to recruit adequate numbers of doctors had been unsuccessful Simon Stevens had praised the trust over its decisions An independent review has recommended the ...
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NewsRevealed: Ministers sign off £300k of pay rises for trust chairs
Ministers agreed nearly £300,000 in pay rises for the chairs of NHS trusts over the past year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRegulator launches investigation into cost of patient falls
NHS Improvement launches investigation into cost of inpatient falls to the NHS Regulator is planning to share good practice to help providers improve care New “falls collaboratives” will be set up to take forward improvements NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into the cost and prevalence of inpatient ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Treasury tightens grip, and junior doctors lose legal challenge
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Going, going but not yet gone
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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CommentThe planning guidance: Christmas come early or winter of discontent?
While early publication of the planning guidance is helpful, there is much to be done about fulfilling competing demands with stretched resources
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NewsExclusive: Treasury could tighten grip on NHS capital spending
NHS trusts told to scale back capital spending plans Treasury could insist on signing off even small projects Difficulties with delivering transformation projects under discussion NHS trusts have been told to scale back their capital spending plans and warned that the Treasury could insist on signing off even ...
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust placed in special measures
An ambulance trust is to be placed in special measures after inspectors rated in inadequate and identified concerns related to its leadership, culture and ability to ensure patient safety.
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NewsExclusive: NHS free to 'abandon payment by results'
NHS England and NHS Improvement “entirely open” to health economies dropping payment by results, says Simon Stevens Follows planning guidance proposals for whole system control totals NHS England chief executive says alternative proposals must “stack up in the round” The NHS England chief executive has said he and ...
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HSJ Local
Updated: A&E concerns at North West trust
The Care Quality Commission has raised safety concerns about the urgent and emergency services at a teaching trust in Merseyside.
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NewsFirst set of standardised products for NHS providers announced
NHS Improvement announces first tranche of standardised products to boost procurement volumes and cut prices Twelve products cover £100m of trust spending and could result in 25 per cent savings Regulator says it would prefer “coalition of the willing” to enforcing compliance through contracts Read the products list and ...
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS finance Battleships
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