All NHS Improvement articles – Page 120

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Mackey only in NHS Improvement job for two years

    2016-05-31T07:00:00Z

    Jim Mackey has confirmed that he is only in his job as chief executive of NHS Improvement on a two year secondment.

  • Contract signing
    HSJ Local

    CCGs back down in face of private firm's competition challenge

    2016-05-26T17:42:00Z

    Commissioners back down in face of private provider challenge over £55m elective contract North east London CCGs agree to extend Care UK’s contract and re-procure in 15 months CCGs claim to have discovered “issues” at NHS provider meaning they have withdrawn contract offer COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in a £55m ...

  • Salford Royal Foundation Trust
    HSJ Local

    Hundreds of council staff to transfer to vanguard trust

    2016-05-25T17:00:00Z

    440 council staff set to transfer to Salford Royal Foundation Trust to become part of a new “integrated care organisation” Set to be one of the first vanguard new care models to be fully realised Some areas have felt unable to fully integrate health and social care contracts due ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
    News

    Hunt rejected expert advice on independence of safety branch

    2016-05-25T07:00:00Z

    Expert advisers urged health secretary to make new investigation branch independent They also called for all relevant information to be shared with patients and families Government actions risk undermining “effectiveness and public confidence”, says charity boss The health secretary rejected the advice of safety experts who urged him ...

  • Interim Report
    News

    NHS to face new patient safety investigations from autumn

    2016-05-25T07:00:00Z

    Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will have a budget of £3.6m in first year Expert advisory group calls for process to resolve historical complaints Mike Durkin hails launch of HSIB as “a huge leap forward” The new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will be operating from this autumn with a ...

  • Shaun lintern expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    Lintern's Risk Register: War and peace

    2016-05-24T11:45:00Z

    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

  • Hospital ward
    News

    Analysis: 20 trusts behind half of A&E performance decline

    2016-05-24T07:00:00Z

    Twenty trusts responsible for most of the rise in A&E four hour target breaches Eight of the trusts also drove last year’s decline Smaller trusts disproportionately driving the decline Eight trusts hit the 95 per cent target for 2015-16 overall Twenty hospitals trusts are responsible for more than ...

  • Hospital staff
    HSJ Local

    Agencies given ultimatum amid clash over pay cap

    2016-05-24T07:00:00Z

    Staffing agencies that do not comply with salary caps introduced last month could be ejected from the marketplace, NHS Improvement has indicated.

  • NHS_Norfolk_Norwich
    HSJ Local

    Watchdog sends troubleshooter to Norfolk trust

    2016-05-23T17:12:00Z

    Financial turnaround director sent into Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Director will help develop short term recovery plan and help implement the plan Move is part of new NHS Improvement financial improvement programme Trust forecasting a £14.4m deficit for 2015-16 as of March APPOINTMENT: NHS Improvement has ...

  • Prof David Fish
    News

    Regulators warned over 'mixed messages' to success regime

    2016-05-23T07:00:00Z

    UCLPartners boss sets out concerns to Jim Mackey after experience with Essex success regime Sir David Fish cites unrealistic targets and insufficient central support for areas driving major reconfiguration Warns regulators that “old style” approaches would hamper collaboration However, he says he is “very impressed” with recent changes made ...

  • Doctor strike Jan 2016
    News

    NHS Improvement: Trusts lost £65m of activity during strikes

    2016-05-20T15:00:00Z

    Provider sector lost £65m of activity during strike days Emergency department performance improved on full walkout days NHS Improvement says it cannot be certain there were no clinical incidents for several weeks Strike action by junior doctors cost the NHS provider sector £65m in lost in activity, NHS ...

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
    News

    Trusts named for consultancy turnaround programme

    2016-05-20T14:10:00Z

    NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.

  • UK map
    News

    Revealed: The best and worst financial performers in your region

    2016-05-20T14:08:00Z

    Data collected by HSJ has revealed the acute trusts with the deepest financial problems, including three providers with a deficit of around 20 per cent of their turnover.

  • News

    Official figures reveal £2.45bn NHS provider deficit

    2016-05-20T11:59:00Z

    Figures published by NHS Improvement show the provider sector ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £2.45bn.

  • Crispin dowler expert briefing
    Expert Briefing

    Following the Money: 2015-16 is the year that won't end

    2016-05-20T08:00:00Z

    HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Regulator to probe 'whistleblower' ambulance trust

    2016-05-20T07:00:00Z

    REGULATION: NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, following allegations made by a whistleblower.

  • News

    NHS providers end year with £2.7bn deficit, HSJ research reveals

    2016-05-19T14:00:00Z

    NHS providers have fallen almost £1bn short of their revised financial target for 2015-16, according to locally reported figures This is despite the positive impact of dozens of “capital to revenue transfers” Risk that Department of Health will breach its spending limit for the year, experts warn Charlesworth: DH ...

  • Anita charlesworth 3x2
    Comment

    The firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed

    2016-05-19T14:00:00Z

    All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived

  • Calculator
    News

    Stevens warns trusts must make more savings this year

    2016-05-19T09:00:00Z

    Some trusts were “mistaken” in believing they could choose their own level of deficit for 2016-17, Stevens says He warns that some trusts have still not agreed control totals and are forecasting “pretty big” deficits Warns that some trusts with large deficits in 2015-16 will need to “make more ...

  • Royal Preston hospital
    News

    'Safe harbour' promise for NHS leaders planning controversial changes

    2016-05-19T07:00:00Z

    Simon Stevens promises “safe harbour” for NHS leaders making controversial changes as part of STPs He says “support and shelter” needed to prevent “lots of leadership churn” as plans are implemented Cites Lancashire’s A&E downgrade as “a responsible set of actions under difficult circumstances” NHS leaders planning to ...